Bglobal Plc : Bglobal Completes Pioneering Smart Energy Demonstration in Caravan Park Sector

Bglobal Completes Pioneering Smart Energy Demonstration in Caravan Park Sector

Bglobal - the UK's leading provider of smart energy solutions - has recently completed a pioneering demonstration  of its ZigBee enabled smart metering system, that is set to have a significant impact on the way in which holiday parks and caravan sites manage their energy consumption.

The 2 month project was carried out at a caravan park in the south of England - it trialled the use of the ZigBee radio system, collecting data from smart meters across the site.

During the demonstration, Bglobal built a network of meters, repeaters and receivers, sending messages around physical obstacles, such as trees and buildings, which usually limit the signals for transferring data.  The performance data gained from over 1 million messages showed that the radio system performed with over a 99.95% success rate confirming that the technology was ideally suited to this environment.

The company now intends to roll the equipment out across the caravan site and holiday park sector, with other similar industries, such as commercial landlords with multiple tenants earmarked as part of an ambitious business development strategy.

John Cowburn, Chief Engineer at Bglobal said: "This is the first time that the technology has been used to collect smart meter readings in this way. The pioneering trial has proved that by using this technology, a physical line of sight is not necessary to collect data - opening up a number of potential benefits for owners of holiday park and caravan sites."

According to the company, large numbers of tenants consume energy that property owners have to pay for, before re-billing to the occupier.  Owners must rely on consumption estimates, or manual readings, to collect data from tenants. These are often inaccurate, time consuming and expensive.

John added: "Companies rarely collect the correct amount of money from their tenants for the energy that is used. Meters are often in hard to reach places - for example, rural areas, hidden in cupboards, or blocked by trees but the meshing capabilities of ZigBee allow the system to overcome such issues.

The Bglobal Zigbee solution  will enable owners to collate accurate meter readings that will result in accurate energy bills for their tenants, as well as directly linking into a payment system to create bills on site."

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