EMS portrait for Solar Manager AG
- Company
- Solar Manager AG
- Company headquarters
- Muri, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- Solar Manager
- Website
- https://www.solarmanager.ch/
The Solar Manager is a manufacturer-independent energy management system with the most extensive integrations. Heat pump, e-mobility and household appliances are perfectly combined in one app. It optimizes self-sufficiency and costs with smart control. The sleek interface and 10-second updates also provide clear visualization. Thanks to stepless appliance control, even small surpluses are used optimally. Installation is simple and white label versions are available. The Solar Manager is ideal for single-family homes, apartment buildings and industrial plants to maximize energy efficiency and use renewable energy.
General information
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| secondary target group |
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| no application |
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| Utility service | electricity, heating |
| 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 |
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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| Other components |
Termperature sensors: Gude, Rutenbeck, Shelly
Complete component list: https://www.solarmanager.ch/produkt/unterstuetzte-geraete/
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
free of charge
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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 | LAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Standard offer available |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | Algorithms (consideration of several factors), Self-learning algorithms |
| 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 |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by End user, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | Approx. 15 minutes for standard installation. |
| Software updates | approx. 20x yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | These can be released via the platform. |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Lifetime | 20 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | We comply with GDPR and DSG |
| 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 | Not stated |
| Data security on decentralized units | Not stated |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | Encrypted 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 meterIntegration PV systemImplementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection)Control heat pumpControl water boilerDynamic load managementData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Measure heat meterMeasure water meter
| Comment | The delivery and installation never runs directly through us. Always via partners and wholesalers. For ZEV billing, the data from the Solar Manager is loaded into a ZEV billing tool for billing (NeoVac, ZEVVY, smart-me, ...). The costs of the billing are not considered here. |
| One-time hardware costs | CHF800 for the Solar Manager. The assumption is that the meters and all other devices (WP, charging stations, ...) are already installed and available in the network. |
| One-time software costs | CHF0 |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF800 |
| Project management costs | CHF0 not applicable We do not carry out the project ourselves in each case. Performed by installers or white label customers. |
| Annual costs | CHF240 CHF 40 per year for data storage and updates of basic functionality (WP, charging stations, ...). Per apartment CHF 10 per year. |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | Discounts are possible for larger quantities and collaborations. Such solutions are always worked out specifically. We cannot simplify this here. Mostly, such topics are then run through our white labeling offers. |
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:: >20 |
| Other partners/clients | PV installers / heating installers / wholesalers / planners / ... These are >400 partner companies |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | >6000 installations (number of single-family or multiple-family homes). >45'000 controlled devices |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | >7000 installations (number of single-family or multiple-family homes). >50'000 controlled devices |
| Founding year | 2018 |
| Number of FTE | 15 |