EMS portrait for SkyFoundry

Company: SkyFoundry
Company headquarters: Glen Allen, USA
Energy management system (EMS): SkySpark
Website: https://skyfoundry.com/

General information

Main application	EMS oriented towards industrial purposes
main target group	Apartment building up to 10 parties Apartment building from 11 to 50 parties Apartment building more than 50 parties Real estate portfolio owners SME/commerce/office
secondary target group	Detached house Utility Industry
Utility service	electricity, heating, water
Do Swiss customers belong to your target group?	Yes, they belong to our main target group
Other target groups	Commercial buildings, universities, campuses

Functions for real estate

Measurements

Multitenancy

Measurements for billing
Visualisation & Monitoring

Monitoring and operational supervision, Incident management

Measurement data processing (Reporting, Data disaggregation, Analysis of energy flows)

Visualizations (building level or apartment level)

Demonstrating the potential financial savings for end customers

PV performance evaluation
Control systems

Self-consumption optimization on junction box

Weather forecasting

E-mobility dynamic load management

E-mobilty Demand-based charging management (Prioritization)

E-mobility V2H

Self-consumption optimization by energy communities

Flexible prioritization of consumers

Control of consumers using dynamic tariffs

Receiving ripple control signals

Dynamic feed-in regulation

Retrieval flexibilities

Active battery management
Services

Collection

VEWA conform billing

ZEV billing

Direct marketing
Certificates

SmartGridready

METAS certification

Minergie monitoring
Additional functions

Normalisation of data from different systems, monitoring control

Offer for utilities

Operation

Application in single- & multi-family houses

Portfolio overview

Multitenancy

Incident management

Authorization management
Market needs

Electricity tariffs

E-Mobility billing
Grid needs

Ripple control system replacement

Peak shaving

Load shifting

Flexibility aggregation

E-mobility V2G

Reactive current detection

Specifications

Interfaces to utility systems	Standard offer SAP Individual offer Belvis (Kisters) Robotron Siloveda (Girsberger) Innosolv IS-E Not stated Abacus
Commercialisation by utilities	Yes, with white label as standard
Further advantages for utility	The EMS can provide real-time visibility of all connected devices in operation, FDD, visualization of all data, monitoring control, etc.

Compatible Components

Note: The distinction between measurements and controls was introduced with the update in 2026. The company has not updated its data since it was recorded in 2023. Accordingly, previous information has been carried over for both measurements and controls.

	Measurable components	Controllable components
Electricity meter	Standard offer available
Heat meter	Standard offer available
Water meter	Standard offer available
Gas meter	Not stated
Inverter/PV plant	Standard offer available	Standard offer available
Battery storage	Standard offer available	Standard offer available
Heat pump	Standard offer available	Standard offer available
Combined heat and power plant (CHPP)	Standard offer available	Standard offer available
Water boiler	Standard offer available	Standard offer available
Other heating systems (Heating rods, fossil fuel heaters, etc.)	Standard offer available	Standard offer available
Heat storage	Standard offer available	Standard offer available
EV-charging station	Standard offer available	Standard offer available
Average cost to implement new producers (driver development)	Not stated

Operating modes Components

Charging station

Solar based charging

Affordable charging

Priority charging

Consideration of load limits

Heat pump

Dynamic setpoint shifts

Forecast-based control

Heating rods

Stepless control

Technical information

Operating elements	Standard offer Web interface No offer Application on Windows/Mac Display on device Not stated Mobile App (App Store/ Google Play Store)
Components of the product	Standard offer Software Server/Cloud API Online portal Application No offer Control units Sensors
Interfaces to components	Standard offer BacNet IP Ethernet EtherCAT LAN Modbus TCP/IP MQTT OPC UA UDP/IP USB WLAN ZigBee (Sensor technology) In development OCPP Individual offer CAN eBus HBUS KNX LoRaWAN/NB-IoT M-Bus Wireless RS-422 RS-485 S0 input sBus SG-Ready No offer 1-Wire (OneWire) Relay Not stated M-Bus Wired Modbus RTU
Communication interfaces	LAN
Standardized customer interface in accordance with VSE branch directive	Not stated
Interface for reading measured values from intelligent measuring systems	Not stated
Integration of third-party systems to influence hardware	Standard offer available
Control and regulation mechanisms	If-Then Functions, Algorithms (consideration of several factors), AI (self-learning algorithms, etc.)
Control of components	EMS can run anywhere on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), for example: the cloud, server, laptop, and embedded in devices.

