EMS portrait for Lynus AG
- Company
- Lynus AG
- Company headquarters
- Tuggen, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- Lynus
- Website
- https://lynus.io/
General information
| main target group |
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| secondary target group |
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| Utility service | electricity, heating, water |
| Do Swiss customers belong to your target group? | Yes, they belong to our main target group |
Functions for real estate
Offer for utilities
Specifications
| Interfaces to utility systems |
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| Commercialisation by utilities | Yes, with white label under certain conditions |
| METAS certification | No, certification by METAS is not (yet) planned. |
Compatible Components
| Electricity meter |
Standard offer available
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| Heat meter |
Standard offer available
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| Water meter |
Standard offer available
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| Inverter/PV system |
Standard offer available
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| Battery storage |
Standard offer available
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| Heat pump |
Standard offer available
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| Combined heat and power plant (CHPP) |
Standard offer available
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| Water boiler |
Standard offer available
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| Other heating systems |
Standard offer available
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| Heat storage |
Standard offer available
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| EV-charging station |
Standard offer available
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| Smart Home elements |
Standard offer available
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
Not stated
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Technical information
| Operating elements |
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| Components of the product |
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| Interfaces to components |
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| Communication interfaces | GSM, LAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Standard offer under development |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | If-Then Functions, Algorithms (consideration of several factors), Self-learning algorithms |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (local), Centrally in a control box (cloud) |
Intervals for data measurement and transmission
| Data measurement for control | In real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for electricity billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for water billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data transmission | In real time (up to 5 minutes) |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| Comment on installation | The specialist partner is always trained by Lynus |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1-2 days |
| Software updates | 4x yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | Lynus AG |
| Warranty | 10 years |
| Lifetime | 15 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | The data is stored centrally in Switzerland in a Swiss Cloud. |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | ISO 27000 |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS |
| Access protection of decentralized units | Not stated |
| Data security on decentralized units | Not stated |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | Not stated |
| Encryption of data in-transfer and in-storage | Partially, if required |
Costs
Costs at building level
These are rough estimates. An offer must be requested for exact cost information.
The following use case was assumed for the cost estimate:
1 Multi-party residential building with the following components (excluding commercial):
- Measuring units: 20 electricity meters, 20 heat meters, 20 water meters (hot & cold)
- 1 photovoltaic system (with 1 inverter)
- 1 heat pump (SG-Ready)
- 1 hot water boiler
- 20 parking spaces, 5 of which are fully equipped with charging stations
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Of these, the following functions can be fulfilled:
Measure electricity meterMeasure heat meterMeasure water meterIntegration PV systemControl heat pumpControl water boilerDynamic load managementData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)Implementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
| One-time hardware costs | CHF1,500 |
| One-time software costs | CHF2,750 |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF4,250 |
| Project management costs | CHF160 per hour |
| Annual costs | CHF0 |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | none |
Information about the company
| Establishment in Switzerland | Yes, we are compatible with the Swiss system: currency, tariff system, etc. |
| Do you already work together with utilities? |
Yes
With:: approx. 5 utilities |
| Other partners/clients | Specialist partners |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | 50 objects approx. 500 apartments |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | approx. 200 Objects |
| Founding year | 2020 |
| Number of FTE | 20 |