Onzo designs hardware that increases the volume and value of data that is captured and enables it to be returned efficiently.
Onzo’s energy sensor (pictured right) has been designed to gather granular data (one second power and power factor), to be easy for customers to fit where meter tails are accessible, and to be self-powered.
It is currently being developed further to cope with a wider range of physical constraints, such as when where meter tails are less accessible; to accept alternative inputs, such as pulse inputs and other sensor inputs; to run off power sources other than energy harvesting that Onzo has developed, and to communicate using different protocols and frequencies.
The sensor has already been adapted to transmit water consumption data from a pulse output water meter.
Energy sensor data is currently returned by plugging the display into the computer with a USB cable but data bridges, or ‘home hubs’, that increase customer ease-of-use and data return efficiency are currently in development.
Onzo’s website and web components can be used to gather additional ‘claimed’ data from the customer, as well as integrate third party data, such as temperature and weather forecasts.
