EMS portrait for ASGAL Informatik GmbH
- Company
- ASGAL Informatik GmbH
- Company headquarters
- Walenstadt, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- Smart Energy System
- Website
- https://asgal.ch/
The Smart Energy System (SES) supports energy supply companies (EVU) in their daily work. All energy service processes can be handled in a user-friendly and task-oriented manner in a web portal. Remote meter reading, energy data management (EDM), load management (LM), exchange of metering data and the processing of energy billing data are offered in a common product.
General information
| main target group |
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| Utility service | electricity, 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. |
Compatible Components
| Electricity meter |
Standard offer available
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| Heat meter |
Individual offer developable
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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) |
Individual offer developable
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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 under development
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| EV-charging station |
Individual offer developable
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| Smart Home elements |
Individual offer developable
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
5'000 CHF
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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 | LAN, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | Yes, the declaration process has been started but not yet completed |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Standard offer available |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | Self-learning algorithms |
| Control of components | 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 | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for water billing | Daily |
| Data transmission | In real time (up to 5 minutes) |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by End user, EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by End user, EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 30 Minutes |
| Software updates | 6x yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | Not stated |
| Warranty | 5 years |
| Lifetime | 10 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | Not stated |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | No certification |
| 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 | 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 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 | Not stated |
| One-time software costs | Not stated |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF2,000 |
| 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? |
Yes
With:: Not stated |
| Other partners/clients | ZEV Communities |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | 600 |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 600 |
| Founding year | 1996 |
| Number of FTE | 5 |