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From metering to billing – presentation of a unique end-to-end solution for integrated smart metering



At European Utility Week QUNDIS premieres its Q billing web-based system software to an international trade audience

At European Utility Week 2016 in Barcelona QUNDIS – the European market leader for metering technology in submetering – demonstrates at stand 3J91 how consumption-based billing and metering point operation function with Q billing. The system software is the first real end-to-end solution which covers the entire value chain, from the fitting of metering devices via daily remote readout operations to the complete billing of water and heating consumption. The company’s subsidiary SMARVIS provides consultancy and implementation services to utilities, metering services and start-up companies.

Q billing ensures process enhancements and cost benefits

Entering the field of consumption billing is worthwhile. By adding billing to their business operations, companies in the housing industry and utilities for the first time acquire full control over metering point operations in submetering. As a result they not only manage service quality themselves but also save on process costs, because with its web-based Q billing system software SMARVIS provides them with a real all-round solution. It enables not just the implementation of billing operations, but also the digital coordination of all tasks relating to the management of external service providers. Standardised data interfaces enable simple linkup with ERP systems for housing management such as SAP / Blue Eagle.

Thanks to the lean process standards which SMARVIS sets with Q billing, the recording and billing of heating and water consumption (as well as of cooling in ventilation and air conditioning) is highly efficient in comparison to the leading conventional solutions offered by other suppliers. Major German utilities such as Berlin’s water company (Berliner Wasserbetriebe) rely on the consulting and implementation expertise of SMARVIS for smart metering solutions.

Reference facility: Mall of Berlin – one of Europe’s largest shopping malls

Since August 2015 Berliner Wasserbetriebe have been applying the Q billing all-round solution for the billing of heating and incidental costs at this upmarket shopping mall with its approx. 600 user units (both commercial and residential). The municipal utility company, one of the largest of its kind in Europe, is also using the software system for its own metering point operations.

Thanks to their switch to Q billing Berliner Wasserbetriebe now have a full overview of the current status of their metering devices, because the latest AMR technology by the market leader QUNDIS is applied. Order processing can now be monitored in real time with the aid of an innovative tracking function. SMARVIS also provides the Q mobile Android app for the implementation of orders (e.g fitting or replacement of devices). This enables the utility company to carry out installation work itself in future, simplifying operations, saving time and reducing process costs.

Pioneers in integrated smart metering

In Germany SMARVIS has already built up a considerable reputation within the industry as a partner for end-to-end solutions in consumption billing. Founded by QUNDIS in 2011, the company supports energy suppliers and housing companies with innovative software systems, consultancy and training, so that they can take control of the consumption-based billing of water and heating within their housing facilities.

In addition SMARVIS is among the pioneers in integrated smart metering, which brings together submetering and smart metering – a digitalisation process which enables the comprehensive display of all consumption values and the energy-saving management of energy generation. At present SMARVIS is the only company in Europe which provides the housing industry with comprehensive consultancy services in this special field.