Landis+Gyr smart meters
Landis+Gyr is a Swiss multinational company that specializes in the design and manufacture of advanced metering systems, including smart meters for electricity, gas, and water utilities. Their smart meters are designed to provide accurate, real-time data on energy usage and enable two-way communication between the utility company and the customer.
Landis+Gyr smart meters use a variety of communication technologies, including cellular networks, power line communication (PLC), and radio frequency (RF) mesh networks, to transmit data back to the utility company. This data can be used to optimize energy generation and distribution, identify power outages, and provide customers with more detailed information about their energy consumption.
Some of the benefits of Landis+Gyr smart meters include:
- Improved accuracy: Smart meters are more accurate than traditional meters, which means customers are billed more accurately and utilities can better manage their energy supply and demand.
- Real-time data: With real-time data on energy usage, customers can make more informed decisions about their energy consumption and take steps to reduce their bills.
- Two-way communication: Smart meters enable two-way communication between the utility company and the customer, which can improve customer service and help utilities identify and respond to power outages more quickly.
- Reduced costs: Smart meters can help utilities reduce costs by eliminating the need for manual meter reading and reducing the number of truck rolls needed to diagnose and fix issues.
Overall, Landis+Gyr smart meters are an important tool for modernizing the energy grid and improving energy efficiency and reliability.
Here are some examples of smart meters produced by Landis+Gyr:
- E470 electricity meter.
- E350 FOCUS AX-SD: A residential electric meter that supports advanced features such as Time-of-Use (TOU) billing and net metering.
- Gridstream RF Mesh: A flexible and scalable smart metering system that uses RF mesh technology for reliable two-way communication.
- Gridstream Connect: An advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) platform that supports a wide range of communication technologies, including cellular and RF mesh.
- S4x and F4x: Smart meters for commercial and industrial applications that support multiple tariffs, demand response, and other advanced features.
- E570: A compact and versatile residential smart meter that supports a range of communication technologies, including PLC, RF mesh, and cellular.
- ZMD400AT/CT: A smart gas meter that supports remote meter reading and provides accurate measurement of gas consumption.