Techem is a leading global provider for the housing and property industry in the fields of recording, allocating and billing of data on energy, water and cooling consumption. That’s why Techem stands for customised service packages for the real estate industry in two areas of competence Energy Services and Energy Contracting. Techem has reached an annual turnover of 560 Million Euro in the last budget year 2006/2007. With more than 2.800 people worldwide Techem has own subsidiaries in more than 25 countries in Western and Eastern Europe as well as in China, Russia and Brasil. The Techem staff in the Energy Services business segment is frequently servicing about 7.9 million homes and 42.4 million metering devices worldwide. With more than 10 million installed radio frequency devices Techem is world market leader in this technology sector. Techem offers its customers intelligent solutions and innovative technologies, In short: forward looking energy management. That doesnt just include consumption metering and the billing of heat, water and cooling, but also intelligent systems for saving energy (Techem adapterm), detailed consumption analyses and online services. The Techem products, competences and services in detail: Development and supply of the Techem Radio System - Highest quality of metering and billing of heating, water and cooling. - High quality compact devices – the radio module is integrated in the device Development and supply of high-quality meters with proven accuracy - Heat cost allocators = more than 32,0 Mill. devices installed and under frequent services - Water meters = more than 9,0 Mill. Devices installed and under frequent services - Heat and cooling meters = more than 0,7 Mill. Devices installed and under frequent services Asset Management - Decades of experience in project planning, commissioning and surveillance of recording devices 1. Technical project planning and commissioning 2. Regular monitoring of the devices 3. Exchange of devices, e.g. in case of the regular replacement 4. Surveillance of calibration periods (if applicable) 5. Documentation of technical changes Reading of Energy Consumption Values - Walk-by Reading Technology 1. „Reading“ without access to the appartment/building. 2. Data transfer through radio technology. - Remote Reading Technology 1. Reading of the data is carried out through stationary collectors within the buildings. The reading values are transmitted through a GSM connection into the Techem data center for further processing Data Preparation - Processing of all records in the Techem data centers (or in the ERP data center of our customer) to determine the required consumption data and information. - All informations are checked on plausibility before the data will be forwarded for further processing - Consumption based distribution of the usage among the tenants. - Consumption Management - Consumption check Recommandations for energy savings Measuring and Billing - Precise Metering, precise Billing 1. All consumption figures are shown detailed, precisely and easy to understand. 2. The individual consumption behaviour of every user is recorded and taken into account in the bill. That’s why this system has proved a success worldwide. The principle aim is a fair allocation of costs and responsible use of valuable resources.