The year is 2018. Everywhere we see digital services: In online banking, in telecommunications, in the logistics industry or in trade. Rental car, taxi, pizza delivery, dental appointments: We organize everything at the touch of a finger on the smartphone. […]
IoT in the energy sector: With smart metering, i. e. the digital measurement of consumer data, infrastructure companies in the energy market launching their first IoT concepts. Now it is time to use the data gained to develop new business models before large Internet companies seize this lucrative part of the business.
When it comes to data protection and privacy, the Germans are somewhat special. Arguably nowhere else in the world do people love to debate so passionately about technological innovations. Whether it is Google Streetview, digital voice assistants or even smoke […]
What is tenant electricity? While it was previously possible for property owners in Germany to generate and use their own energy on or in the building or to feed it into the public electricity grid, they could not pass the electricity on to their tenants. A legislative amendment makes this now possible.
Saving energy is an increasingly important issue these days. While it seems obvious that the simplest way to save energy is just to use less, in practical terms it can be a lot more difficult. Smart home systems and devices help save energy by allowing the user to monitor and control energy usage in new ways.
The modernization of utility networks is considered to be the largest infrastructure project of all times. In Germany alone 40 million private households and a huge variety of smart metering devices need to get integrated in an intelligent power grid. […]
In the age of the Internet of Energy (IoE) the generation of electricity is no longer exclusively in the hand of the big old industry. New markets emerge. Consumers become Prosumers. Electricity communities form.
