Landis+Gyr has further streamlined the usability and design of its residential AMM software. The new agile User Interface (UI) will be launched with the upcoming release of Gridstream AIM 5.0.

At the Copenhagen Climate Conference in Denmark this week the international community will try to come to consensus on a protocol to increase energy efficiency and prevent climate change. A new report from Landis+Gyr demonstrates that Smart Metering, combined with end user engagement, is a key way to help improve energy efficiency and therefore decrease CO2 emissions.

The iHomeLab in Switzerland is a cutting edge research centre. Part of it is open to the public; it also leads innovative research projects designed to change the way we live for the better. Landis+Gyr is a partner of the centre and is involved in research designed to identify ways to make energy efficiency a reality for us all.

We are getting closer to the creation of a smart grid environment thanks to progress in interoperability and technology. With the right tools and market insight utilities can make secure investments along the metering value chain, today and tomorrow.

Zug, Switzerland, December 3 – Vattenfall, the largest foreign investor in the Polish energy market, has expanded its contract with Landis+Gyr, a leading provider of energy management solutions, for its Gridstream Converge system. The system, which reads 5,000 meter points, will now cover almost 10, 000 meter points, making it the largest data readout system using GPRS technology in central Europe.  

Zug, Switzerland, November 12, 2009 - Mosenergo, one of Russia’s largest energy generation companies, and Landis+Gyr, the global leader in next generation energy management, have agreed to expand the commercial metering solution that the two firms first implemented in 2007.  The goal of the expanded solution is to further improve Mosenergo’s information management, business processes and increase its energy efficiency.

Jyskä, Finland, October 28 – Landis+Gyr and Järvi-Suomen Energia have signed a contract for the delivery of 80, 000 smart meters and a meter reading service until 2018. The installation of smart meters will commence in 2010 and will take about three years to complete. 

Erlangen/Zug, October 5, 2009 - Siemens and Landis+Gyr, a leading provider of smart metering solutions, have agreed a partnership in order to elaborate common standards. The standards will not only establish interoperability but will also give utilities the requisite security for their investments in smart grids.

Zug, Switzerland, October, 1 - Landis+Gyr has won the largest industrial, commercial and grid (ICG) meter contract to date in Eastern China. The company will deliver over 600 grid meters to the Jiangsu Power Grid enabling improved utility energy efficiency and both the quality and availability of energy data.

Mainz, Germany and Zug, Switzerland, 24th September 2009 - ENTEGA Service GmbH, a leading metering service provider and a pioneer in the German market, has invested in Smart Metering. ENTEGA bought its first smart meters from Landis+Gyr last year and is now taking the next step by purchasing Landis+Gyr’s latest Smart Metering software, ‘Gridstream AIM’. The scalable system will integrate 500,000 meters of its currently contracted 1 million meter points. ENTEGA Service expects to achieve higher process efficiency, data availability and an extension of their customer service.

Standard Interfaces will Spur Rapid Development of Smart Metering

Jyskä, Finland, September 22, 2009 - Landis+Gyr introduces the new release of its residential system software, now with a new brand name, Gridstream AIM. The software presents the 4th generation of company’s AMM systems and 25 years of AMM experience. Gridstream AIM is the flagship of Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream solution portfolio for advanced metering management.

Zug, Switzerland, September 18, 2009 – Landis+Gyr, in cooperation with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), is offering energy utilities a new dimension in the transparency and availability of energy data. The companies have cooperated on the development of a state-of-the-art meter data unification and synchronisation (MDUS) system, an advanced software platform that integrates Landis+Gyr’s Advanced Metering Management (AMM) head-end system with SAP’s comprehensive business software for utilities. Integrating smart metering and enterprise services saves costs, improves process efficiency, and brings utilities one step closer to an interoperable Smart Grid.

Zug, Switzerland, 16 September - Landis+Gyr announced today that it signed a contract with ENERGA, one of Poland’s largest utilities, to provide its industrial and commercial acquisition system licensed for 10, 000 metering points. The deal represents a major suc-cess for Landis+Gyr Poland which has recently been expanding its presence in the country.

At Landis+Gyr we enjoy the rapidly changing landscape that characterizes our industry, and we see how many European countries are quickly moving towards AMM as they recognize that this will improve their business while helping them achieve the 20-20-20 goals set by the EU.

Landis+Gyr aims to help its customers be prepared for the future in the most innovative but cost conscious manner possible.  To make this reality, Landis+Gyr is developing strategic alliances with some of the most successful companies in the world so it can deliver complete end-to-end solutions. Landis+Gyr is building partnerships at the local level to strengthen its service reach and make delivery immediate, right to your door.  

