EMS portrait for Tesenso AG
- Company
- Tesenso AG
- Company headquarters
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- Energiemanagementsystem
Optimize your energy consumption and reduce costs with our innovative IoT energy management system!
Our system is specifically designed for Minergie certification and allows you to implement environmentally friendly practices in your building. The collection and analysis of the data takes place in the Tesenso Cloud. The analysis of the data and the useful information obtained from it are transferred to the customers' devices with the help of visualizations. Thanks to our innovative IoT retrofit solution with Tesenso products, getting started with energy management is effortless. Don't replace your meters - just turn them on, for smooth efficiency without costly replacement.
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 |
| Other target groups | Administration buildings, commercial buildings, schools, hospitals, police buildings, residential buildings, shopping centres |
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 | No, certification by METAS is not (any longer) relevant. |
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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| 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, LoRaWAN/NB-IoT, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | Yes, the declaration is planned in the next 18 months |
| 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 (local), 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 | 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 | Every 15 minutes |
| Data transmission | Every 15 minutes |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by utility, External installer, other partners |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by EMS provider, Specialist partner, External installer, other partners |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by End user, External installer, other partners |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1 day |
| Software updates | Not stated |
| Softwar updates - how | Manually via remote access, Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | Not stated |
| Warranty | Not stated |
| Lifetime | 5-10 years, will be continuously updated to extend the life of the product |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | Not stated |
| Data storage | Locally at the client's site, Cloud - in Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | ISO 27000, SOC II, ISAE 3402 Typ 2 |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS, MFA, SSO with 3rd Party IdP |
| Access protection of decentralized units | HTTPS, MFA, Firewall |
| Data security on decentralized units | depending on the communication protocol |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | OAuth 2.0 & JASON-Web-Tokens |
| 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 boilerData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)Implementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Dynamic load management
| One-time hardware costs | CHF85,000 |
| One-time software costs | CHF4,500 |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF90,000 |
| Project management costs | CHF179 per hour |
| Annual costs | CHF2,950 |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | none |
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 | hawle ZHAW Switzerlander Eidgenossenschaft Alpha-Omega Technology Agroscope Amstein + Walthert Airica Willers clever ways Belimo fenaco silverlight |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | 1'500 Buildings |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 2000 Buildings |
| Founding year | 2020 |
| Number of FTE | 25 |