Smart Meter Gateways: Options for a BSI-compliant integration of energy management systems
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hartmut Schmeck; Manuel Lösch; Ralf Növer; Kevin Förderer; Marilen Ronczka
- Source
- Applied Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 8, p 1634 (2019)
Applied Sciences
Volume 9
Issue 8
Applied Sciences, 9 (8), Art. Nr.: 1634
- Subject
- Smart Metering System
Computer science
Energy management
Smart meter
020209 energy
02 engineering and technology
Building Energy Management
lcsh:Technology
Demand response
lcsh:Chemistry
Smart Meter Gateway
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
General Materials Science
Metering mode
Architecture
Instrumentation
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
business.industry
lcsh:T
Process Chemistry and Technology
DATA processing & computer science
020208 electrical & electronic engineering
General Engineering
Information security
Demand Response
lcsh:QC1-999
Computer Science Applications
Demand Side Management
Data access
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
restrict
lcsh:TA1-2040
Energy Management Systems
Smart Meter
ddc:004
Telecommunications
business
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
lcsh:Physics
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2076-3417
The introduction of Smart Meter Gateways (SMGWs) to buildings and households creates new opportunities and challenges for energy management systems. While SMGWs provide interfaces for accessing recorded information and enable communication to external parties, they also restrict data access to protect the privacy of inhabitants and facility owners. This paper presents an analysis of options for integrating automated (Building) Energy Management Systems (EMSs) into the smart meter architecture based on the technical guidelines for SMGWs by the German Federal Office for Information Security (&ldquo
Bundesamt fü
r Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik&rdquo
BSI). It shows that there are multiple ways for integrating automated EMSs into the German smart metering architecture, although each option comes with its own advantages and restrictions. By providing a detailed discussion of trade-offs, this paper supports EMS designers that will be confronted with differing freedoms and limitations depending on the integration option.