Cisco and Landis+Gyr will work together on the development of communication solutions to help utilities and their customers manage power supplies and energy consumption more efficiently. The collaboration will accelerate the delivery of standards-based solutions for the energy industry.

Landis+Gyr is driving the IDIS (Interoperable Device Interface Specifications) project with Iskra and Itron to jointly define and promote interoperable products supporting EMEA utility applications. The companies expect the new offering will promote faster and broader deployment of advanced metering management (AMM) devices and services based on open standards.

Unregulated markets are seeing a business case for smart metering – the technology can provide a utility with the opportunity to be prepared to win in a new market situation.  

Landis+Gyr welcomes the opportunity to tell you about how it is making a positive contribution to energy management today and tomorrow. To find out more, come and visit us at Metering Europe in Barcelona from 6 to 10 October 2009.  

Zug, Switzerland – Landis+Gyr welcomes the EU energy package, which officially comes into force today, as a positive move towards the development of the Smart Grid. The two Directives and three Regulations are the latest acts to achieve an integrated EU-wide energy market and to enhance consumer protection measures.

SAN JOSE, Calif. and ZUG, Switzerland – July 31, 2009 – Cisco and Landis+Gyr today announced that they will work together on a holistic approach to smart grid communications infrastructure that is expected to  help utility companies and their customers manage energy better. The collaboration between Cisco and Landis+Gyr is expected to accelerate the delivery of standards-based solutions for the energy industry and facilitate the integration of existing capabilities with renewable power sources, plug-in vehicles and distribution automation functionality.

Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energy management and advanced metering technology, today signed a multi-year contract with CitiPower and Powercor Australia to provide smart meters to more than one million Victorian electricity end users.

Looking for a high precision grid meter that can be tailored to your customers’ needs? The latest version of Landis+Gyr’s grid meter, the E850 (type: ZMQ) is not only the highest class of its kind, but also offers even the largest of grid customers the opportunity to save time and money with accurate and fast billing and built-in functionality. What’s more, it is compliant, interoperable and fits seamlessly into any environment.

Looking for the latest news on what’s what in open smart metering standards? Then log onto the Open and Public Extended Network (OPEN) website at www.openmeter.com. 

OPEN is working to deliver a comprehensive set of open and public standards for an Advanced Metering Infrastructure. This will support multi-energy applications (Electricity, Gas, Water and Heat), based on the agreement of the most relevant European stakeholders in this area.

Landis+Gyr in the Czech Republic has won a significant service contract to support the further rollout of its SuperConverge system for one of the largest utility groups in Europe, the ČEZ Group. The three year contract has been signed with ČEZ ICT Services, which is the IT-provider for the ČEZ Group. Thanks to the system’s flexibility, SuperConverge will now be rolled out in other countries in which ČEZ is expanding its operations.

The European Parliament has reached agreement on the EU Energy Package, stating that all households across the EU must be equipped with smart meters by 2022. In addition, the Parliament has heard a first reading of the Energy Efficiency of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and voted to further speed up smart meter deployment by requiring that all new buildings and those undergoing renovation be equipped with smart meters. 

The decisions mean that smart metering will play a leading role in enabling the EU to meet its ambitious environmental and energy efficiency goals. The EU Energy Package states that 80 percent of households across the EU are to be fitted with smart meters by 2020, while the EPBD states that the Directive is transposed into national law as early as 2012.

Deployment Empowers Consumers to Improve Energy Efficiency, Reduce Costs

Zug, Switzerland, May 14, 2009 - Landis+Gyr has won a maintenance contract to support the further rollout of its automatic meter reading system, SuperConverge, for one of the largest utility groups in Europe, the ČEZ Group. 

Zug, Switzerland - The first PRIME ALLIANCE meeting was held in April 2009, at Iberdrola headquarters in Madrid. Following the example of other industrial standards, this alliance has to be understood as a pioneer initiative focused on the development of a new open, public and non-proprietary telecom solution which will support not only smart metering functionalities but also the progress towards the Smart Grid.

Landis+Gyr has called for collaboration following the Government’s backing for a national roll-out of smart meters to all UK homes and businesses yesterday.

Vote requires full deployment in all EU Member States by 2022

Zug, Switzerland, April 6 2009 – E35C is the latest communication module from Landis+Gyr. Its launch follows the release of the second generation of the group’s popular E350 (ZxF100) meter family. The module has been designed to meet the latest Advanced Metering Infrastructure requirements, building on the flexibility of E350 meters and modules.

