French IoT software container firm MicroEJ is working with Landis+Gyr to expand the app development environment for smart meters.

This collaboration aims to establish a digital foundation for more efficient and sustainable energy management.

Through software containerisation, MicroEJ’s VEE virtual execution environment provides an app operating system for Landis+Gyr’s Revelo meter. Revelo’s waveform sampling makes it an accurate sensor and supports software applications for decision making at the grid edge.

With rising consumer expectations for fast, personalised and secure energy management, utility providers must increase customer service capabilities at the grid edge. Revelo supports grid and consumer applications running on the MicroEJ platform that both optimise management of the grid and improve consumer engagement through enhanced grid resiliency and reliability through grid-facing applications.

This provides an enhanced consumer experience with end-user usage monitoring with appliance-level granularity. There is support for integration and monitoring of distributed energy resources.

“The next generation of meter technologies are a critical next step for energy management,” said Todd Bushey, vice president at Landis+Gyr. “Revelo and its related future-ready utility IoT platform provide the edge intelligence and sensing function to provide utilities and consumers with the capabilities to reach their goals. The flexibility of the MicroEJ environment enables us to provide an effective platform for app enablement and expansion in the future.”

Fred Rivard, CEO of MicroEJ, added: “MicroEJ VEE flagship software containers power the digital transformation of future-proof energy meters to an unprecedented level, enhancing services and energy management over the life of a smart meter. This turnkey solution supports the customisation and personalisation of smart meter applications to address new consumer needs, thereby achieving a sustainable and cost-effective platform for future development.”

MicroEJ is a software vendor for embedded and IoT devices. It is focused on providing device manufacturers with secure products in markets where software applications require high performance, compact size, energy efficiency and cost-effective development.

More than 120 companies in the world with over 100 million products sold have chosen MicroEJ to design electronic product applications in a large variety of industries, including smart home, wearables, healthcare, industrial automation, retail, telecommunications, smart city, building automation and transportation.

Swiss firm Landis+Gyr is a provider of integrated energy management. Its products measure and analyse energy use to generate analytics for smart grid and infrastructure management, helping utilities and consumers reduce energy consumption. With sales of $1.5bn in 2021, Landis+Gyr employs around 6500 people across five continents.