Reply's experience embraces the full “value chain” of Smart Metering projects for energy and water distributors and Energy Monitoring for Energy Sales Companies and Energy Aggregators, taking into account every aspect connected to the installation of smart meters, sensors and data gateways/concentrators, as well as the implementation and integration of data acquisition and management systems on the new IoT platforms.
The adoption of these new technologies enables Energy Distribution Companies, Energy Sales Companies and Energy Aggregators to develop new IoT solutions, new analytical capabilities of the data and new services.
Today, Smart Metering solutions are leveraging a wide variety of communication networks: PLC communication, GSM/3G/4G, RF 169MHz and 868MHz, NB_IoT, etc., as well as wide variety of protocols.
Sense Reply designs and implements new IoT Smart Metering solutions, based on AWS Platform components, to collect and manage second generation electricity smart meters, gas smart meters and water smart meters through their respective distribution networks. IoT Platforms for Smart Metering can also communicate through OCPP protocols in order to interact with most common commercial charging stations, supporting the implementation of new applications for electric mobility.
The IoT Platform serving Smart Metering will become the platform where the Smart Grid will be managed: any node of the distribution network (point of deliveries, secondary substations, etc.) will be able to communicate the status of numerous parameters and management variables, thus allowing the DNO to plan effectively and operate the network at its best.
Sense Reply collaborates and partners with some of the major Smart Metering manufacturers supporting the technical evolution, the integration of meters and concentrators with the IoT Platform, thus being able to offer a turnkey, end-to-end approach.
Sense Reply is assisting Energy Retailers to expand their Smart Home services to the Energy Smart Home.
Sense Reply assists Energy Retailers, Telecommunications Companies and Energy Aggregators in defining new Energy Smart Home/Smart Office services and solutions to provide energy monitoring and optimisation capabilities. It delivers new Smart Home platforms or integrates existing ones with the final aim of enabling an energy-focused product and services marketplace.
Sense Reply can support any stage of a Smart Metering introduction and roll-out project, an e-mobility charging station roll-out project and a smart home implementation offering:
Sense Reply assists clients in defining and aligning the IoT architecture to Smart Metering, Smart Grid and the Energy Smart Home business strategy, integrating it into the existing application portfolio, in line with requirements imposed by the Authority, applicable UNI specifications and other applicable laws. Our Team also supports clients in evolving their Smart Metering Solution by collaborating with Smart Metering manufacturers.
Sense Reply enables and configures the AWS and Salesforce.com components to deliver the IoT platform according to the IoT Architecture and integrates it into the existing company application portfolio.
Sense Reply is able to seamlessly enable the IoT-related data lake and the Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence capabilities on AWS to facilitate the forecasting functions and provide the analytics required to detect any energy/water losses, thefts and opportunities to optimize network operations, energy consumption, etc.
Together with Reply Group Companies specialised in Cybersecurity, Sense Reply approaches every single aspect of the design and implementation of the IoT Platform and Architecture very carefully, taking into consideration the related security risks, as well as providing consulting services to help companies align their security policies to the new IoT scenario.
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