Published on 30-Nov-2010
Validated on 12 Mar 2013
"Model-driven testing improves quality and reduces product development costs." - Dr. Udo Brockmeyer, CEO, BTC-ES, a subsidiary of EWE AG Corporation
Customer:
EWE AG Corporation
Industry:
Energy & Utilities
Deployment country:
Germany
Solution:
Application Design-Build-Manage, Customer Relationship Management, Development & Technology Adoption, Energy Efficiency, Geographically Distributed Development , Industry Framework , Smarter Planet, Web Services, Collaborative Innovation, Information Lifecycle Management
Smarter Planet:
Smarter Energy
Overview
EWE is Germany’s leading developer for the energy and utilities industries, providing solutions for Smart Metering, the E3 Electric Car and its integration into SmartGrid, and offshore wind farms. EWE is also Germany’s leading energy and utilities company, covering the energy needs of the northwestern third of Germany. The BTC Embedded Systems AG division also manufactures its own SmartMeters such as the EWE trio Smart Box, including underlying embedded software and validation tests.
Business need:
Private consumers need to be aware and smarter about their energy consumption today to ensure a sustainable energy supply for the future. High peak loads result in higher CO2 emissions impacting the environment. Consumers need to be motivated to take ownership of their energy usage to lower their energy consumption and reduce their carbon footprint. EWE AG Corp took on this challenge by providing real-time insight into energy usage patterns with a smart interactive consumer environment.
Solution:
The EWE trio Smart Box interacts with company systems to provide consumers with full visualization of energy usage habits in real time. Consumers can easily understand the impact of their energy habits and leverage off-peak hours to save money and reduce peak loads. Using a model-driven testing approach tamed the complexity of the interconnected system and streamlined the development, integration and quality process.
Benefits:
· Reduces energy costs for consumers by 10 percent with continual insights provided by interactive displays of consumption. Allows consumers to adjust energy usage to take advantage of off-peak rates.
· Captures near real-time energy usage data from the EWE trio Smart Box into the Enterprise IT system.
· Provides a real-time visualization of energy usage connected to billing systems, which can be monitored on a display or remotely via the web.
Case Study
EWE is Germany’s leading developer for the energy and utilities industries, providing solutions for Smart Metering, the E3 Electric Car and its integration into SmartGrid, and offshore wind farms. With 8,500 employees, EWE is also Germany’s leading energy and utilities company, covering the energy needs of the northwestern third of Germany. The BTC Embedded Systems AG division also manufactures its own SmartMeters such as the EWE trio Smart Box, including underlying embedded software and validation tests.
The Need
Private consumers need to be aware and smarter about their energy consumption today to ensure a sustainable energy supply for the future. High peak loads result in higher CO2 emissions impacting the environment. Consumers need to be motivated to take ownership of their energy usage to lower their energy consumption and reduce their carbon footprint. EWE AG Corp took on this challenge by providing real-time insight into energy usage patterns with a smart interactive consumer environment.
The Solution
The EWE trio Smart Box interacts with company systems to provide consumers with full visualization of energy usage habits in real time. Consumers can easily understand the impact of their energy habits and leverage off-peak hours to save money and reduce peak loads. Using a model-driven testing approach tamed the complexity of the interconnected system and streamlined the development, integration and quality process.
What makes it smarter
§ Reduces energy costs for consumers by 10 percent with continual insights provided by interactive displays of consumption. Allows consumers to adjust energy usage to take advantage of off-peak rates.
§ Captures near real-time energy usage data from the EWE trio Smart Box into the Enterprise IT system.
§ Provides a real-time visualization of energy usage connected to billing systems, which can be monitored on a display or remotely via the web.
For more information
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Products and services used
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Software:
Rational Rhapsody
Service:
Rational Services
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