Sandra Trittin, Co-Founder, Swisscom Energy Solutions
Summary
TLDRAt European Utility Week 2016, Sandra Tritton, co-founder of Swisscom Energy Solutions, discusses their award-winning product, TICO, an energy management system for prosumers. TICO enables residential homes to connect and manage various electrical devices through an IT platform, offering remote control, consumption overview, and automated services. The system also integrates with the electricity grid for network stability, with expansion plans across Europe to support renewable energy integration. Winning the energy management award signifies industry recognition and consumer support for their innovative approach.
Takeaways
- 🏆 Sandra Tritton, co-founder of Swisscom Energy Solutions, discusses their award-winning product, TICO, at the European Utility Week 2016.
- 🌐 TICO is an energy management system designed for prosumers, allowing residential homes to connect various electrical devices to a single IT platform.
- 🔌 The platform integrates devices such as batteries, PV systems, heating, air conditioning, and electric vehicle charging systems, providing an overview of consumption and production.
- 📱 TICO offers remote control functionalities, enabling users to manage their home's energy use through a smartphone app, even when away.
- 🚨 The system includes an alarming feature that monitors connected devices 24/7 and sends SMS alerts in case of malfunctions.
- 🎼 TICO stands out by connecting prosumers to the electricity grid, offering grid services and contributing to network stability.
- 🤝 Swisscom Energy Solutions developed TICO in collaboration with customers, ensuring the solution meets their needs and addresses their concerns.
- 🏠 The remote control feature allows for energy savings by adjusting consumption levels remotely and can prepare the home environment before return.
- 📈 With over 6,500 customers in Switzerland connected to the grid, TICO provides frequency response for network stability and is expanding to Germany and France.
- 🌍 The expansion plans for TICO aim to support the integration of renewable energies into the grid across Europe, highlighting a growing trend in utility solutions.
- 🏅 Winning the Energy Management Award signifies industry recognition and validation of TICO's direction and impact on the path towards a low-carbon future.
- 🎉 The award is a morale boost for the team, showing that their efforts are appreciated by both the public and industry experts.
Q & A
What is the name of the company Sandra Tritton co-founded?
-Swisscom Energy Solutions.
What award did Swisscom Energy Solutions win at the European Utility Industry Awards 2016?
-They won the Energy Management Award for their product TICO.
What does the product TICO stand for, and what is its primary function?
-TICO is an energy management system for prosumers, allowing residential homes to connect various electrical devices and manage their energy consumption and production.
What kind of devices can be connected to TICO's platform?
-Devices such as batteries, PV systems, heating, air conditioning, and immobility charging systems can be connected to TICO's platform.
What additional functionalities does TICO provide for connected devices?
-TICO provides an overview of all connected devices' consumption and production, remote control capabilities, and an alarming system for monitoring and alerts in case of malfunctions.
How does TICO help with energy savings when the user is on holiday?
-TICO allows users to remotely control their devices, such as air conditioning, to warm up the house before they return, thus saving energy while they are away.
What makes TICO unique in the energy management market?
-TICO's uniqueness lies in its integration with the electricity grid, allowing prosumers to provide ancillary services and contribute to network stability.
How was the TICO solution designed to address consumer needs?
-The solution was designed in collaboration with customers, listening to their needs and concerns, and incorporating features like remote control that can adjust consumption based on the user's return.
What is the current status of TICO's customer base and expansion plans?
-TICO has over 6,500 customers in Switzerland, all connected to the grid. The company is looking to expand to Germany, France, and other parts of Europe.
What does winning the Energy Management Award mean for TICO and Swisscom Energy Solutions?
-Winning the award validates their direction and progress, showing that they are on the right track and recognized by both the public and industry experts.
How does TICO contribute to a low carbon or zero carbon world?
-By providing network stability and enabling the integration of renewable energies into the grid, TICO supports the transition towards a more sustainable energy system.
Outlines
🏆 Swisscom Energy Solutions' Award-Winning Tico Product
The video script introduces an interview with Sandra Tritton, co-founder of Swisscom Energy Solutions, at the European Utility Week 2016. The company has won an award for their product, Tico, an energy management system designed for prosumers. Tico allows residential homes to connect various electrical devices such as batteries, PV systems, heating, air conditioning, and charging systems to a single IT platform. This provides users with an overview of their energy consumption and production, remote control capabilities, and an alarming system for 24/7 monitoring. What sets Tico apart is its integration with the electricity grid, enabling prosumers to offer grid services. The product was developed in collaboration with customers, focusing on their needs for remote control and energy efficiency. The company is expanding beyond Switzerland, with projects in Germany and France, aiming to contribute to a low-carbon, renewable energy future.
🎉 The Significance of Winning the Energy Management Award
In the second paragraph, Sandra Tritton discusses the impact of winning the Energy Management Award for Swisscom Energy Solutions. The award signifies that the company is on the right track and its development direction is recognized by industry experts and customers alike. The process of winning the award was exciting, with public votes and jury approval, indicating the product's importance and effectiveness. The award is particularly meaningful as it reflects the hard work and customer-centric approach taken by the company. The interview concludes with congratulations to Sandra and Swisscom Energy Solutions for their well-deserved recognition and the positive contribution their project makes towards a sustainable energy future.
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Keywords
💡European Utility Week 2016
💡Sandra Tritton
💡Swisscom Energy Solutions
💡TICO
💡Prosumers
💡Energy Management
💡Remote Control
💡Orchestration
💡Awards
💡Renewable Energies
💡Expansion
Highlights
Sandra Tritton, co-founder of Swisscom Energy Solutions, discusses their award-winning product, TICO, at European Utility Week 2016.
