EMS portrait for Zerofy
- Company
- Zerofy
- Company headquarters
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
General information
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| secondary target group |
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| no application |
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| Utility service | electricity |
| Do Swiss customers belong to your target group? | Yes, they belong to our main target group |
| Other target groups | Installer (Solar) |
Functions for real estate
Offer for utilities
Specifications
| Interfaces to utility systems |
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| Commercialisation by utilities | Yes, with white label as standard |
| METAS certification | No, certification by METAS is not (yet) planned. |
Compatible Components
| Electricity meter |
Standard offer available
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| Heat meter |
Individual offer developable
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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 under development
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| Heat pump |
Standard offer available
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| Combined heat and power plant (CHPP) |
Individual offer developable
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| Water boiler |
Standard offer under development
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| Other heating systems |
Individual offer developable
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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 |
Standard offer available
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| Other components |
Full list: https://www.zerofy.net/de/index.html
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
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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, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not relevant |
| 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 (cloud) |
Intervals for data measurement and transmission
| Data measurement for control | 1-15 Minutes |
| Data measurement for electricity billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Other |
| Data measurement for water billing | Other |
| Data transmission | 1-15 Minutes |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by End user, EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by End user, EMS provider, Specialist partner, External installer |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1 hour |
| Software updates | every fortnight |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | App Update |
| Warranty | 1 year |
| Lifetime | >5 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | Google Cloud in Europe, with all relevant security measures |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Switzerland, Cloud - in Europe, outside of Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | No certification |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS, SSO with 3rd Party IdP |
| 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 meterIntegration PV systemControl heat pumpControl water boilerImplementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Measure heat meterMeasure water meterDynamic load managementData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)
| One-time hardware costs | CHF0 |
| One-time software costs | CHF0 |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF0 |
| Project management costs | CHF0 |
| Annual costs | CHF60 |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | none |
Information about the company
| Establishment in Switzerland | Yes, but adjustments to the Swiss system have not yet been made |
| Do you already work together with utilities? |
No
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| Other partners/clients | Diverse |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | approx. 50 |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | Some 100 |
| Founding year | 2022 |
| Number of FTE | 8 |