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Monitors consist of a measuring component and a display component. Electricity use is measured with an inductive clamp placed around the electric main, via the electric meter (either through an optical port, or by sensing the meter's actions), by communicating with a smart meter, or by direct connection to the electrical system. Some, but not ...
The term smart meter often refers to an electricity meter, but it also may mean a device measuring natural gas, water or district heating consumption. [1] [2] More generally, a smart meter is an electronic device that records information such as consumption of electric energy, voltage levels, current, and power factor.
In May 2009, Google announced that it had partners with smart meter maker Itron. [5] In October 2009 Google PowerMeter announced their first "device partner", The Energy Detective (TED 5000), an energy monitor from Energy Inc then only available only in North America, [6] and their first UK partnership which was with AlertMe.
AlertMe was a UK smart Tech company that provides energy and home monitoring hardware and services. AlertMe produces hardware and software to enable users to monitor and control their home energy use. In 2015 the company was acquired by British Gas Trading Limited [4] for £65 million. [5]
Energy efficiency targets set by UK energy industry regulator Ofgem aim to convert 53 million homes and small businesses to use smart gas and electricity meters by the end of 2020. [32] Since this was announced, there has been an increase in partnerships between smart thermostat companies and utility companies. [33] [11]
An electricity meter, electric meter, electrical meter, energy meter, or kilowatt-hour meter is a device that measures the amount of electric energy consumed by a residence, a business, or an electrically powered device over a time interval. Electric utilities use electric meters installed at customers' premises for billing and monitoring purposes.
Nonintrusive load monitoring (NILM), nonintrusive appliance load monitoring (NIALM), [1] or energy disaggregation [2] is a process for analyzing changes in the voltage and current going into a house and deducing what appliances are used in the house as well as their individual energy consumption. Electric meters with NILM technology are used by ...
To date, smart grid providers have presented electric utility operators with significant management and control tools for substations, and have introduced Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI, or smart meters) to improve data access at the beginning and endpoints within the distribution grid. However, the expansive, and arguably most ...