EMS portrait for eSMART Technologies
- Company
- eSMART Technologies
- Company headquarters
- Renens, Switzerland
- Energy management system (EMS)
- eSMART Building
- Website
- https://www.myesmart.com/
General information
| main target group |
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| secondary target group |
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| no application |
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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 | Investors & builders, general contractors/total contractors as well as real estate developers, architects and electrical planners |
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 (any longer) relevant. |
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) |
Individual offer developable
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| Water boiler |
Individual offer developable
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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 |
Power2Gas
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| Average cost to implement new producers (driver development) |
Kostenlos
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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, GSM, LAN, 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 |
| Control of components | Centrally in a control box (local) |
Intervals for data measurement and transmission
| Data measurement for control | Every 15 minutes |
| 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 | Daily |
Installation & Operation
| When purchased via utility | Installation by End user, utility, other partners |
| When purchsed via EMS provider | Installation by End user, EMS provider, other partners |
| When purchased via wholesale | Installation by Specialist partner, External installer, other partners |
| Comment on installation | Integrator |
| Duration of installation at the end customer | 1 day |
| Software updates | 3x yearly |
| Softwar updates - how | Manually via remote access |
| Software updates - who | eSMART Technologies |
| Warranty | 2,3,5 years on request |
| Lifetime | > 15 years |
Data protection and IT security
| Data protection guarantee | According to Swiss data protection guidelines |
| Data storage | Locally at the client's site, Cloud - in Switzerland |
| Certification of Cloud solution | No certification |
| Access protection of ERM (App/Cloud) | HTTPS |
| Access protection of decentralized units | HTTPS protected |
| Data security on decentralized units | HTTPS protected |
| Protection of data exchange with peripheral systems and decentralized units | HTTPS protected |
| Encryption of data in-transfer and in-storage | Fully |
| Data protection & IT security | The data is stored locally on the display |
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 systemData delivery consumption charging stations for billing (without collection)Implementation ZEV (pure data delivery - no collection) -
Of these, the following functions cannot be fulfilled:
Control heat pumpControl water boilerDynamic load management
| One-time hardware costs | CHF10,000 8'000 CHF/ 10'000 CHF |
| One-time software costs | CHF0 integrated |
| Total of one-time costs | CHF10,000 8'000 CHF/ 10'000 CHF |
| Project management costs | CHF120 per hour |
| Annual costs | CHF600 2.50 CHF per apartment and per month |
| Deviation/discounts for portfolio with 100 buildings (per building) | Discount from 20 apartments upwards |
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:: EWB, eConnect, SIG Genève, EWZ Zurich, CKW Luzern, EW ALTORF, etc. |
| Other partners/clients | SMART Me, SEL, Blockstrom, etc. |
| Number of installations in Switzerland | over 8'000 apartments |
| Number of installations in Europe (incl. Switzerland) | 9500 |
| Founding year | 2011 |
| Number of FTE | 95 |