EMS portrait for smart-me AG
- Company
- smart-me AG
- Company headquarters
- Rotkreuz, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- smart-me
- Website
- https://smart-me.com/
The smart-me AG energy management system is an advanced solution for measuring, monitoring, controlling and billing energy consumption. The system collects real-time data on electricity, gas, water and other energy sources, provides insights into consumption and enables precise cost allocation. Through automated controls, it supports companies and individuals in sustainable energy use and helps reduce energy costs. Thanks to interfaces to third-party systems, users can further optimize their energy consumption and reduce C02 emissions. With the smart-me AG energy management system, energy efficiency and sustainability are implemented simply and effectively.
General information
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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 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 |
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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| Other components |
Control software: Loxone, Solarmanager, Clever-PV, Soleco optimizer, IBM - Node-RED, Symcon, Trueenergy, eSMART
Heating and service charge accounting software: Fairwalter, Bexio, Limmobi, zevvy, egonline, Microsoft Excel
Analysis software: GreenPoket, zerofy, Switzercloud/Colibird, Meter Friends,
Compatible heat, water and gas meters: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KxoASHLkF7De_5wrSyJFg5kNxi9PO_PstV2LcJyjQZ8/edit#gid=0
Compatible third-party systems (billing, visualisation, control, optimisation, smart home): https://wiki.smart-me.com/drittsysteme
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
Since connection is usually via API or other standard interface: free of charge to half a day's effort
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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 | WLAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Standard offer available |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | If-Then Functions, Algorithms (consideration of several factors) |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (cloud), Decentrally in the meters |
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 Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | depending on project |
| Software updates | approx. every zwei Wochen |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | smart-me |
| Warranty | 2 years manufacturer warranty on hardware |
| Lifetime | MID meters must be recalibrated every 10 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | Data security: https://wiki.smart-me.com/informationssicherheit/datensicherheit Data protection: https://web.smart-me.com/datenschutzerklaerung/ |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | No certification |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS |
| Access protection of decentralized units | pre shared secret |
| Data security on decentralized units | All connections between the smart-me devices (meters, modules and gateways) and the smart-me cloud are encrypted. Each device has its own unique key (128 bits). Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is used as the algorithm. Thus, the complete communication between the smart-me Cloud and the devices is encrypted and validated. |
| 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 systemImplementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection)Control heat pumpControl water boilerDynamic load managementData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
| One-time hardware costs | CHF26,250 20 x 3-phase meters CHF 328.00 = 6'560.00 1 x M-Bus gateway (heat & water meters not included) CHF 548.00 1 x 3-phase meter CT (PV meter, without converter): CHF 599.00 1 x 3-phase meter (integration 1 heat pump (SG-Ready)): CHF 328.00 1 x 3-phase meter (integration 1 hot water boiler): CHF 328.00 5 x E-charging station CHF 1950.00 = CHF 17'887.00 |
| One-time software costs | CHF12,656 Professional Cloud Licenses (Lifetime) (for each meter plus a virtual meter to calculate the PV tariff) CHF 179.00 x 64 = CHF 11'456.00 eCarUp Premium Licenses (Lifetime) (Billing and management of e-charging stations): CHF 240.00 x 5 = CHF 1'200.00 |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF38,906 |
| Project management costs | CHF0 Not applicable Exclusively supply of technology |
| Annual costs | CHF0 If lifetime licenses are purchased, as in the billing example |
| 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:: approx. 50 utilities, including: Primeo Energie, Romande Energie, Gemeindewerke Erstfeld, ebs, qkw, ewa energie uri, ail, IBC, ews, seic, ckw, SAK, tb glarus, lkw, tbgs, ibw, sgsw, stwz energie, Gemeindewerke Beckenried, ewo, ew quarten, Stadt Gossau, Energie Thun, etc. |
| Other partners/clients | Besides utilities, mainly electrical installers and planners. Approx. 400 partner companies throughout Switzerland. Partner list https://web.smart-me.com/projektpartner/ |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | approx. 3'500 ZEV |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | approx. 63,470 met |
| Founding year | 2014 |
| Number of FTE | 25 |