EMS portrait for ifesca GmbH
- Company
- ifesca GmbH
- Company headquarters
- Illmenau, Germany
- Energy management system (EMS)
- ifesca.ADAM
- Website
- https://www.ifesca.de/
ifesca GmbH is an IoT company founded in 2016 in Ilmenau, Thuringia, and offers software products for industry and the energy sector. With the cloud-based platform ifesca.AIVA® and the stand-alone component ifesca.ADAM®, the company has developed two applications with which all market roles in the energy industry as well as energy-intensive industrial companies can use the digital service in the area of forecasting and optimising energy data. ifesca customers are thus enabled to meet the requirements of digitalisation and a holistic view of energy issues in the company. They can use the potential gained in this way to increase their competitiveness.
General information
| main target group |
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| secondary target group |
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| no application |
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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 as standard |
| METAS certification | No, certification by METAS is not (yet) planned. |
Compatible Components
| Electricity meter |
Standard offer under development
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| Heat meter |
Standard offer under development
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| Water meter |
Standard offer under development
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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 under development
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| Combined heat and power plant (CHPP) |
Standard offer available
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| Water boiler |
Standard offer under development
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| Other heating systems |
Standard offer under development
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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 under development
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
4'000 EUR
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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, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Individual offer developable |
| 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 | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for electricity billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Hourly |
| Data measurement for water billing | Hourly |
| Data transmission | Every 15 minutes |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by EMS provider, Specialist partner, External installer |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1 day |
| Software updates | 4x yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Manually via remote access, Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | ifesca |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Lifetime | unlimited due to exchange warranty |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | ISO 27001, DSVGO, AVV, database, encryption |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Europe, outside of 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 | Majority |
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) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Implementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection)
| One-time hardware costs | EUR2,000 |
| One-time software costs | EUR2,000 |
| Total of one-time costs | EUR5,000 |
| Project management costs | EUR120 per hour |
| Annual costs | EUR500 |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | up to 50 % discount |
Information about the company
| Establishment in Switzerland | Yes, but adjustments to the Swiss system have not yet been made |
| Do you already work together with utilities? |
Yes
With:: 30 customers in German-speaking countries |
| Other partners/clients | In Switzerland with Swissgrid AG |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | 0 Installation with regard to EMS in buildings |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 50 customers in Europe, Multiple installations per customer possible |
| Founding year | 2016 |
| Number of FTE | 40 |