AlteroBMS
Flexible solution for operational and predictive energy management of residential and commercial objects and compounds.
Relevant for:
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Commercial property - office buildings and retail shopping malls
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Administration and municipal buildings - hospitals, schools, etc.
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Infrastructure - railway stations, airports
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Distributed objects - retail, cafe, restaurant chains, gas stations, etc.
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Technological clusters
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Apartment complexes
AlteroBMS provides
Intelligent monitoring
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Integrated monitoring interface (electricity, heat, cold and hot water, air, natural gas, etc.)
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Simultaneous multiple objects monitoring capability
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Acquisition of temperature, vibration, CO2, etc. to ensure predictive analytics and indirect measurements
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Integration with third-party data providers: weather forecasting, actual and forecasted energy market data, utilities data, billing, transaction platforms, etc.
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Emergencies, faults, abnormal conditions alarming
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Suppliers’ bills verification
Planning
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Automatic/automated planning of efficient energy consumption:
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off-hours consumption restriction
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auxiliary systems consumption restriction in case primary systems are out of service
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Automatic/automated planning of power system operation in order to minimize energy supply costs:
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multi-rate tariffs energy costs decrease
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ancillary services income
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Outer grid energy supply tariff selection planning:
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costs minimization for month/season/year based on statistical and forecasted data
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O&M planning optimization:
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equipment remaining lifetime evaluation
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restoration costs decrease
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Management
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State and operation of:
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HVAC and utility systems
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distributed energy resources:
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energy storage systems
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own (back-up) generation
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renewable energy sources
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Operations and Maintenance:
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planned maintenance announcing
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equipment and systems lifetime expiry alarming
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AlteroBMS distinctive features
AlteroBMS provides full range of monitoring, planning, and management applications in accordance with predefined KPIs:
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Reliability
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Power quality management
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Equipment wear and maintenance requirements warning
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Security
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Predictive analysis of consumption trends
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Information security assurance
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Economy
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Energy costs minimization (even with no overall consumption decrease)
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Ancillary services income maximization
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Service staff man-hours economy
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Energy efficiency
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Energy consumption decrease
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Energy losses decrease
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Energy management transparency assurance
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Environment friendliness
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Full utilization of RES-generated energy
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Decarbonization
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Architecture
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IIoT sensors and controllers level (of own design with other vendors’ solutions support). The level covers data acquisition and endpoint equipment control:
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boilers / heaters
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air conditioning systems
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ventilation systems
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energy storage systems
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renewable energy sources
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back-up generation (e.g., diesel-driven generator set)
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IoT sensors (energy, current, voltage, pressure, consumption, temperature, CO2, etc.) of various consumers
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metering systems
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EDGE level. Sensors and controllers interaction using standard protocols (Modbus, MQTT, AMQP, KNX, etc.), data aggregation and batch transfer to the upper level, control strategy reception and implementation
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On-premise / Cloud level. A set of subsystems responsible for intelligent monitoring, planning and predictive management of energy resources.
Subsystems
AlteroBMS comprises AlteroUniversal platform subsystems along with the additional functional subsystems:
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Customers’ demand and renewables output forecasting
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Multi-criterion optimization of equipment operation and maintenance
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Automatic equipment control considering its restrictions and properties
AlteroBMS is based on the AlteroUniversal IIoT-platform.