TICO is an energy management system for prosumers, allowing residential homes to connect various electrical devices to a single IT platform.
The platform provides an overview of consumption and production, enabling users to prepare between devices and gain remote control functionalities.
TICO includes an alarming system for 24/7 monitoring, sending SMS alerts in case of device malfunction.
Prosumers are connected to the electricity grid to provide ancillary services, making TICO an orchestration project.
Swisscom Energy Solutions designed TICO in collaboration with customers, addressing their needs and concerns.
The remote control feature allows users to adjust consumption and prepare their home environment before returning from holidays.
TICO integrates with a smartphone app, streamlining home energy management through a user-friendly interface.
The product aims to address the challenge of sustained energy returns in energy management systems.
Swisscom Energy Solutions has successfully integrated over 6,500 customers in Switzerland, providing network stability to the grid.
The company is expanding its projects to Germany and France, with plans for further European expansion.
The award signifies that Swisscom Energy Solutions is on the right track with industry experts and customers recognizing its value.
Winning the award has validated the company's approach and direction in developing TICO.
The nomination and award process were exciting for the team, as they saw public votes and jury support.
TICO addresses both utility-side problems and integrates well with live stream data, enhancing consumer-facing energy management.
The project's success is attributed to its consumer-centric design approach, ensuring it meets real user needs.
Sandra Tritton expresses gratitude for winning the Energy Management Award and acknowledges the project's potential impact.
Transcripts
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welcome to the N jarate studio at
European utility week 2016 this is Carol
stimmell and I am with a very special
guest today in the studio Sandra tritton
who is the co-founder of Swiss columns
energy solutions Swisscom energy
solutions is an award winner here at the
european utility industry awards for
2016
with a with a product called tico which
is an entered in which one the energy
management award tico is an energy man
its management system for prosumers tell
us a little bit about about what your
product does yeah so what is actually
behind tico is like us like an IT
platform where residential homes can
connect all kind of electrical devices
so everyone was like a battery a PV
system heating air conditioning
immobility charging system they can
connect to that platform and with that
platform they get provided some excess
for a nap with additional
functionalities so they get an overview
of all the consumption and production of
the devices which are connected they can
prepare between each other they get some
remote control so for example for your
air conditioning if you go on holidays
you can warm up a bit when you're not at
home to save some energy and you get
some alarming system so we overlook your
connected devices 24 hours 7 days a week
and just in case something breaks down
we sent you an SMS and what makes us a
bit unique is like at the same time
these prosumers get connected to the
electricity grid to provide good
services alright so this is a real
orchestration project so there's been
lots of little pieces of of the home
energy management problem people trying
to solve for a long time but adoption is
difficult because designing for
consumers is not something that we do
naturally in the utility industries so
it sounds like you might have made a lot
of progress towards solving that problem
can you can you tell me why you think
you won this award yes so we designed
our solution together with our customers
so we were really listening to them what
their needs are for example for the
remote control I mean you can also turn
off your heating system or your air
conditioning when you leave the home
right but no one is really actually
doing it because people are also worried
that it's really cold when they come
back home so we created the remote
control so that you can reduce with an
app for example
your your consumption and even on your
way back home you can already bring it
up again so when you come home it's
either cool enough with the air
conditioning or warm enough for Peter so
this is a smartphone app it's integrated
with the customers live stream so it's
it's orchestrating the home bringing
disparate things in the home together
but accessible through the phone yep so
it seems like you would have some very
interesting ways to grow this project
about learning about people
different kinds of automation algorithms
and really you know one of the things
we've always struggled with with energy
management is sustained energy returns
so it sounds like that is a problem you
are well on the way to solving what what
is next for your for your product yeah
so where we are right now is that we
integrated all these customer on the
platform in Switzerland we have two days
six and a half thousand customers
already and they are all connected to
the grid so we provide networked
stability in terms of frequency response
to the grid and now we want to take that
out of Switzerland so we have first
projects running also in Germany and in
France and we are looking to expand more
over Europe because this with stability
is needed wherever you want to get more
renewable energies into the grid yes so
that's actually a really lovely trend
I'm seeing it actually for the first
time at this show I've been to a lot of
them where
utilities are coming up with solutions
or partnering and to come up with
solutions like this and then finding
ways to take them elsewhere to scale
them beyond their immediate area of
interest in that as that spells nothing
but goodness actually for you know
accelerating towards a low carbon in
zero carbon world so
tell me what is it what is winning this
award mean for your project yep so for
us winning that award is yeah it makes
us happy it's already really important
because we see that we on the right
track that we are developing in the
right direction and we saw on one side
because like people had to vote so many
of our customers was were giving like a
public vote for us and then also by
being able to convince the jury
afterwards we see that we are also
important for the industry experts
Rosetta was at an intimidating processor
did you feel pretty good about it going
through you felt go the awards
nomination and ultimately winning they
were yeah so I mean it's every time it's
really exciting all right you get
excited because when you see you get
more and more public votes you climb up
in the in the list of being able to come
into the last five and companies right
then you get really really excited and
then it's a bit like as soon as you're
in the last five you also want to win
yeah it's so we were really happy as
well we managed theory exactly yeah so
this is very interesting so your energy
management award addresses both utility
side problems and also obviously
integrates very well with the live
stream and you said something very
important which is in building this
project you went to the consumers and
that's think that's how it works for you
so I think that's how any customer
facing product that that we want to see
adopted and enjoyed that's how we have
to start so I really appreciate that and
congratulations congratulations very
very much to you on winning the energy
management award and you clearly
deserved it sounds like a great project
okay thank you thank you take care of
thanks thank you thank you very much
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