powerfox energy platform development
About the client
The challenge
power42 aimed to provide consumers with easy and transparent energy consumption monitoring, but the existing Ionic solution covered only some of the required functionality, while the backend architecture needed to be appropriately structured. Therefore, our team had three primary tasks:
Delivered value
Solution
The power42 company sought a credible software development partner to proceed with the powerfox project due to the company's strong growth. They have power optimization devices called poweropti, which connect to energy meters and send energy data to a mobile application, allowing consumers to monitor their energy consumption. Typically, powerfox consumers use poweropti devices for PV systems, smart home systems, vacation property management, and smart charging.
At the start of the collaboration, we supplied the in-house powerfox development team with mobile and backend engineers to reorient the existing application and build a more powerful backend architecture.
First, we initiated backend code refactoring because its architecture required an upgrade to make it more dynamic. We revealed the lack of some backend functions, partially insufficient backend structure, the absence of the dev environment, and the need for deeper code refactoring to proceed with the development.
So we decided to develop a new backend with dev and prod environments on .Net technology to ensure the efficient and quick building and manual & automatic testing of the new app features. That is why we offered power42 to assemble a dedicated team that could cover all the necessary engineering processes, including project manager, DevOps, mobile and backend developers, and QA.
As the team was set up, we upgraded the platform from .Net Core 3.1 to .Net Framework 6 to enhance software security and performance. Then we continued working on the new backend architecture to improve the general app performance and make the system able to scale.
Utilizing part of the legacy Ionic solution functionality, Lemberg Solutions built native iOS and Android apps for real-time monitoring of energy generation, consumption, and network supply. Also, now, users can compare their historical records with the current energy consumption data to keep track of energy distribution and tendencies within the connected devices.
Our team also built and delivered two white-label apps for the powerfox partners. These apps keep the same functionality as the original powerfox apps, but they were customized according to the partner's branded colors; they have new icons, logos, and new names.
Currently, the Lemberg Solutions team is proceeding with backend development and new production environments and preparing to implement the new mobile app features.
Lemberg contributed significantly to professionalize and scale the powerfox platform as well as our app offering by bringing state-of-the-art knowledge to the table.
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