Energy Management Platform
Alektrona’s Energy Management Platform is truly open and widely compatible
with standards-based energy devices and management software from all vendors.
This allows energy solution providers to build a “best of breed” advanced
metering system, demand response program or energy management system that best
meets their customers' needs and budget.
The Platform is comprised of the Energy Management
Hub, that monitors
and controls energy devices at the customer premise, and the Energy Management
Web Service, that dramatically simplifies how provider Smart Grid applications
interact with devices in scale deployments while simultaneously maximizing
consumer choice.
Beta. The Energy Management Platform
is available now as a Beta for utilities and partners to evaluate. Please
contact us for information on how to participate.
Typical Applications
Residential, Small Commercial. The Platform enables a wide range of applications such as energy efficiency, consumer monitoring and control, demand side management, and advanced metering. Flexible configuration supports deployments with and without smart meters. In addition to residential deployments, the Platform is equally adept at handling the additional challenges present in small commercial environments.
Multi Dwelling Units. Accounting for greater than 30% of utility customers, the limited communication range of smart meters in multi dwelling units means that promised consumer benefits cannot be realized. Alektrona's patent-pending technology solves the problem, is compatible with all smart meters, is universal, and is low cost as compared to conventional solutions.
Features and Benefits
Open. The Energy Management Hub seamlessly integrates the latest Smart Energy and OpenADR energy devices and energy management software, which enhances the reliability and functionality of third party energy management solutions.
Compatible. Tested and trusted.
Alektrona’s Energy Management Hub is compatible with a rapidly increasing
number of energy devices from displays and meters to thermostats and load
controllers.
Multi-Meter Connectivity. Electric, gas, and water meters in
multi-dwelling units can be read from a single Multi Meter Manager enabling
near-real time meter and price information to be provided to consumers without
straining the utility's meter network.
Differentiating. The Platform easily
supports proprietary device and software capabilities which enables key
marketplace differentiation to service providers.
Scalable. In addtion to abstracting
the
monitoring and control of energy devices, the Energy Management Web Service is
being built to scale for large deployments. In a complex and
rapidly-growing industry, Alektrona is a stable and reliable single point of
integration.
Easy Integration, Flexible Delivery.
Alektrona simplifies integration with optimized web service client libraries and
extensive documentation and support, which reduces development costs and
decreases operational expenses. The Energy Management Web Service can either be
hosted and managed by Alektrona as a service, or optionally hosted and managed
by the provider.
Easy to Upgrade. The Energy Management
Hub is "future-proof". Firmware, standards, security and more can be
upgraded, easily and remotely, which extends its product lifecycle, and reduces
the potential of stranded assets.
Easy to Maintain Connected Devices.
Similarly, the Energy Management Hub makes it easy to maintain connected energy
devices using standards such as FTP, SCP and the ZigBee Over-The-Air update
feature to help you get the most out of your capital investment.
Mixed-Standards Compatible. If
older devices aren't upgradeable, they can still be networked. Alektrona's
Energy Hub is reverse compatible, which further extends the lifecycle of
deployed devices and reduces the number of stranded assets.
Uninterrupted Services.
Pre-set, condition-based demand response programs and other services
can be implemented even during a network outage. Monitored data is also
cached, then transmitted when the network connection is restored so
data logs (meter consumption readings, thermostat heating and cooling
cycles, current room temperature and set points, the on/off state of
load controllers and more) are fully updated. Uninterrupted
communications enhances third party energy services. (under development)
Secure. Enterprise-level,
multi-layer security improves energy management system reliability and
ensures customer network privacy.