A-Bus Smart Energy offers utility companies secure, easy-to-use wireless home area networks (HAN) for managing energy. Smart Energy gives utilities and their customers the power to directly communicate with thermostats and other smart appliances. New advanced metering and demand response programs can be implemented in homes easily and securely because of Advanced Automation wireless technology. Now utilities can easily implement energy management and efficiency programs to meet changing government requirements.
Smart Energy Features Include...
ADVANCED METERING
- Multiple commodities including electric, gas, water, and thermal
- Multiple measurement types including load profile, power factor, summation, demand & tiers
- Real-time consumption/production information
DEMAND RESPONSE & LOAD CONTROL
- Scheduling of multiple events
- Built-in support for customer override
- Ability to individually or simultaneously target specific groups of devices including HVACs, water heaters, lighting, electric vehicles, and generation systems
TEXT MESSAGE
- Scheduling/canceling of messages
- Ability to request message confirmation
- Multiple urgency levels
SAMPLE DEVICES
- Meter-integrated or standalone AMI gateways
- Programmable communicating thermostats (PCT)
- Generic load control devices for appliances such as water heaters, lights and pool pumps
SECURITY
- Support for consumer-only, utility-only or shared networks
- Automatic, secure network registration using either pre-installed keys or standard public-key cryptography methods
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Data encryption