European Smart Metering Alliance
ESMA
Project No. EIE/06/031/S12
December 2006 – November 2009
Slides created June 2008
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Project Summary
ESMA is a cross European project with 14
participants from 9 countries.
Its aims are
• To maximise the energy efficiency benefits of Article
13 of the Energy Services Directive through
customer feedback
• To reach consensus on the energy efficiency and
sustainability benefits of smart metering
• To identify and disseminate best practice
• To provide a forum for stakeholders to come
together, resolve issues and share knowledge
• To report on smart metering progress to the
European Commission
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Background
There is an urgent need to reduce residential energy consumption.
Trials have shown that customers can save up to 15% of their
energy if they receive real time feedback from their meters, a
feature of Smart Metering. But these results are not consistent
and ESMA aims to identify and spread best practice to deliver the
maximum energy efficiency benefits from the installation of smart
metering. Smart metering can be used for all customers with a
metered supply of electricity, gas, heat and water.
Governments are currently implementing Article 13 of the Energy
Services Directive which requires customers to be given more
information about their energy consumption. ESMA is working to
provide governments with the information they need to make the
most of smart metering.
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Project Outputs
The main project outputs and their order will be:
• Establish Alliance of stakeholders and ESMA web site
• Report on state of the art of smart metering
• Publish Application Guide for Smart Metering
• Collect and disseminate case studies
• Produce Annual Report on smart metering progress
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Progress
• Alliance – now has more than 80 members
– Drawn from utilities, vendors, ESCOs, consultancies,
academics, consumer bodies, technology developers
• Web site set up
– http://www.esma-home.eu
– With password controlled members area
• Reports on state of the art and Application Guide
published
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Project Participants
Project Co-ordinator: BEAMA Limited (UK)
Participants: Krajowa Agencja Poszanowania Energii S.A. (Poland)
Ea Energianalyse A/S (Denmark)
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands
Technical Research Centre of Finland
Pilot Systems Ltd (UK)
EDV ENERGIA (Portugal)
SINTEF Energiforskning AS (Norway)
SenterNovem (Netherlands)
Ekodoma (Latvia)
SEVEn (Czech Republic)
ENDESA DISTRIBUCION ELECTRICA, S.L. (Spain)
ENDESA INGENIERIA S.L. (Spain)
Stołeczne Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej S.A. (Poland)
For further information please contact:
John Parsons, BEAMA Limited,
Tel: +44 (0) 7966 650 554 Email: esma@beama.org.uk
Project web site http://www.esma-home.eu
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