NB-Fi for Smart electricity meters - case study

Smart electricity meters for flats and houses across all country

Apartment buildings
Smart Grids
Smart electricity meters for flats and houses across all country

WAVIoT single-phase and three-phase electricity meters are widely installed in more than 40 country regions in apartment buildings and houses in large cities and suburban villages.

Installed WAVIoT electricity meters transfer data to local energy supply companies. Some projects have seen the installation of WAVIoT Water Meters that use the same NB-Fi network infrastructure. Readings from WAVIoT Water Meters are transmitted to utility service companies that later generate bills for water consumption. One of the examples of such projects is a roll-out in Znamenskiy village located just outside of Krasnodar.

WAVIoT has equipped more than 700 private houses with smart electricity meters. WAVIoT MDM system automatically transfers readings from electricity meters to the supplier – a utility service company. Residents can monitor their energy consumption and expenses through the mobile application and WAVIoT Meter Data Management system, and also can switch off the load relay of their electricity meters via the mobile application or MDM system.

The complexity of the project was that the residents’ territories are private, and the inspectors did not have permanent access to the meters for periodical control. This caused some fraud incidents and reduced the transparency for the supplier. New WAVIoT electricity meters were installed on power utility poles outside the residents’ land plots.

The advantage of WAVIoT Smart Grid system is that there is no need to go from house to house, to the yards, and take electrical meter readings. At any time of day, it is possible to get the readings remotely, and also to limit the power consumption or switch off the meter’s relay for those who didn’t pay. Unauthorized connections to the electric grid and theft of electricity are now impossible. Residents of the village are happy about this because there no longer have to pay for a neighbor who steals electricity. The system works perfectly: no failures were observed. We are planning to install WAVIoT water and gas meters as well.

Mr. Boldyrev, the Chairman of the Board of utility service company in Znamenskiy village

The second example are Smart meters in Mysy village in the Chelyabinsk region, that is located far away from the city. Half of the village is not covered by the GSM network.

Base station with ethernet cable was installed on the top of one tall house. Wireless WAVIoT electricity meters were installed for each house, either inside or outside, on the power utility poles. New WAVIoT electricity meters enable consumers to switch from the single rate tariff to the three rate tariff with peak, medium and off-peak rates. Three rate tarrif scheme helped consumers to reduce their expenses by 15% in average.

Single-phase Split meter installation example

PP ---- PP

Base Station installation example

PP ---- PP

We used to spend a couple of days for actual data acquisition and processing. Today we do it without leaving the office. The theft issue has completely disappeared. So far, we have installed more than 700 WAVIoT Split Electricity meters and are planning to roll out another 500 meters, equipping other utilities with smart WAVIoT solutions

Mr. Karpov, the Head of utility service company for Mysy village

Utility management and service companies in the regions often recommend WAVIoT system to their partners and neighbors. That is how projects for 1,000-2,000 WAVIoT smart meters turn into large-scale solutions with hundreds of thousands of installations.

###

Products of case study

NB-Fi Base StationPowerful IoT base station to deploy the NB-Fi network
NB-Fi modem BT-100Universal NB-Fi modem
WAVIoT EM 1Single-phase smart electricity meter with built-in NB-Fi modem
WAVIoT EM 3Three-phase smart electricity meter with built-in NB-Fi modem
WAVIoT EM 1 SplitSingle-phase smart split electricity meter with built-in NB-Fi modem for outdoors
WAVIoT EM 3 SplitThree-phase smart split electricity meter with built-in NB-Fi modem for outdoors
See all products
###

WAVIoT IoT Platform

WAVIoT IoT Platform for the Internet of Things and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a comprehensive solution to process all information from various IoT devices with NB-Fi transceiver that transmit data via the NB-Fi network.

WAVIoT IoT Platform can be used in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Smart Grid systems for power transmission and distribution, utility supply and management, energy services, agriculture, manufacturing, transport and logistics. WAVIoT IoT Platform collects, analyzes and stores data from millions of devices. The energy and utility sector will greatly benefit from the implementation of WAVIoT IoT Platform, as it reduces costs, increases convenience and improves security for the suppliers, customers and consumers.
WAVIoT IoT Platform is a cloud-based software that consists of the NB-Fi server (Head End System or HES) and the Meter Data Management System (MDM system or MDMS). WAVIoT IoT Platform collects and processes primary information from utility meters, sensors, gauges and other IoT devices, and provides tools for data analysis and visualization. Flexible API capabilities ensures integration with other IT systems, expanding the range of possible use cases.

WAVIoT IoT Platform can be installed in a corporate network and integrated with corporate AMI or enterprise system.

Need an on-premises IoT Platform?
Find available options
###

Industry solutions

Build LPWAN IoT solutions for a wide range of industries requiring energy-efficient and long-distance data transmission with autonomous work, easy installation of devices, and fast ROI.

Industrial Automation

NB-Fi technology allows to design end-to-end IIoT applications helping businesses to implement efficient solutions that enable data exchange with devices and machines and ensure integration of automation in enterprise-level IT systems. With NB-Fi modems based on the NB-Fi transceiver, you will connect your devices to the NB-Fi Server and rapidly develop any kind of industrial application.
Learn more about IoT for enterprises

Smart Cities

IoT solutions for Smart Cities based on NB-Fi technology allow municipalities and utilities to make faster and better decisions that will lead to greater efficiency, safety and quality of life for people. More comprehensive and real-time data from devices, sensors and gauges gives the ability to monitor events, collect, analyze and use data to improve processes and optimize the consumption of valuable resources.
Learn more about IoT for Smart Cities

Smart Grids and Utilities

Positive examples of the implementation of Smart Grid and Advanced Metering Infrastructure projects in different countries show that it is possible to reduce the level of electricity losses in the grid by 20% of the total energy supply. Funds saved thanks to the reduction of losses can be used to implement Smart Grid infrastructure projects – installation of smart electricity meters, retrofitting of existing metering devices, launching of new services.
Improve utility efficiency with Advanced Meter Infrastructure based on NB-Fi

Smart Farming

The IoT-based smart farming system for collection and analysis of data from sensors (soil moisture, humidity, temperature) and for automation of the irrigation system helps farmers monitor the field conditions, improve the quality of decision-making and reduce the losses.
Why NB-Fi for Agriculture and Smart Farming?

Monitoring and Security

The IIoT solutions for remote monitoring of transportation and storage conditions, asset tracking and preventing product theft for supply chains, alarm systems and employee safety improve the business processes and prevent hazards.
Learn more about Smart Monitoring and Controlling using NB-Fi based IoT System

Other Case studies

140,000 smart electricity meters deployed in four regional distribution grid companies 1140,000 smart electricity meters deployed in four regional distribution grid companies
  • Electric power companies
  • Smart Grids
30,000 NB-Fi modems supplied for Advanced Gas Metering project 230,000 NB-Fi modems supplied for Advanced Gas Metering project
  • Gas transmission and distribution companies
  • Advanced Gas Metering
Smart Metering System for a Water supply company with 400,000 consumers 4Smart Metering System for a Water supply company with 400,000 consumers
  • Smart Water Metering
  • Apartment buildings
Show all case studies

See More

Industry solutions
Partners
Products
Case studies
Global presence
IoT solution Enquiry