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EFR GmbH works on projects funded by the European Fund for Regional Development. These include the following projects: DITour-EE The aim of the project is digital solutions for smart tourism through sector coupling of electromobility and energy. A detailed description can be found under  http://www.ditour-ee.de/ Within the project, EFR GmbH works on a specific charging infrastructure for the special requirements of the hotel and restaurant industry. The consortium includes EFR and the following companies and institutions: betterspace GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy Systems (IEE), Kassel. Results of the funded project are OCPP 1.6, Local Offload Load Management, ISO 15118. Virtual parking garage store The aim of the project is a system solution for the management of semi-public charging points in multi-storey car parks through cost-effective charging technology, local load management, object-related virtualization, regional aggregation. The goal is interactive tariffing and flexible load provisioning. Within the project, EFR is working on the development of a specific charging technology that complies with the legal requirements of the law and its testing in the laboratory under real conditions. Besides EFR, the consortium includes the following companies and institutions: JustOn GmbH, Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Evaluation IOSB, Ilmenau University of Technology, Erfurt Airport Weimar. Goals of the project work are:

• New charging box for universal use
• OCPP 2.0
• Local charging load management
• Legally compliant calibration of the charging box

reDesigN The theme of the funding project is "Resilience by Design for IoT data platforms using the example of distributed energy management TV: resilience at the field level. EFR works on the resilient field technology. Along with EFR the consortium also includes
Technical University Ilmenau Department of Databases & Information Systems
Technical University of Ilmenau Department of Software Engineering for Safety Critical Systems
Fraunhofer IOSB-AST
CUCULUS GmbH. Objectives of the funded project are:

• Further development of existing products (EV charging boxes) with regard to ensuring the system functions and thus improving the quality of the equipment technology and improving the competitive situation,
• Increase revenue by extending the ability of EV charging boxes to integrate into platforms to realize higher value energy management capabilities.

Die EFR ist Teilnehmer der Allianz für Cyber-Sicherheit

EFR GmbH has introduced and applies a quality management system in accordance with ISO 9001: 2015. The certificate is valid for sales, development, configuration and maintenance of communication infrastructure in energy management as well as logistics and service of equipment in this field. The notified body is DNV GL - Business Assurance in Barendrecht, Netherlands. The first certification according to ISO 9001: 2008 took place in August 2015

We inform you about the current measures taken by EFR due to the developments of the virus COVID-19: Our company continues to operate for you. Your usual contact persons are available to you as before and can be reached by phone and e-mail.
Except for an emergency, the employees at our locations in Munich, Wutha-Farnroda and Berlin shall work from home. We will coordinate internally several times a day to take account of current developments and react accordingly. Social contacts are to be kept to a minimum; we hope you understand. We wish all business partners, interested parties and employees all the best and return to normalcy soon.
Stay healthy.

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We have decided this year to refrain from Christmas gifts and take over instead like social responsibility for children with cancer and disabled children and their families. EFR GmbH has transferred an amount of  EUR 3.000,00 to the German Childhood Cancer Foundation, Deutsche Kinderkrebsstiftung, Bonn, this year. In the donation barometer of the foundation the development of the donation height can be followed. In addition, the Association for the Promotion of Cancer-Diseased and Handicapped Children, VKKK Ostbayern e. V. , a donation of EUR 3.000,00.
This will support projects and activities against childhood cancer.. We want to make a contribution to facilitate the lives of children and their relatives in an extreme exceptional situation. We wish you all a speedy recovery and a lot of strength and confidence in the fight against the disease. The children's and youth hospice Mitteldeutschland in Tambach-Dietharz was supported with EUR 600.00 to help the concerned and their families. Together we can create "moments that stay" - that is the credo of the facility. Our Thuringian Branch has been associated with the facility for years and we appreciate the important and valuable work of the hospice.