Laab im Walde is a very small town with a long history in the county of Mödling in Lower Austria and has fewer than 1,500 inhabitants. 
The smart town is not shy when it comes to modern technologies in areas including lighting, drinking water supply, and infrastructure. 
Mayor Peter Klar has studied technology, law, medicine, and management and does his best every day to advance the digitalization of his town and to offer residents new digital services. 

Siemens products have long been used in Laab im Walde for various infrastructure automation tasks. The control and visualization system in the town was recently refurbished in collaboration with the systems integrator enet Engineering network. 

• Drinking water supply in Laab im Walde: The system was automated together with Siemens and equipped with WinCC V7 and S7-1200, which also allows leaks to be detected early on. WinCC V7 is used as an innovative, scalable process visualization system (SCADA system) with numerous powerful functions for the monitoring of automated processes and S7-1200 as a controller with integrated communication and technology functions to perform automation tasks flexibly and efficiently. 
• The scalable WinCC V7 system and relevant add-ons can generate automated reports on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis. Pre-programmed library components developed specifically for water and wastewater management also make engineering considerably easier for the contractor enet.

• The complete technical infrastructure (street distribution cabinets, lighting, remote monitoring) was upgraded with an S7 control system (S7-1200 including communication processors, Scalance switches, and WinCC).

Digitalization of Laab im Walde