Smart meter technology in action

Brisbane ‘cleantech’ company networkGreen has signed a 10-year contract with Felix Apartments to retrofit the latest in embedded smart-meter technology and manage the on-supply of electricity, hot water and gas.

Felix Apartments comprises 253 residential apartments over 39 levels and will undergo a retrofit program to install the embedded smart-meter technology, which will allow each occupant individual access to their electricity, water and gas consumption by logging into the secure web portal for their apartment.

Daniel Filmer, Managing Director of networkGreen, said: “This is a significant milestone in the evolution of sustainable living by bringing meaningful electricity-, water- and gas-consumption data to the individual user. High-rise buildings are one of the largest contributors to carbon pollution, and we wanted to allow residents to see what they were using in real time, so they had the opportunity to reduce waste and create a more sustainable way of living.”

An additional benefit for the owners of the apartments is the considerable savings in electricity and hot-water costs to the body corporate through the ability to on-supply to the residents. networkGreen technology has been developed to not only improve sustainable practices, but to save the apartment owners money through the reduction of body corporate levies.

networkGreen smart-meter systems use the latest technology to capture accurate electricity, water and gas usage information and display this information to the end user through a secure and easy-to-use online web portal and iPhone application.