Enhancing Energy Monitoring in Construction and Robotics with Plug-and-Play Solution Meter-X

Abstract: With the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the EU requests companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions related to energy consumption. Particularly, in verticals with complex technical environments like construction or manufacturing the tracking of individual devices and equipment is challenging. To approach this challenge a versatile and easy-to-use monitoring solution is necessary. Therefore, we propose a plug-and-play energy metering device, Meter-X, with 5G-enabled edge-cloud connectivity for live monitoring that can be installed by non-professionals. The paper describes the hardware and software stack, analyses the measurement accuracy and demonstrates the potential of the device in two field tests.