Intervals for data measurement and transmission

Data measurement for control	In real time (up to 5 seconds)
Data measurement for electricity billing	In real time (up to 5 seconds)
Data measurement for heat billing	In real time (up to 5 seconds)
Data measurement for water billing	In real time (up to 5 seconds)
Data measurement for e-mobility billing	In real time (up to 5 seconds)
Data transmission	In real time (up to 5 minutes)

Installation & Operation

When purchased via utility	Installation by Specialist partner
When purchsed via EMS provider	Installation by Specialist partner
When purchased via wholesale	Installation by Specialist partner
Duration of installation at the end customer	project-specific
Software updates	At least 4 times a year
Software updates - Through EMS provider	Not stated
Software updates - Through specialist partner	Manually via remote access
Software updates - Through utilities	Not stated
Warranty	Not stated
Lifetime	Not stated

Data protection and IT security

Costs

Costs at single-party 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 single-party building with the following existing components (excluding commercial use):

Metering units: 1 electricity meter
1 photovoltaic system (with 1 inverter) with battery storage
1 heat pump (SG-Ready)
1 hot water boiler (relay control)
1 fully equipped charging station (AC charging)

Costs at multi-unit 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-unit building with the following existing components (excluding commercial premises):

Metering units: 20 electricity meters
1 photovoltaic system (with 1 inverter) with battery storage
1 heat pump (SG-Ready)
1 hot water boiler (relay control)
20 parking spaces, 5 of which are fully equipped with charging stations (AC charging)

Functions (fulfilled)

Measure electricity meter

Integration PV system

Control heat pump

Control water boiler

Dynamic load management

Functions (fulfilled)

Measure electricity meter

Integration PV system

Control heat pump

Control water boiler

Dynamic load management

ZEV billing (pure data delivery, no collection)

Functions (not fulfilled)

Battery storage control

Active battery management

Dynamic feed-in regulation

Self-consumption optimization on junction box

Functions (not fulfilled)

Battery storage control

Active battery management

Dynamic feed-in regulation

Self-consumption optimization by utilities

Single-party building
Comment
One-time hardware costs	Not stated
One-time software costs	Not stated
Total of one-time costs	Not stated
Installation cost	Not stated Not stated
Project management costs	Not stated
Annual costs	Not stated

Multi-unit building
Comment	The cost depends on the distributor. The software OEM does not provide professional services.
One-time hardware costs	USD 0 No hardware required. EMS connects to BMS/BAS.
One-time software costs	Not stated
Total of one-time costs	Not stated
Installation cost	Not stated
Project management costs	Not stated
Annual costs	Not stated
Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building)	Not stated

Data storage	Locally at the client's site
Certification of Cloud solution	Not stated

Establishment in Switzerland	Yes, we are compatible with the Swiss system: currency, tariff system, etc.
Do you already work together with utilities?	No
Other partners/clients	Not stated
Number of installations in Switzerland	Not stated
Number of installations in Europe (excl. Switzerland)	Not stated
Founding year	2011
Number of FTE	8

EMS portrait for SkyFoundry

General information

Functions for real estate

Measurements

Visualisation & Monitoring

Control systems

Services

Certificates

Additional functions

Offer for utilities

Operation

Market needs

Grid needs

Specifications

Standard offer

Individual offer

Not stated

Compatible Components

Operating modes Components

Charging station

Heat pump

Heating rods

Technical information

Standard offer

No offer

Not stated

Standard offer

No offer

Standard offer

In development

Individual offer

No offer

Not stated

Intervals for data measurement and transmission

Installation & Operation

Data protection and IT security

Costs

Functions (fulfilled)

Functions (fulfilled)

Functions (not fulfilled)

Functions (not fulfilled)

Information about the company