EMS portrait for AZ systems AG
- Company
- AZ systems AG
- Company headquarters
- Landquart, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- AZ systems Leitsystem 2.0
- Website
- https://www.az-systems.ch/
General information
| main 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 | No |
| 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 |
Individual offer developable
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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) |
2'500 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 | GSM, KNX, LAN, LoRaWAN/NB-IoT, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | Yes, the declaration has already been made |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Individual offer developable |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | If-Then Functions, Algorithms (consideration of several factors) |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (local) |
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 purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by End user, EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | depending on project |
| Software updates | approx. yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Manually via remote access |
| Software updates - who | AZ systems Ag |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Lifetime | > 10years |
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 | Not stated |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS |
| Access protection of decentralized units | Counters are blombed. |
| Data security on decentralized units | Access to the sensors is granted to authorized persons only. No access to the system by strangers |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | Secured VPN connections. |
| 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 | CHF35,000 Control unit, firewall 4'000CHF 20 pieces electric meter up to 65A 7'000CHF 20pieces heat meter 24'000CHF 20 pieces hot water/cold water meter 2'960CHF |
| One-time software costs | CHF1,100 Einrichtung Cloud |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF50,000 |
| Project management costs | CHF180 per hour |
| Annual costs | CHF1,560 2CHF per measurement, 2CHF per charging station |
| 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? |
No
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| Other partners/clients | Eponet, Teleconex |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | >300 PLC controls |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | >300 PLC controls |
| Founding year | 2009 |
| Number of FTE | 6 |