Innovate ... Then What?

Innovation is vital for a business to establish a competitive advantage. Putting it to work is another challenge in itself, however, and success often comes only after a protracted period of trial and error.

Take CLP’s digital solutions platform Smart Energy Connect  (SEC) as an example. Its ability to rebound from the setbacks it encountered in offering an indoor air quality solution provides a useful lesson in the value of persistence.

Health and wellbeing are increasingly important to people today, with a raft of innovations aimed at health-conscious customers. This is also an area of interest for SEC, which offers a suite of energy innovations for businesses to fulfil their digital demands, enhance their operational efficiency, and reduce their carbon footprints. 

From discussions with customers in schools and offices stretching back two years, the SEC team realised there was a common concern over indoor air quality. The team responded by coming up with the idea of finding an Internet of Things (IoT)-connected air quality sensor which could be integrated into its energy solutions app. The sensor would then help customers monitor and control their power use in one place...

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