Smart Building

The Zuhause Plattform-EcoSystem: All functions. One system.

Author: Jan Frederik Harksen, Managing Director, ZP Zuhause Plattform GmbH
Issue 02-2017: read all articles online read as pdf

The Zuhause Plattform building technology brings the Internet of Things into buildings that have many residential and business units and digitalizes management processes. Zuhause Plattform, or ZP for short, combines the main functions of video intercom, electronic access, smart heat control, real-time consumption detection and manager communication into a complete system for the first time. The goal is to save resources in building construction, management and use.

Combining building technology with a management platform

The ZP-VerwalterPortal is a modern building management tool. Announcements and information can be made easily accessible with only a few clicks of the mouse, and they appear immediately on the ZP-WohnungsAdapter. The residents‘ concerns and status messages can be processed directly online.

The ZP-WohnungsAdapter forms the interface to the apartment and the resident

The digital heart of the infrastructure is the ZP WohnungsAdapter, developed in-house, as the communication end point in the apartment: an interface to the resident and to the linked ZP components. The resident can intelligently control the heat at any time, view the heat consumption and signifi cantly reduce this consumption with an assistant system while maintaining greater comfort. At the same time the ZP-EcoSystem supports communication between the stakeholders involved and facilitates many additional applications. A wide range of functions can be activated, from the alarm system to the weather station to the in-home Internet.

The ZP-HausAdapter makes the front door and doorbell system smart

The ZP-HausAdapter can be installed instead of a conventional intercom. ZP-WohnungsAdapter systems turn into a video intercom with a flexible, digital doorbell panel and an intelligent access system; the video function increases security for residents and the building, and the wide-angle camera guarantees that visitors are recognized. Digital keys are managed with the ZP-VerwalterPortal. Access to multiple properties can be enabled or quickly and easily blocked if the keys are lost.

Zuhause Plattform The Zuhause Plattform-EcoSystem: All functions. One system.

The ZP-HausAdapter replaces the analog doorbell panel and facilitates digital communication between the front door and the apartment.

The time has come. And so has the technology.

Digitalization gives apartment managers the opportunity to quickly and easily evaluate and bill available meter readings at any time. With its self-powered sensors and actuators, EnOcean provides the ideal solution for apartment managers, since the energy harvesting technology reduces maintenance work within the building and thus saves time and money. The ZP-EcoSystem combines areas of the building equipment that used to be separate and implements the communication of different radio-based devices within the building and remotely via a future-viable IP infrastructure. EnOceanbased products can thus be controlled without complications from an intuitive user interface. The EnOcean standard gives the ZP-EcoSystem a high degree of flexibility for retrofits and upgrades.

Open standards such as the EnOcean radio standard, wireless MBus/OMS, remote detection systems and web-based billing software result in a well-functioning overall system and pave the way for independence in controlling residential space, and they also eliminate previous meter reading processes.

Zuhause Plattform The Zuhause Plattform-EcoSystem: All functions. One system

The ZP-EcoSystem combines areas of the building equipment that used to be separate into one product family and implements communication within the building and remotely via a future-viable IP infrastructure.

Insourcing instead of outsourcing

The HP Heizkosten Plattform GmbH provides apartment management companies, building associations and managers the opportunity to achieve independence and data sovereignty. It eliminates previous limitations caused by laborious coordination, proprietary building systems and long contract terms.

One platform. All meters.

The ZP Zähler Plattform GmbH offers an extremely wide range of top quality products in the area of sub-metering. A large warehouse with many types of meters from different manufacturers forms the basis for launching a self-billing system. The ZP Zähler Plattform GmbH consistently relies on the open Wireless M-Bus (OMS) wireless standard. Parameterization services and ready-to-install meters and complete packages round out the portfolio for all kinds of properties.

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