EMS portrait for aliunid AG
- Company
- aliunid AG
- Company headquarters
- Brugg, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- aliunid
- Website
- https://aliunid.com/
aliunid is a digital utility. The Swiss start-up does not have its own physical infrastructures such as grids, transformers and power plants, but creates value through real-time data, connectivity and its own Swiss IoT platform. As a white-label offering for energy suppliers, grid operators and energy producers, aliunid analyses and controls the energy flows from the household to the power plant. This allows the energy system to breathe flexibly, and a renewable, climate-friendly energy supply becomes possible. Dr David Thiel and Prof. Dr Andreas Danuser founded aliunid in 2018. They bring their many years of experience to an interdisciplinary team of around 20 experts to shape the energy supply of tomorrow.
General information
| main target group |
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| secondary target group |
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| Utility service | electricity |
| 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 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 |
No offer
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| Water meter |
No offer
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| Inverter/PV system |
Standard offer available
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| Battery storage |
Individual offer developable
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| Heat pump |
Individual offer developable
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| Combined heat and power plant (CHPP) |
Standard offer available
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| Water boiler |
Individual offer developable
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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 under development
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| Smart Home elements |
Standard offer available
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
Not stated
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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 | Bluetooth, LoRaWAN/NB-IoT, WLAN |
| SmartGridready | No, a declaration is not (yet) planned |
| Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware | Standard offer under development |
| 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 | Other |
| Data measurement for e-mobility billing | Other |
| 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 End user, EMS provider, Specialist partner, utility, External installer, other partners |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by other partners |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 5 to 10 minutes |
| Software updates | every 2-3 months |
| Softwar updates - how | Automatic process |
| Software updates - who | aliunid |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Lifetime | 10 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | Each end customer has its own "private cloud", i.e. an encapsulated cloud solution on our own server infrastructure in Switzerland. The customer has the key to his cloud with him at all times. He can, for example, give his utility company access to his data, but can also revoke it at any time. The approval is given via the mobile application. |
| Data storage | Cloud - in Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | Not stated |
| 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 | 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 systemControl heat pumpDynamic load management -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Measure heat meterMeasure water meterControl water boilerImplementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection)Data delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)
| One-time hardware costs | CHF90 |
| One-time software costs | CHF0 |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF90 |
| Project management costs | Not stated |
| Annual costs | CHF250 |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | EVU license costs of 5'000-10'000 CHF/year |
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:: >30 utilities |
| Other partners/clients | Electricity producers, large customers |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | 500 |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 500 |
| Founding year | 2018 |
| Number of FTE | 9 |