SOLUTION PROCESS
EEBUS is the central process driver for generating the best solution with inputs from three areas: our working groups (WG’s), funded projects as well as standardisation and regulatory bodies. Process starting point are market ideas and requirements coming from our member companies or funded projects in which EEBUS interacts with other organisations. These market requirements are translated into use case specifications ready for standardisation.
The EEBUS specification experts team ensures consistency and interoperability among the various use cases and organises cross-industry ‘’Plugfests’’ for system verification of new use cases to be released. Being an open standard, released use cases are publicly available on our homepage to be download.
Translating market requirements into new standards
WORKING GROUPS
The working groups are an essential part of our EEBUS organisation: participating member companies actively shape the design of new use cases according to their market requirements. Experts from the companies meet with EEBUS specification engineers on a regular basis to jointly work out the use case specifications and enhance the underlying data model where required. Meeting agendas and minutes as well as the latest use case versions are available on a SharePoint where members can access.
The philosophy of EEBUS is that all energy relevant devices from cross sector domains need to be able to interact and the interaction with the low-voltage grid needs to be properly managed. This cross-domain useability is well reflected in our working group structure. The following groups are working on the standard-based integration of domains into a broader and holistic eco system:
Overview of current EEBUS working groups
E-Mobility
Charging stations and electric vehicles
HVAC
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
INVERTER
Photovoltaic and battery storage systems
GRID
Demand transparency and
set points by DSO
EEBUS
SPECIFICATIONS
EEBUS enables holistic application by its use case specifications employing the domain unspecific data model SPINE (Smart Premises Interoperable Neutral-Message Exchange): irrespective of device type or stakeholder role, it is the generic data model allowing for a broad range of use cases. The use cases are clustered along the working groups in which they have been developed. Finally, a transport protocol is required for transmission of the EEBUS SPINE data: EEBUS members have deliberately chosen an IP approach and developed the Smart Home IP (SHIP) transport protocol to be best-in-class with respect to cyber security and energy networking inside buildings.
Spezifications are available for:
SHIP
SPINE
E-Mobility Use Case Collection
Grid Connection Point Use Case
Inverter Use Cases
HVAC Use Cases
The EEBUS specifications are openly available, free of charge and can be used without any license costs: you will find the following specifications in the current version in the download area. Please note that we can provide so-called snapshot versions only to our members.
EEBUS
SOLUTIONS
The holistic application approach with its increasing number of use cases has led us to the definition of compact solutions. In this way, use cases are clustered usefully to reduce complexity, that would otherwise arise. The following standard-based solutions are already available today:
Use Cases are available for:
Capacity management:
Enables Distribution System Operators (DSO) to monitor power consumption on building or device level and to limit power consumption by setpoint
Time of use tariffs:
Enables DSO to manage over and underload scenarios through price of energy information and enables customers to operate devices cost optimised
Increase of Self Consumption:
Enables customers to benefit from local PV production over the day and after sun set using stationary battery system or bi-directional EV charging
Monitoring and comfort:
Enables the system to optimise the information flow and comfort functions to the customer.
All use cases may be used free of charge. A short high-level description of the EEBUS use cases, the phase model and the specification process can be found in the download area.
EEBUS STANDARDISATION
Today’s accelerating energy transition demands eco-systems to reach a critical mass. As these eco-systems consists of a complex compilation of multiple energy relevant and controllable devices from numerous buildings, the applied communication interface must be technically standardised. This provides investment security for our members and device developers and thereby allows for mass market suitable serial products. EEBUS contributes with the experience and results from joint development of standards in important standardisation bodies and plays a key role in shaping future standards. Further domains for standardisation are being consistently promoted.
EEBUS
USE CASES
are standardised in
IEC 63380-1 (in progress)
(Standard interface for charging points/charging stations for connection to local power and energy management)
CENELEC EN 50631
(Interoperable Connected Household Appliances)
EU Framework SAREF
(Smart Appliances Reference Framework)
ETSI TS 103 264
VDE-AR-E 2829-6-1
(Technical Information exchange at the interface to the property and the elements of the customer’s facilities located there)
VDE-AR-E 2122-1000
(Standard interface for charging points/charging stations for connection to local power and energy management)
EEBUS
SPINE
Is standardised in
IEC 63380-2, IEC 63380-3 (in progress)
(Standard interface for charging points/charging stations for connection to local power and energy management)
CENELEC EN 50631
(Interoperable Connected Household Appliances)
EU Framework SAREF
(Smart Appliances Reference Framework)
ETSI TS 103 264
VDE-AR-E 2829-6-2, VDE-AR-E 2829-6-3 (in progress)
(Technical Information exchange at the interface to the property and the elements of the customer’s facilities located there)
VDE-AR-E 2122-1000
(Standard interface for charging points/charging stations for connection to local power and energy management)
EEBUS
SHIP
is standardised in
IEC 63380-3 (in progress)
(Standard interface for charging points/charging stations for connection to local power and energy management)
CENELEC EN 50631 (coming soon)
(Interoperable Connected Household Appliances)
VDE-AR-E 2829-6-4
(Technical Information exchange at the interface to the property and the elements of the customer’s facilities located there)
EEBUS is active in the following important standardisation bodies:
EEBUS COOPERATIONS
EEBUS is partnering with leading alliances and consortiums in Europe and the US: the common goal is to push forward the international harmonisation of the energy landscape for interoperable solutions. The integration of EEBUS, therefore, stands for reduced development costs and investment security for manufacturers.
Our partners:
OpenADR
For a standardised interface solution from smart grid to grid connection point
ESMIG
For a standardised interface solution from smart grid to smart meter
CharIn
For a standardised interface solution from grid connection point to electrical vehicle supply equipment
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