EMS portrait for OpenEMS Association e.V.
- Company
- OpenEMS Association e.V.
- Company headquarters
- Deggendorf, Germany
- Energy management system (EMS)
- OpenEMS
- Website
- https://openems.io/
General information
| main target group |
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| secondary target group |
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| Utility service | electricity, heating |
| Do Swiss customers belong to your target group? | Yes, but they are not in 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 |
Standard offer under development
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| Water meter |
No offer
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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 |
No offer
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| Other heating systems |
Standard offer available
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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) |
0.5 - 20 developer days
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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, Powerline, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Individual offer developable |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | If-Then Functions, Algorithms (consideration of several factors), Self-learning algorithms |
| 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 purchased via wholesale | Installation by Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1 hour to 1 day |
| Software updates | every fortnight |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | automatisch, Installateur oder Endkunde möglich |
| Warranty | Warranty according to device manufacturer |
| Lifetime | Not stated |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | according to device manufacturer |
| Data storage | Locally at the client's site, Cloud - in Europe, outside of Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | No certification |
| 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 |
| Data protection & IT security | Offline operation possible |
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 meter -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Measure heat meterMeasure water meterIntegration PV systemControl heat pumpControl water boilerDynamic load managementImplementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection)Data delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)
| Comment | minimal costs, since open source. Exact details by sales partner -offer |
| 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:: Not stated |
| Other partners/clients | Various wholesalers |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | Not stated |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 5 digit number |
| Founding year | 2018 |
| Number of FTE | 200 |