Enable smart energy usage by connecting heat pumps to your smart system

With the current increase in renewable energy, adoption comes the challenge of how to optimize energy usage. The generation of renewable energy is often dependent on weather conditions, such as wind or sunshine, and thus can fluctuate more than electricity coming from fossil fuels or nuclear power.

One way to make use of the overcharge electricity before it goes to waste is to activate heat pumps at the times where most electricity is produced. With the IO Module, you can connect analog heat pumps to your smart solution enabling your customers to convert the surplus energy from their solar panels into thermal energy and thus manage energy usage to reduce costs.

An energy management solution with connected heat pumps can also ease the pressure on the grid within a demand response solution by avoiding electricity usage at peak times.

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Easily connect heat pumps with the IO Module

The IO Module can be installed with many heat pumps used in European households as for example German heat pumps with the SG ready-label. The label indicates which meters are compatible with smart grid systems. These pumps come with a switch that covers 4 different operational conditions ranging from inactive to full usage. The switch can be controlled via the IO Module enabling an easy connection of heat pumps to an energy management solution.

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Get an all-around energy management solution

In addition to controlling heat pumps with the IO Module, you can also enable your customers to monitor and remote control single appliances as well as monitor their overall energy consumption in real time.

With the Smart Plug Mini 2, your customers can control smaller appliances up to 10A, such as lights, TVs, or kitchen appliances, and make sure that they only consume electricity when they are in use. Similarly, it is possible to monitor larger appliances up to 16A (e.g. electrical heaters, ovens, or electric car chargers) with a Smart Cable.

To enable your customers to keep track of the overall energy consumption you can include a meter interface in your solution. Onics offers several white label meter interfaces for different types of power meters.

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