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Using energy more smartly with control and EMS

With an energy management system, you let your consumption follow your own generation and the most advantageous moments.

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Many homes now generate their own electricity, but they do not always use it at the right moment. The sun shines during the day, while the washing machine, the heat pump or the car often run in the evening. That is exactly where there is room to work smarter.

An energy management system, or EMS for short, brings those pieces together. It knows what you generate, what you consume and steers your appliances to the moment when that delivers the most benefit.

The reversing meter has been phased out

In Flanders, the meter no longer runs backwards for those who have a digital meter. As a result, solar energy that you feed into the grid yields less than it used to.

Using your own energy therefore becomes more important. A home battery or smart control system helps you to use your own generated energy later instead of selling it to the grid cheaply. What it delivers in your situation depends on your consumption, your installation and energy prices; we will work it out honestly with you.

Solar panels on the dark tiled roof of a brick house
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What an EMS does

An EMS is the brain between your generation, your consumers and, if applicable, your battery. It continuously measures how much energy is available and decides on that basis when each device is allowed to run.

That way you no longer have to keep an eye on whether the sun is shining before you switch on the dishwasher. The system automatically shifts that kind of consumption to the favourable moment.

Making better use of your own solar energy

Electricity you generate yourself and use yourself does not have to be bought. So the more of your generation you use yourself, the less you draw from the grid. An EMS steers your consumers as much as possible towards the moments when your panels are producing.

If you have a home battery, that interplay becomes even more important. The system chooses whether energy is best used straight away, stored, or kept for later in the day.

Controlling your appliances

Not every appliance needs to draw power at the same time. A heat pump, an electric water heater, a charging point or large household appliances are easy loads to control, because it usually does not matter whether they run an hour earlier or later.

We decide together which appliances to link to the system in your case. That way we build a system that suits your home and your habits, and not the other way around.

What smart control delivers

More self-consumption

Using as much of your own solar energy as possible yourself instead of putting it onto the grid.

Automatic control

Appliances run at the favourable moment without you having to keep an eye on it.

Working together with the battery

The system chooses between using it right away, storing it or keeping it for later.

Tailored coupling

We control the appliances that make sense to link up in your home.

Frequently asked questions

What exactly is an EMS?
An EMS or energy management system is a control that aligns your generation, your consumption and, if applicable, your battery with each other. It decides when your appliances are best run, so that you use as much of your own energy as possible.
Do I need solar panels for an EMS?
An EMS works best if you generate your own power, because then there is a lot to control. Even without panels, control can be useful to shift consumption to more advantageous moments. We look at what suits you during a site visit.
Which appliances can an EMS control?
Especially appliances where the timing matters little, such as a heat pump, a boiler, an EV charger or large household appliances. Which ones we connect depends on your installation and your habits.
Do I have to operate the system myself?
No. The whole idea of an EMS is that the control happens automatically. You do not have to keep an eye on when the sun is shining or when power is more advantageous.

Get more out of your own energy

Request a site visit. We look at your generation and consumption and propose a control system that suits your home.

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