Smart your Water Meter

Información del proyecto

AMR-G

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 854791

DOI

10.3030/854791

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 23 Enero 2019

Fecha de inicio 1 Febrero 2019

Fecha de finalización 31 Mayo 2019

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

AMR-G SMART WATER METERS LTD
Israel

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - AMR-G (Smart your Water Meter)

Período documentado: 2019-02-01 hasta 2019-05-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

Smart water meters (or AMR – automatic meter reading), using advanced communication technologies, facilitate more frequent, higher resolution and remotely accessible data generation – imperative for the level of control and planning that is demanded by today’s consumers and businesses. Smart metering enhances knowledge of the how, when and where of water consumption. However, worldwide, over 90% of meters today are analogue, and not smart. Those that are smart use integrated meters and different communication modes. As there is no existing standard, making water meters replacement and network creation a very costly task. The CAPX and OPEX of replacing all of these analogue meters is economically not possible for most municipalities and water utilities.
Our unique technology transforms any water meter into a smart meter by simply clipping on our communication unit utilizing the water meter picture, dynamic OCR method and two-way connectivity. AMR-G provides a 100% fool proof reading, along with many other unique tools for water meter management and maintenance. With the addition of the cellular modem using the narrow band IoT (NB-IoT) to our product, we have extended the solution to cover crowded urban areas as well.
During this project, our objective was to test the technological feasibility of the new communication unit as well as validate the economic feasibility of our entering the European market.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

During this project, AMR-G modified the communication module and analysed the feasibility of the introduction of both versions of the product into the European market. We ran pilots in crowded zones and high buildings (30 stories and up) in two major cities in Israel to test the new unit’s NB-IoT communication technology, Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva. The business model’s feasibility was tested from the perspective of the selling price of our communication unit vs. the pricing of existing solutions of smart water meters in Europe.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

The results of our pilot were very successful, as are detailed in the attached report. Mekorot, Israel's national water utility, has expressed interest in us further developing our product so that the meter can automatically shut off the water as well. We are beginning to plan this now.

AMR-G RU NB-IoT meter