EMS portrait for Optec AG
- Company
- Optec AG
- Company headquarters
- Wetzikon, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- Enline
- Website
- https://www.optec.ch/
When it comes to energy and load management, you can count on Optec.
In view of rising energy costs, the energy transition and constantly changing safety requirements, it is essential to have an experienced specialist in these fields in order to be at the cutting edge of technology and fit for the future.
At Optec AG, we have 22 years of experience and comprehensive know-how in the fields of energy management, hospital and medical technology and electromobility. We have successfully implemented customer-specific projects in many small and large companies and know the technical requirements, standards and success factors. In short, we know what matters in these complex topics.
General information
| main target group |
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| secondary target group |
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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, without white label |
| 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 |
No offer
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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 |
No offer
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
1'500 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, 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) |
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 |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by End user, Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by End user, Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1 day |
| Software updates | yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | No continuous updates are foreseen |
| Software updates - who | Optec AG |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Lifetime | 10 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | The authentication of the accesses takes place via the certified authentication service "Amazon Cognito" by user name (e-mail address) and password. The password must be changed at the first login and must have a minimum strength. Apart from users with appropriate access rights, only a few developers have access to the data. All developers are bound by Austria law via NDA. |
| Data storage | Locally at the client's site, Cloud - in Europe, outside of Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | ISO 27000 |
| 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 | Majority |
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 | Meter not included in the price. |
| One-time hardware costs | CHF3,790 Main unit. the rest is provided by the owner. |
| One-time software costs | CHF1,490 Cloud |
| Other costs | CHF4,000 programming |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF9,280 |
| Project management costs | CHF150 per hour |
| Annual costs | CHF0 |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | 20% discount |
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:: >10 |
| Other partners/clients | Electricians, ski resorts, industry. |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | >30 Main controller |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 30+ |
| Founding year | 2000 |
| Number of FTE | 30 |