EMS portrait for World-Direct eBusiness Solutions GmbH
- Company
- World-Direct eBusiness Solutions GmbH
- Company headquarters
- Vienna, Austria
- Energy management system (EMS)
- A1 Energy Solutions
With ORCA (Operating Reserve Cloud Access) from A1 Energy Solutions, it is possible to connect different decentralised consumption or generation plants to form a virtual power plant and to make use of the flexibility. It is irrelevant whether this involves many small or a few large plants, or who the owner is. The software controls a wide variety of technical units fully automatically and reliably according to schedules or setpoint specifications, taking into account the parameters of each plant. Furthermore, it is possible to connect plants outside the own network area or abroad. The prerequisite is the availability of the GSM network.
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 |
| 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 under certain conditions |
| METAS certification | No, certification by METAS is not (any longer) relevant. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Individual offer developable
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
from 5'000 EUR, depending on interface and unit type
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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), 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 | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Real time (up to 5 seconds) |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Other |
| Data measurement for water billing | Other |
| Data transmission | In real time (up to 5 minutes) |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | Installation possible in 30 minutes - Parameterization possible in 45 minutes with standard connection |
| Software updates | 3x yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | A1 Energy Solutions |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Lifetime | 10 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | DSGVO Compliant Data Collection |
| 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 | Own connections are encrypted via APN and mobile network and via DTLS elliptic curve. Connections via Internet are encrypted via Site2Site VPN |
| Data security on decentralized units | Own connections are encrypted via APN and mobile network and via DTLS elliptic curve. Connections via Internet are encrypted via Site2Site VPN |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | Own connections are encrypted via APN and mobile network and via DTLS elliptic curve. Connections via Internet are encrypted via Site2Site VPN |
| 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:
| Comment | Mainly cooperation with utilities - costs project and effort dependent |
| 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:: 2 Swiss utilities use our services for control energy implementation |
| Other partners/clients | Utilities and various European countries |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | Not stated |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 800 different decentralized units of medium-sized power plants, batteries, hot water storage tanks, e-charging stations integrated |
| Founding year | 2002 |
| Number of FTE | 150 |