EMS portrait for EVUlution AG
- Company
- EVUlution AG
- Company headquarters
- Landquart, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- SMARTPOWER (iMS) plus ENERGYBOARD (Kundenportal) Plus GRID CONTROL (Netzmanagement)
- Website
- https://evulution.com/
With SMARTPOWER, EVUlution offers a customised solution for smart metering, load management and energy management. The functionalities can be adapted to the specific requirements of the energy supply company. This creates opportunities for new applications and business models. Multi-utility and other customer-specific solutions are also supported.
General information
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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 | Yes, certification by METAS has already been completed. |
| Further developments planned | Algorithms for intelligent control of flexible end-user loads to optimise self-consumption but also to prevent power peaks in the grid |
| Further advantages for utility | Replacement of ripple control with intelligent load switching management, MDM functions, real-time monitoring and visualisation of the various network levels of the distribution network operator. |
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 |
Individual offer developable
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| Battery storage |
Individual offer developable
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| Heat pump |
Standard offer available
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| Combined heat and power plant (CHPP) |
No offer
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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 |
Individual offer developable
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| Smart Home elements |
Individual offer developable
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| Other components |
Gas meter
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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 | Bluetooth, GSM, KNX, LAN, LoRaWAN/NB-IoT, Powerline, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | No offer |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | If-Then Functions, Algorithms (consideration of several factors), Self-learning algorithms |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (local), Control is decentralised in the local gateway with central management and backup |
Intervals for data measurement and transmission
| Data measurement for control | In real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for electricity billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Other |
| 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 utility, External installer, other partners |
| Comment on installation | Our products are always primarily delivered to the utility and installed by the utility itself or by external installation companies. |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1 to 2 hours |
| Software updates | As needed |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | EVUlution AG |
| Warranty | Devices 5 years, SW applications 2 years |
| Lifetime | 10 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | The SMARTPOWER system is a Metas-certified system. The applicable guidelines of the VSE industry recommendations are taken into account. |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | FINMA-RS 08/7 , ISO 27001 und BSI-certification (BS 25999) |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS |
| Access protection of decentralized units | According to Metas certification policy |
| Data security on decentralized units | According to Metas certification policy |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | According to Metas certification policy |
| Encryption of data in-transfer and in-storage | Fully |
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 system -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Control heat pumpControl water boilerDynamic load managementImplementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection)Data delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)
| One-time hardware costs | Not stated |
| One-time software costs | Not stated |
| Total of one-time costs | Not stated |
| 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? |
Yes
With:: currently 25 projects with Swiss utilities are being implemented or are already in operation. Reference list only on request |
| Other partners/clients | Various counter liferates, universities |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | approx. 30'000 meters for 2023 |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | active only in Switzerland |
| Founding year | 2020 |
| Number of FTE | 20 |