Jyskä, Finland, April 2 - Elfelagið SEV has signed a contract with Landis+Gyr for 7,500 multi-energy meters. The development marks the second phase in an ongoing project between Landis+Gyr and the Faroese utility. The contract enables Landis+Gyr to continue their work to enable better energy management in all corners of the world.

Vattenfall Lämpö chooses Landis+Gyr for AMM multi-energy implementation

Dr Peter Heuell takes on the role of CEO for Germany with immediate effect. Herbert Brunner, previously CEO, becomes Chief Operating Officer (COO) and takes over responsibility for global management of the heat metering business. The management team is completed by a third member, Bernhard Hubert, who continues to hold the position of Chief Financial Officer.

Jyskä, 6 February -Landis+Gyr has released a new version of its residential multi-energy AMM system, AIM. It provides the system and data applications necessary for a fully functional two-way integrated metering infrastructure for residential metering. In this latest release the focus of the development has been on enhanced interoperability and integrations.

ATLANTA, Ga. – January 28, 2009 – Landis+Gyr and Corporate Systems Engineering announced the commercial availability of a two-way load control device designed for Landis+Gyr smart grid networks.

Zug, Switzerland and New York, NY – January 29, 2009 – Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energy measurement and management offerings for utilities, today announced it has created a solution brand, Gridstream, for global use in state of the art smart metering and communications system deployments.

Lafayette, IN – February 2, 2009 – Landis+Gyr has announced the commercial release of the MAXsys Elite short switchboard style precision electric grid meter. This meter incorporates advanced power quality features in a convenient FT-21 flush mount case.

Deployment will empower consumers to cut energy bills, greenhouse emissions

Atlanta, GA – February 18, 2009 – FortisAlberta has entered the second phase of its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) deployment with Landis+Gyr, and is scheduled to deploy approximately 370,000 advanced metering endpoints over the next two years.

ATLANTA, Ga– February 3, 2009 – Commonwealth Edison received industry recognition at the DistribuTECH 2009 Conference and Exhibition in San Diego for a real-time fault indicator project that utilizes a Landis+Gyr Gridstream-ready distribution automation solution.

Zug, Switzerland – February 5, 2009 – A powerful European Consortium of leading meter manufacturers, utilities and technology providers came together for the first time this week in Madrid, Spain, to kick start the Open and Public Extended Network (OPEN) meter project, set to define and develop open standard telecommunication protocols and data formats for smart metering. 

Jyskä, 6 February -Landis+Gyr has released a new version of its residential multi-energy AMM system, AIM. It provides the system and data applications necessary for a fully functional two-way integrated metering infrastructure for residential metering. In this latest release the focus of the development has been on enhanced interoperability and integrations.

Companies to integrate Landis+Gyr’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure with SAP® for Utilities to deliver new level of transparency and availability for Energy Utilities

Zug, Switzerland and New York, NY – January 29, 2009 – Landis+Gyr, the global leader in energy measurement and management offerings for utilities, today announced it has created a solution brand, Gridstream, for global use in state of the art smart metering and communications system deployments.

Zug, Switzerland – January 27, 2009 – In an important research and development effort to define the future generation of power line communication (PLC) technology, Landis+Gyr is participating in Iberdrola’s PoweR Intelligent Metering Evolution (PRIME) consortium together with other leading technology providers.

Jyskä, Finland, January 23 - Finnish utility Alajärven Sähkö is expanding its smart metering pilot project with Landis+Gyr by implementing a full scale Advanced Metering Management (AMM) solution. The new system enables remote reading of hourly consumption figures from the utility’s 5,000 metering points.

Jyskä, Finland, January 26, 2009 - Midt Nett Buskerud’s (MNB) decision to expand its investment in a Landis+Gyr Advanced Metering Management (AMM) solution comes as the utility aims for operational efficiency and faces the introduction of new legislation across Norway in 2009.

The European Smart Metering Industry Group ESMIG launches today in Brussels

Landis+Gyr Greece wins tender to supply the country’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) with 60,000 ripple control receivers for tariff switching.

Jyskä, Finland, January 9, 2009 – Finnish utility Järvi-Suomen Energia Oy is expanding its current smart metering system by 7 000 metering points and expanding its Landis+Gyr Advanced Metering Management (AMM) solution. Opting for the turnkey solution helps the utility preserve valuable resources.