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Report

Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SuperEH (Super Variable Vector Combination Energy Saving Hub)

Teaser

Summary

SuperEH Energy Hub covers the need of facilities to reduce energy costs. With electricity prices ramping in Europe, energy efficiency is today at the heart of building management. Buildings are responsible of 40% of total energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions. This has led the European Commission to prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency strategies and develop a regulatory package that combines obligatory compliance with incentives to boost the implementation of energy efficiency measures.
SuperEH is a turn-key integrated solution of Smart Voltage Optimization with Loads Management and Analytics yielding energy savings from 15% to 25%. SuperEH is suitable for a broad range of buildings, industrial and commercial facilities such as supermarkets, restaurants, convenience stores, hotels and other food related business and industries. Our technology is especially suitable for this kind of facilities due to the mixture of energy loads typically found. Additional benefits of the product are easy installation, extension of existing devices lifetime, reduction of maintenance costs and improved operational safety. SuperEH is straightforwardly applicable in an existing building; it is installed at main switchboards with no interruption to the facility operation and no change to the existing infrastructure. Both features are highly desired in our market niche.

Work performed

Carrying the tests of the power module of the systems we were able to reach conclusions as to the different power module options we can make within the SuperEH project.
Preliminary works on HW development of the control module and on SW greatly leveraged our embedded control knowhow and our knowledge and understanding of external communication interfaces, applying a range of options suitable for energy saving systems and control technologies.
In addition, development of the new Remote EMS which has been done so far greatly uplifted PowerSines software capabilities, helping us enter into new R&D areas which were not in the companyâ€™s core knowhow.
The company was able to complete the development of the hardware embedded modules and the embedded software development and have researched the options to extend the use of SuperVVC power topology in the various power ratings of the SuperEH. Following these activities, we completed phase 1 of the work on the hardware of the system. We anticipated some further fine tuning to be made (and possibly some additions) following the completion of the demonstration sessions during the 2nd term of the project (however this would be related to peripheral elements, not to the systemâ€™s core).
As part of its activities to prepare the market landscape to our new products we have brought an experienced new VP Sales for Europe. This new team member together with our existing team initiated mapping, search and development of new channel partners in European countries.
Our efforts are going according to market section 1 and market section 2 have taken place (according to defined set of parameters: including electricity prices, awareness of the energy-saving solutions, competition, ability to make quick approach to the market and more).
Work is divided in existing territories - where we already have certain activities and partners, and in new territories where the company is not active yet. Main activities with existing and new partners are already underway in Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Benelux, Israel, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Romania, Poland and Ukraine, Australia; renewed activities are planned in UK, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal.
We have created new marketing materials (brochures, web pages, application notes, case studies) and presentations to convey the new products and messaging, both to partners and to potential end users of the technology.

Final results

Our aim is to further develop, scaleup and launch to the international market our new line of products for energy-saving and efficient energy management, the SuperEH (Energy Hub). Our product will benefit facility managers in industry and service segments, such as in the food service, food storage, food processing, food related wholesale and hotels. The innovative features of SuperEH and its capability to reach up to 25% energy savings, directly address the needs of our target customers for reducing the cost of their energy bills. SuperEH addresses the reduction of energy consumption and carbon emissions, both major EU and global challenges. The benefits to society extend well beyond financial savings, relating also to improved energy security, higher productivity for businesses and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Our patented Super VVC (Variable Vector Combination) Voltage Optimization topology: VO saves energy by optimizing, lowering and stabilizing the voltage levels and power supplied by the utility company.
A new Energy Hub embedded controller for onsite energy consumption monitoring and control: SuperEH adds to our Voltage Optimization technology an innovative loads management and energy sensing embedded controller to create an integrated energy hub solution. This means for wide scale of data collection from site (power and multiple sensors) allow, using our new EMS software, sophisticated energy management and analytics that provide much added value for facility and energy mangers, both in understanding and comparing their consumption patterns across multiple sites, as well as smartly and automatically managing their loads according to advanced rules-engine
A new integrated Energy Management System (EMS) for smart energy management optimization: current energy management systems mainly monitor and alert upon consumption based on certain set values. SuperEH enables a series of advanced loads management tools, multi-channel monitoring, real time energy saving measurement, proactive alerts and sophisticated situation management platform. The result is a turn-key integrated solution of Smart Voltage Optimization with Site-Level Loads Management and Analytics which yields energy savings ranging from 15% to 25%, extension of lifetime of apparatuses, reduction of maintenance costs, and improved operational safety. SuperEH addresses the reduction of energy consumption and carbon emissions, both major EU and global challenges. The benefits to society extend well beyond financial savings, relating also to improved energy security, higher productivity for businesses and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Approximately 40% of the emissions reductions required by 2050 would potentially come from energy efficiency. SuperEH is an excellent tool towards CO2 reduction in the buildings sector with the highest ratio of reduced CO2 ton CO2/â‚¬ invested available nowadays in this sector. Moreover, SuperEH avoids the generation of unnecessary electronic waste as it extends the lifetime of electrical equipment by controlling the power, reducing stress, and alerting and resolving system malfunction and safety issues. Our project contributes to a faster realization of EU objectives, materialized in the Energy Efficiency Directive, and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.