Smart meters – The intelligent electricity meter

Lower your energy costs with smart metering

Smart metering enables high-precision consumption logging that goes beyond traditional electricity and gas metering. It can also include detailed tracking of other energy forms, such as heat and water. The data is visualized in real time on a user-friendly interface so that you always have an overview of your energy consumption. Smart metering can significantly reduce energy consumption and represents an important step towards green energy. After all, the more consciously energy is used, the greater the impact on your company's carbon footprint.

The installation of smart meters is simple and straightforward. Most electricity and gas providers offer suitable models that are compatible with the existing infrastructure. Thanks to their intuitive operation and the transparent display/logging of measured values, smart metering is a win-win situation for any company. It represents a clever way to reduce energy and electricity costs while acting more sustainably. Take advantage of this technical innovation for your company and invest in the future!

Smart metering: How to optimize your energy consumption

Smart metering systems use digital interfaces on the meters, which are often referred to as optical interfaces. These interfaces allow the transmission of detailed energy consumption data in real time. With an optical sensor, you can connect almost any energy metering component to your smart meter – from the production facility to the administration building.

What's special about it? You can evaluate all this data using a single tool. A smart metering management tool collects the data from all your smart meters and presents it in a clear and comprehensible way. This allows you to quickly identify fluctuations, load peaks and possible inefficiencies in your energy/electricity consumption and take appropriate countermeasures.

How does the retrofitting of smart meters work?

Reading smart meters

Advantages of smart metering:

Difference between smart meters and smart meter gateways

A smart meter is simply a digital meter. As a stand-alone product, this can do little more than its analog predecessor apart from the digital display. The great advantage of the modern meter is that you can now connect your machines and devices to it individually and thereby precisely evaluate energy consumption. A variety of options are available for data transmission. For example, the data from the meter can be read directly via a USB interface and transferred directly to your local network via LAN,WLAN or LoRa-WAN.

Do smart meters only work with electricity meters?

Currently, smart meters are most often used in connection with electricity meters. However, their application can be expanded to include many other areas. For example, LoRa-WAN measurement sensors can also be used to evaluate electrical consumption directly at individual machines. Thanks to their Plug&Play capability, various sensors can be connected to the network.

For example, we have already installed a smart meter that measures water levels at a fish ladder. Other applications coming soon:

Gas meters
Water meters
And much more

Indoor air measurement
CO and CO2 measurement

Case Study: Smart Metering in use

Never before has the availability and supply of energy been such a hot topic. In order to remain competitive in the future, it is essential for companies to have a precise overview of their own energy consumption. In this case study, you will learn how we, together with our technology partner IFOX, have developed a new sensor system based on LoRaWAN that allows us to keep an eye on our energy consumption at all times.

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Do you still have questions or a special request?

Would you like to take advantage of the savings potentials in your company with smart metering? Do you have a unique or unusual challenge? Please feel free to contact us with your request and we will develop a customized solution together.