Our Sustainability Concept

EMS Electronic Metering Systems s.r.l. is not only a developer, manufacturer, and supplier of high-quality measuring devices and cost allocation devices for energy, heat, cooling, and water, as well as a close partner in metering technology – at our production-plant in Timisoara, Romania, we also operate a pioneering refurbishment and recycling system for our heat cost allocators, radio adapters, and heat meters, which is both ecologically and economically sound.

In the industry of manufacturing measuring devices and cost allocation devices for energy, heat, cooling, and water, refurbishment and recycling processes for the aforementioned measuring devices are far from standard practice.

There is significant potential in refurbishing and recycling metering and distribution devices for two main reasons:

Firstly, in the submetering sector, the entire heating and water circuit of a residential property must be equipped with the appropriate metering technology to provide valid billing and consumption data throughout the year and at year-end.

Secondly, energy meters, heat meters, and water meters are subject to statutory calibration periods in almost the entire EU, meaning that the installed devices must be replaced after these periods (between 6 and 10 years).

This naturally leads to very high resource consumption for the production and replacement of the respective devices.

The meters are generally made of high-quality materials such as plastic and metals, which can be refurbished or recycled.

For some time now, we have offered our customers the option of having their metering devices and cost allocators returned to us after the expiration of their MID compliance periods, recalibration periods, or battery lifespan assessed for refurbishment or recycling at our production-plant in Timisoara, Romania.

We have implemented guidelines to ensure that the meter components can be easily disassembled, refurbished, or recycled.

Reusable parts of our ultrasonic heat meters, radio adapters, and heat cost allocators are thoroughly tested based on these guidelines and then reassembled with new device components.

The metering devices and cost allocators are professionally disassembled, and the main components are separated.

The hydraulics, electronics, sensors, housing, and battery are processed individually to ensure that parts can be reused later.

Furthermore, all components undergo intensive cleaning to remove any residues and ensure optimal functionality.

All parts that can potentially be remanufactured are separated and evaluated in a separate quality control process.

Only those parts that pass the stringent quality control process for remanufactured parts are allowed to re-enter the production process. All remanufactured parts that fail the stringent quality control process are sorted out, collected, and, where possible, sent for material recycling.

This ensures that only remanufactured parts with the properties and quality of new parts are reused.

EMS’s refurbishing and recycling concepts strongly support the principles of the circular economy.

Instead of disposing of heat meters, radio adapters, and heat cost allocators after their service life, they are refurbished or recycled and returned to the production cycle.

This reduces the need for new materials and minimizes the environmental impact of manufacturing new meters.

EMS Electronic Metering Systems s.r.l. actively contributes to resource conservation and energy consumption reduction through the refurbishment of heat meters, radio adapters, and heat cost allocators, as well as through the reuse of recycled materials and parts.