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Digital Services for your smarter home
Imagine the very best comfort, security, design and energy effeciency for tomorrow's smart home, today. myBuildings unleashes the full potential for your smarter home system.
Connect all your smart home devices,
make them even smarter,
and make user of additional services.
Features
Security
Our smart home systems and the remote access via myBuildings have been tested by the VDE with regard to the security of information and have passed it as being secure.
Third-party integration
Use the smart offerings of our partners - perfect lighting with Philips HUE LEDs. Voice control with Alexa. Or integration of Miele or Home Connect home appliances.
Remote access
The remote access allows you to comfortably access and control you smart home system on your mobile phone or table, while in the office or traveling.
Smart Energy
The Smart Energy Management Solution helps you save money by automatically using electricity when it’s cheapest and max. your use of solar or green energy. It is easy to use and let you control everything from a single app.
Subscription plans
Prices and subscription functions
The ABB Smart Energy Management Solution (SEMS) comes with a BASIC and a PREMIUM subscription for different application purposes. The advantages and functions of both subscriptions are listed below, which you can use to decide which variant best suits your needs.
The Smart Energy subscriptions can only be used if the Smart EMS solution is available in your country.BASIC
€49.99 / year
- Prioritization of devices
- Intelligent control of all devices
- Visualization of production and consumption (resolution in the 10-second range)
PREMIUM
€74.99 / year
- All features of the basic subscription
- Energy assistant with push notifications
- Integration of cars (SoC)
- Energy reports
- Connect with your installer to let him perform remote monitoring and maintenance
- Voice control: Alexa, Google, Siri
- Light: Phillips Hue, Ledvance
- Sound: Sonos
- Weather: Web-based weather data
- Home appliance: Miele, Home Connect
- ABB free@home®
- ABB-Welcome
- ABB-Welcome IP
- KNX App-Control Server
- ABB-AccessControl
- Doorbell ring snapshots stored on the cloud in the Events History Timeline and accessible via the myBuildings portal
- Share your systems with up to 5 persons.
ONE
Free Plan
1 household*
4 mobile apps**
1 household* and 4 mobile devices** (smartphone/tablet)
PLUS
Subscription:
€2.49 / month or €24.99 / year
8 household*
10 mobile apps**
8 households* and 10 mobile devices** (smartphone/tablet)
x
- Integration / optimization of any number of devices
- Prioritization of integrated devices individually adjustable
- Control of integrated devices in seconds for optimal self-consumption
- Creation of manual schedules per device
- Operating modes per device individually configurable, e.g. device only active when solar power is available, or use only during off-peak tariff (e.g. modes for Smart Plugs)
- Energy production forecast based on machine learning (Solar power forecast)
- Optimization suggestions by the Energy Assistant
- Numerous customizable charging modes for electric vehicles
- Control of up to 10 individual charging stations from different manufacturers
- Bidirectional charging (enables the building to be powered by the vehicle's battery)
- Support of compatible charging systems
- Load management (blackout protection): Protection against power outages by monitoring the building connection and sub-fuses
- Integration of vehicle information, including state of charge and target charge (SoC) - for up to 3 vehicles
- Heat pump connection via Smart Grid (SG) Ready
- Direct control of many heat pumps for optimal performance
- Heat pump protection mechanism (limiting the number of start-ups per day)
- Standard
- Eco
- Manual
- Tariff-optimized
- Peak-Shaving
- Real-time display of production, consumption, and grid draw (Dashboard)
- Display of whether consumption is covered by the battery or by grid draw
- Display of numerous metrics for integrated devices, e.g. boiler temperature, battery state of charge, device power output; this allows verification that the integrated devices are being optimized as intended
- Measurements stored at a high resolution of 10 seconds
- Clear visualization of the current power flow
- Retrieval of all measurement values, including historical data
- Data delivery during outages
- Energy reports and tips from the Energy Assistant
- Breakdown of self-sufficiency rate, self-consumption, and production over a selected period (System KPIs)
- Visualization of the development of consumption and production over time (Comparison view)
- Clear breakdown of monthly and annual consumption of integrated devices (Consumer statistics)
- Display of the self-sufficiency rate of integrated devices over a selectable time period. This helps identify the potential for solar power utilization per device. (Device self-sufficiency)
- Flexible load shedding based on external signals for heating elements, charging stations, etc. (RSE – utility signals)
- Inverter curtailment controlled by the utility via a relay
- Compliance with Section 14a regulation for Germany for controllable loads
- Device control based on peak and off-peak tariffs
- Dynamic inverter curtailment
- Device control based on dynamic electricity prices
- Control of compatible batteries based on dynamic electricity prices (including feed-in)
- Provides energy data via API to compatible ZEV billing systems
- Individual app view for each residential unit
- Control of the charging station for each residential unit directly in the app (enables solar charging for each residential unit)
- Export of energy data as CSV (daily values)
- Push notifications for errors from connected devices
- Anomaly detection by the Energy Assistant
- Comprehensive PV performance analysis (up to 30 kWp)
- API for reading and writing
- Data export as .csv file
- Automatic updates with continuous development and integration of new features
BASIC
PREMIUM
BASIC
PREMIUM
- ABB-Welcome IP
- KNX App-Control Server
- ABB free@home®
- ABB-Welcome
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1 households* and 1 mobile devices** (smartphone/tablet)
*A household = max. 1 Gateways per system: free@home® (System Access Point V1 or V2), ABB-Welcome (ABB-Welcome IP-Gateway or Video Indoor Station 4.3 Wifi or SmartTouch 10) or ABB-Welcome IP (ABB-Welcome IP Smart Access Point Pro + ABB-Welcome IP touch (7/10)), ABB i-bus® KNX (KNX App-Control Server + Busch-VoiceControl® KNX)
**The ONE_ license allows all Smart Home apps to be used simultaneously on up to 4 mobile devices, the PLUS_ license on up to 10 mobile devices. This includes the following apps: ABB-free@home® (NEXT), ABB-Welcome®, KNX App-Control Server, Busch-VoiceControl® KNX.
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