Silver Spring, Freestyle team up for smarter water systems

Silver Spring Networks plans to integrate Australia-based Freestyle Technology’s Zigbee-based smart water meter module with its own Smart Energy Platform.

Both companies say the partnership builds on their vision of providing an interoperable, open and flexible networking platform to help develop next-generation smart-grid applications for utilities and consumers.

By gaining visibility in water usage, utilities and consumers alike can better manage consumption. Improved insights into the water infrastructure also help utilities to more quickly and accurately identify leaks, optimize water flow and improve distribution of water to customers.

Using Freestyle’s smart water meter module along with Silver Spring’s networking platform and advanced metering solution, utilities will be able to remotely communicate, manage and support water meters without expensive and extensive duplication of infrastructure and maintain security, data separation and privacy, the companies claim.

The smart water meter module is the first joint project for Freestyle and Silver Spring.