EMS portrait for CommTech CTS SA
- Company
- CommTech CTS SA
- Company headquarters
- Corminboeuf, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- Optinergy
- Website
- https://www.commtechcts.ch/
CommTech CTS SA is the designer of the Optinergy project, which is the strong product of energy optimization for all photovoltaic system owners. Based on reinforcement learning, this EMS (Energy Management System) is an intelligent Smart Grid component, independent of manufacturers, but integration with various protocols (e.g. ModBus) is open. This predictive system uses IoT (e.g. weather) to optimize self-consumption from 20% (without EMS) to more than 75% when thermal storage is involved in the replacement of its heating. The hardware from this system has also been used in industry for years, where CommTech CTS SA has been developing turnkey solutions
General information
| main target group |
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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 | ZEV |
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 (yet) planned. |
| Further advantages for utility | Intelligent interface for peak management |
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 |
Individual offer developable
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| Battery storage |
No offer
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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 |
Requirement: Modbus
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
1'000 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, Powerline |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | No offer |
| Control and regulation mechanisms | If-Then Functions, 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 | 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 EMS provider |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1-3 Tage |
| Software updates | every 2 years |
| Softwar updates - how | Manually via remote access |
| Software updates - who | EMS provider |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Lifetime | 20 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | No internet connection for data |
| Data storage | Locally at the client's site |
| Certification of Cloud solution | Not applicable ( locally at the customer's site) |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS |
| Access protection of decentralized units | Directly wired bus |
| Data security on decentralized units | Everything is wired |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | Not stated |
| 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 | CHF16,000 |
| One-time software costs | CHF0 |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF16,000 |
| Project management costs | CHF0 |
| Annual costs | CHF500 180 - 500 CHF |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | Project-dependent. |
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 | Private individuals & companies in the cantons of FR/VD/VS |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | > 1200 |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | > 1200 |
| Founding year | 2014 |
| Number of FTE | 5 |