A resource monitor for monitoring consumption of a resource includes: a commissioning processor, configured to pair with a client device via a Bluetooth link, and configured to receive WIFI network credentials from the client device, and configured to transmit the credentials to commission the resource monitor onto the WIFI network, and configured to initiate communications with a resource server over the internet cloud; and a meter reading processor, that receives meter identifiers from the resource server via the internet cloud for resource meters within radio range, and that tunes a meter receiver to narrowband frequency channels to detect and decode radio signals transmitted by resource meters to extract the meter identifiers along with corresponding meter readings, and that periodically transmits the meter identifiers along with the corresponding meter readings to the resource server over the internet cloud.

Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for monitoring fire water networks. A fire water network (FWN) is monitored for leaks in real-time. Current instrument readings are received from instruments in the FWN. A leak signature associated with the FWN is generated in real-time using the current instrument readings. The leak signature is configured to identify the presence or absence of leaks in the FWN. The leak signature is compared, in real-time, to historical leak signatures associated with historical leaks. A determination is made, based on the comparing, the presence or the absence of a leak in the FWN. Upon determining the presence of the leak, a notification of the leak is automatically provided. Upon determining the absence of the leak, monitoring of the FWN for leaks is continued.

A method and a device are used during battery operation of a smart metering meter equipped with a consumption sensor and a transmit clock generator for a radio module for transmitting consumption data packets, in the event of a decreased residual capacity of the battery, to determine if the data packets can be transmitted as previously with the residual capacity over the residual time period until a scheduled battery exchange at the end of a specified operating time period. If not, the transmit power, for example, of the data packets is reduced and/or their transmit clock is extended over the residual period. This determination, along with a control specification, are preferably performed in a concentrator and are transmitted to the meter by using bidirectionally operating radio modules so that computer capacities required therefor need not be retained in each individual meter of a supply area.

Devices state changes in a building may be determined using a combination of power monitoring and network monitoring. Power monitoring may be performed by obtaining a power monitoring signal and processing the power monitoring signal with models to determine information about state changes of one or more devices in the building. Network monitoring may be performed by receiving information about network packets transmitted by devices in the building and processing the information about the network packets to determine information about state changes of one or more devices in the building. For some devices and some implementations, information about state changes of a device may be determined by using both power monitoring and network monitoring.

A method for responding to a voice activated request includes receiving a speech input request from a smart speaker requesting energy management data associated with energy consumption at a premises of the smart speaker. The method also includes generating a voice service request including a first query for a first data source. The first query includes a request for the energy management data. Additionally, the method includes communicating the first query to the first data source and receiving a first response to the first query from the first data source. Further, the method includes generating an audible speech output in response to the speech input request based on the first response to the first query and transmitting the audible speech output to the smart speaker. The smart speaker audibly transmits the audible speech output.

Disclosed are an Internet of Things data transmission data and system. The method comprises a downlink transmission step: obtaining first downlink data delivered by an Internet of Things platform; parsing the first downlink data to obtain a target meter of a metering task and a forwarding priority in a first packet; obtaining second downlink data; adding the second downlink data to an asynchronous delivery queue according to the forwarding priority; and delivering the second downlink data to the target meter according to the asynchronous delivery queue, so that the target meter completes the metering task. The present method makes full use of concentrators as intermediate devices while maintaining the integrity of core task data, lowers the channel requirement due to asynchronous execution and is especially suitable for periodic metering tasks.

A battery-powered consumption meter (10) is provided, which comprises a measurement means for measuring a value relating to an accumulated volume of a fluid flowing (41) in a connected fluid pipe system (40) to make up a consumption meter representation of the accumulated volume, and a first communication means (11), which is a wireless two-way communication means arranged for transmitting (14d) the consumption meter representation from the consumption meter (10) to an external device (20) external to the consumption meter (10), and for receiving a communication (14a, 14b, 14c) therefrom, the consumption meter (10) having at least two modes of operation comprising: a normal operation mode, and a calibration mode different from the normal operation mode, wherein in calibration mode the consumption meter (10) is arranged to transmit the consumption meter representation (14d) to the external device (20) in response to a request (14c) therefor from the external device (20). A calibration system (100) and a method of calibration are provided as well, the consumption meter (10), the calibration system (100) and the method of calibration providing energy-saving over the prior art.

A gas sensor network system provides near real-time monitoring of fugitive emissions of VOC compounds in chemical plants and facilities. The present disclosure provides a sensor placement method which determines where to place sensors within a facility. The sensor placement method includes obtaining plant layout, gas composition, meteorological conditions and/or other types of information regarding a facility, determining the types of gas and ancillary sensors needed, and generating the minimum detection distances required based on the sensitivities of the sensors to the gas compounds involved. And, then calculating the minimal number of sensors required for each sensor type with optimized sensor locations to ensure best coverage of potentially leaking components within the facility.

A gas information transmission apparatus includes: a gas information storage that stores two or more pieces of gas information in association with time information that specifies time, and with a cylinder identifier; a terminal acquisition unit that acquires gas information that is information including gas use information regarding a LPG cylinder and corresponds to a cylinder identifier; and a terminal transmission unit that transmits the gas information, to an information processing apparatus, using an information processing apparatus that includes: a gas information reception unit that receives gas information associated with a cylinder identifier; a gas information accumulation unit that accumulates the gas information received by the gas information reception unit, in a gas information storage, in association with time information and a cylinder identifier; and a processor that performs predetermined processing, using two or more pieces of gas information stored in the gas information storage.

An implementation of a utility meter is connected to a resource and to a customer premises. The utility meter includes a sensor, a converter, and a radio. The sensor is configured to detect a characteristic of resource usage by the customer premises. The converter is configured to convert the characteristic to raw consumption data describing the resource usage. The radio is configured to transmit the raw consumption data output by the converter to a remote processing system. The remote processing system includes one or both of a fog and a cloud. The fog is associated with a geographic region of the utility meter and performs data processing on the raw consumption data and on regional raw consumption data received from other endpoints in the geographic region. The cloud performs data processing on the raw consumption data as well as on data received from other endpoints across various geographic regions.