EMS portrait for Loxone Switzerland GmbH
- Company
- Loxone Switzerland GmbH
- Company headquarters
- Kollerschlag, Austria
- Energy management system (EMS)
- Loxone
- Website
- https://www.loxone.com/
Loxone enables easy control and intelligent automation of projects of all kinds. No matter if home, hotel, office or commercial property.
The Miniserver is the heart of the system and takes care of most tasks in terms of security and comfort itself. But in times of climate and energy crisis, the company is also clearly focused on energy efficiency. Loxone is the world's only comprehensive energy management system. It visualizes all energy flows in the building, connects all energy components and ensures that they work as efficiently as possible.
The Loxone Group has more than 600 employees in 27 locations worldwide. There are currently 20 employees at the site in Switzerland.
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, without white label |
| METAS certification | No, certification by METAS is not (yet) planned. |
Compatible Components
| Electricity meter |
Standard offer available
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| Heat meter |
Individual offer developable
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| Water meter |
Individual offer developable
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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 |
Individual offer developable
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| Combined heat and power plant (CHPP) |
Individual offer developable
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| Water boiler |
Standard offer available
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| Other heating systems |
Individual offer developable
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| Heat storage |
Individual offer developable
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| EV-charging station |
Standard offer available
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| Smart Home elements |
Standard offer available
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| Other components |
Complete list of components: https://library.loxone.com/
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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 relevant |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | No offer |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | Algorithms (consideration of several factors) |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (local) |
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 purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by End user, EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| Comment on installation | Loxone Partner |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | depending on project |
| Software updates | 2x yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Manually via remote access, Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | Partner |
| Warranty | Manufacturer warranty 2 years |
| Lifetime | Not stated |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | local storage |
| Data storage | Locally at the client's site |
| Certification of Cloud solution | Not applicable ( locally at the customer's site) |
| 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 | No |
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 management -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Implementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection)Data delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)
| One-time hardware costs | CHF6,000 |
| One-time software costs | Not stated |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF6,000 |
| Project management costs | Not stated |
| Annual costs | Not stated |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | Not stated |
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? |
No
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| Other partners/clients | Electricians, system integrators, etc. |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | >100'000 |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | >1 Mio |
| Founding year | 2011 |
| Number of FTE | 14 (CH) |