Metasphere believes it has the answer with its recently released STOR (Short Term Operating Reserve) Application, which has been designed to help businesses increase income from generation capacity.

The STOR Application integrates with the local electricity provider’s STOR Dispatch system to allow a business to manage its energy consumption through load management, whilst responding to automated requests for STOR generation from The National Grid; all within twenty minutes of the original request.

Once a contract call is received it is processed centrally; the STOR application uses its preset configuration to turn on standby generators until the desired generation target is met. Configurations can be easily amended to turn on additional generators and in any chosen sequence via Remote Telemetry Units (RTUs).

The RTUs are used to report back the generator status and generation output to the central processing point, from just one or a network of generation plants over wide areas. The combined data is then fed back to the STOR Dispatch System to provide web-based reports on response time performance, generation by date, capacity and percentage utilisation and generator duty and standby utilisation during STOR. The continuous monitoring of process plant has an additional advantage that it provides on-going status for general maintenance.

Tim O’Brien, CEO of Metasphere comments; “This Application has real financial benefits for those participating in such National Grid contracts. STOR helps deliver Supply to the Grid in times of peak demand, thereby guaranteeing supply to the network whilst protecting the overall infrastructure.”

For more information on Metasphere’s range of asset monitoring products and services, call 01737 846100 or visit www.metasphere.co.uk

In an effort to highlight the hidden energy costs associated with water usage, Metasphere is actively targeting businesses unaware of the cost and energy savings to be made through effective monitoring and metering. The company is seeing its Point logger being installed at airports, supermarkets and hospitals.

Tim O’Brien, CEO of Metasphere commenting on this latest sales initiative; “Most companies are aware of CRC (carbon reduction commitment) but few think about water. We have undertaken research in the facilities management and energy service sectors; time and again we hear that water is of little interest to their business or their customers as cost savings are deemed to be too low. Sometimes it appears to be the forgotten utility, we aim to change that.”

The company is highlighting water usage price increases; the CRC tax of £12 per tonne of CO2e paid by Water and Sewerage and Water Only companies (rising to £16/tonne in 2013)*; and the subsequent costs added to utility bills to cover this tax.

Metasphere is also asking businesses to question their usage more closely by comparing sites. O’Brien explains, “There needs to be a real change in how businesses view water as a cost, sub-metering can help by actively comparing water usage between sites or processes, highlighting issues around wastage or leakage. Sub-metering can enable bill and meter validation, establish ‘normal’ usage patterns, help manage grey water and help identify leakage through the additional use of minimum night time flow monitoring.”

Metasphere believes that another driver for water and CO2e savings will come from businesses embracing their Corporate Social Responsibility. Monitoring sub-meters effectively through the use of its Point logger, claims Metasphere, can provide the proof that is needed to enable cultural changes in patterns of water usage, ultimately resulting in a reduction in a company’s water footprint while lowering operating costs.

For more information on Metasphere’s range of asset monitoring products and services, call 01737 846100 or visit www.metasphere.co.uk

Remote monitoring specialist Metasphere has enjoyed two years of real growth with five new frameworks recently confirmed and more in the pipeline. The company is beefing up its sales and technical capabilities with new appointments and according to CEO, Tim O’Brien, the outlook moving forward is looking very promising.

Sales have increased by 60% (to approx £4M) year on year, doubling the growth of the previous year. This has come from a number of newly won frameworks together with a move into new distribution channels and markets that fall outside, but still complement, the company’s traditional water industry focus.

Newly won RTU (Remote Telemetry Unit) frameworks include one with Yorkshire Water, as part of the company’s standardisation on Metasphere’s mains-powered MM-IM – a large works automation and data gateway – a RTU outstation and PLC in one box. The same product has been supplied with software support for AMP5 to Anglian Water and further afield the company has also won the RTU framework with Sydney Water.

The company’s initial move into newer market areas has been rewarded with the winning of two new energy frameworks with leading energy providers to be announced shortly.

For more information on Metasphere and its range of asset monitoring products and services, call  01737 846100 or visit www.metasphere.co.uk

June 2011

Remote monitoring specialist Metasphere has announced the appointment of a new Technician to increase its Customer Services team.

Asmir Hajric comes straight from Nescot College where he qualified in Electronic Engineering. Neil Tubman, Customer Services Director, comments:

"Metasphere's Customer Services team had a clear requirement to increase the technician team size. This is primarily to quality assure the products being shipped to our customers in increasing volumes, but also to configure these units so they are ready to work out of the box, exactly as our customers expect.

Asmir has proven to be a great addition to the team, and has just successfully completed his probationary period. We look forward to a successful future together.”

For more information on Metasphere and its range of asset monitoring products and services, call 01737 846100 or visit www.metasphere.co.uk