SAV and Insite launch the UK’s first digital smart metering App for heat networks

SAV and Insite Energy have joined forces to launch KURVE, the market’s first digital smart metering app for heat networks.

Designed for use by both heat network operators and consumers, KURVE has the potential to deliver 62% savings in capital expenditure and 53% savings in operational costs. Heat network operators specifying KURVE will gain remote access to data diagnostics including energy consumption and VWART (Volume Weighted Average Return Temperature) from each connected meter, using the system’s wired Smart M-Bus infrastructure. Analysis of this data provides insight into usage patterns and enables heat network operators to optimise network performance.

At the same time, KURVE shows users their energy consumption for the day, week, month and year, giving them access to this data whenever they want, via any internet-connected device. This visibility promotes their engagement with the system and their energy usage. Payments can be made securely via PayPoint through the KURVE App, in any PayPoint outlet, or over the phone.

Consequently, KURVE provides full compliance with increasingly stringent metering and billing regulations imposed by the Energy Efficiency Directive. This Directive requires all new meters to be remotely readable from October 2020, with data being available to customers on at least a monthly basis by 2027.