EMS portrait for Invisia AG
- Company
- Invisia AG
- Company headquarters
- Winterthur, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- Invisia
- Website
- https://www.invisia.ch/
In addition to powerful charging and load management for electric vehicles, invisia's modular solution also includes energy management for solar, heat and water and regulates energy so efficiently that the buildings' existing grid infrastructure does not need to be further expanded. Thanks to a powerful industrial computer, several buildings and entire areas can also be networked, which is not only more cost-effective, but above all more efficient. In addition, our platform offers a billing service for electric cars, which is billed by credit card, as well as other cloud services in the GRESB sector.
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 |
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 | Yes, certification by METAS has already been completed. |
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 |
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 |
Building management systems: Phoenix Contact
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
1'000-3'000 CHF, depending on type of unit
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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, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not relevant |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Standard offer available |
| 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 | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for heat billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data measurement for water billing | Every 15 minutes |
| Data transmission | In real time, or every 15 min. or then when connecting server to cloud |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by End user, EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | depending on project |
| Software updates | approx. wöchentlich |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | Invisia |
| Warranty | up to 5 years, depending on the contract |
| Lifetime | 20 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | Redundant data storage, customer data and consumption data are kept separate. Cloud service in CH by ISO certified provider (Netcloud Winterthur). |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | ISO 27000 |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS |
| Access protection of decentralized units | VPN (Server to Cloud) |
| Data security on decentralized units | VPN (Server to Cloud) |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | VPN or API |
| 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 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:
| Comment | Incl. meter and charging stations |
| One-time hardware costs | CHF18,000 1x server, 5x ABB charging station without cable, 20 meters electricity, all configurations and integrations of all meters and charging stations, WP, inverter. incl. shipping and project support. |
| One-time software costs | CHF0 |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF18,000 |
| Project management costs | CHF150 per hour |
| Annual costs | CHF300 Basic costs CHF 300.-- Variable costs: CHF 24.-- per KWH meter, 6.-- per WW/KW/Heat meter/ 24.-- per charging point. |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | The costs would be about CHF 3000.-- per project lower than for the first use case |
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 (Infra Meilen/ Jona Rapperswil / Wallisellen / Stadtwerke Winterthur / Energie Uster and others) |
| Other partners/clients | Administrations, pension funds, investors, electricians, electrical planners, etc |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | Around 350 plants in CH (with, but also without Invisia server regulate, measure and monitor) |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 355 Plants |
| Founding year | 2016 |
| Number of FTE | 10 |