Intelligence in every step of the energy value chain

Elster continues to offer the latest in smart metering products and in-home displays, covering the gas, water and electricity distribution industries with a high quality, innovative and coordinated global offering.

• Multi-utility smart meters: gas, water and electricity

• Integrated wireless and wired communications

• Future-ready modular capabilities for innovative service offers

• Multi-energy in-home displays to help consumers manage their consumption

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Smart metering value chain

1 Only Elster offers integrated and modular gas, water and electricity meters, with a portfolio that includes in-home displays that communicate with all our meters. Our global innovation is tailored to local markets.

With secured end-to-end connectivity, Elster covers the entire energy distribution value chain. We bring the back-office, distribution grid and utility meters together using interoperable industry standards in all our components, networking modules and systems.

Deployment can make or break your smart metering business case. Elster’s value added service manages numerous systems and millions of end-points, Thus, our optimized deployment techniques and project management processes are driven by experience.

Elster solutions deliver your data when you want it. With network monitoring, data collection and remote access to multi-energy networks, our head-end tools are easy-to-use and robust.

Now you can make informed energy management decisions at every step. Convert data into revenue, manage business risks and support primary processes. Elster meter data management integrates with your information systems using state-of-the-art software and workflow tools.

Smart metering doesn’t need to be complicated. Elster keeps things clear by providing customers with solutions for any or all parts of the energy distribution system to meet their needs.

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Elster continues to offer the latest in smart metering products and in-home displays, covering the gas, water and electricity distribution industries with a high quality, innovative and coordinated global offering.

• Multi-utility smart meters: gas, water and electricity

• Integrated wireless and wired communications

• Future-ready modular capabilities for innovative service offers

• Multi-energy in-home displays to help consumers manage their consumption

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By enabling its products with top-quality wireless and wired communications, Elster is an industry leader with proven and interoperable technology standards, from data concentrators to scalable coverage for entire cities.

• Complete infrastructure with end-points, repeaters and data concentrators/gateways

• Industry standardized communication technologies scalable for any network size

• Home Area Networks using Wavenis, Zigbee, RS-485, PLC, Wireless M-Bus…

• Local Area Networks using Wavenis, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, PLC, TCP/IP…

• Wide Area Networks using GSM/GPRS, Internet…

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Customers of all sizes appreciate Elster’s proven ability to handle all the details of planning and deploying smart distribution systems from pilot to production.

• Planning, logistics and installation services

• Coordinating with experienced cross-functional field partners

• Self-configuring meters and infrastructure components

• Optimized deployment techniques and process flow

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Elster smart metering provides unprecedented operational efficiency at the utility’s head-end, with seamless remote monitoring, control and maintenance using specialized Web-based software tools.

• Interoperability for multiple vendors

• Supports multi-energy commercial, industrial and residential meters

• Complete remote monitoring and maintenance

• On-demand read, alarms and automated data collection

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By giving our customers the data they need to respond intelligently to information from the distribution network, Elster contributes to global conservation efforts and protects natural resources while saving money.

• Intelligent handling of actionable information

• Seamless integration with customer enterprise management systems

• Application and full service provisioning

• Interoperability with multiple head-end systems

• Business process optimization

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Smart metering value chain

The energy industry is evolving at a faster pace then ever before. Utilities and energy managers require tools to allow them to handle distribution networks and services with unprecedented efficiency. The need for future-proofing their investment today is integral and requires modular and upgradeable solution platforms based on open and interoperable technologies.

Elster enables utilities to cost-effectively manage and conserve gas, water and electricity worldwide. Together with our customers, we engineer tailor-made solutions ready for the future, connecting the latest technologies with communities.

Elster’s offer covers the entire energy distribution value chain. Our solutions range from smart gas, water and electricity meters and interactive in-home displays, to remote meter data mana-gement applications that enable customers to implement new services and benefit from actionable information on-demand.

At a time when energy management involves more areas than ever before, Elster is helping its customers make the vital connections in the smart metering and smart grid value chain.

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