AE Innovation (Automation Engineering Innovation) is an Italian company operating since 2004 in the field of automation and information technology, with expertise rooted in the energy and utilities market.
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LINES OF BUSINESS AND PRODUCTS

Monitoring and Automation

  • Solar2You, analysis and monitoring system for photovoltaic plants (www.solar2you.it);
  • Ener2You, analysis and monitoring system of power-quality and energy flows in industrial and service sectors (www.ener2you.it);
  • Omnia Meter, bidirectional single-phase electrical network analyzer for SMART management of domestic energy flows.

Software for Utilities

  • Youtility, software designed for Utilities for the best management of billing, accounting and customer relationship.

Energy and IT Services

  • Hardware e Software sale (partnership with DELL, XEROX, ORACLE, NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, etc.);
  • Technical support and systems consultancy (PC, SERVER, wired and wireless LANs, VPN);
  • Design and implementation of innovative solutions in the energy sector.

Research & Development

  • Innovative solutions in the field of Smart Grid and Smart Cities;
  • Business Analytics solutions in the Energy field;
  • Systems for monitoring, controlling and smart management of energy flows and Power Quality.

AE Innovation also participates in several research projects with leading research institutes, such as:

  • University of Calabria (UNICAL) and ICAR-CNR Research Institute to develop tools supporting decision making.
  • Solutions for remote monitoring and control of marine applications (Sharklife Project);
  • Second University of Naples to realize a prototype to monitoring the electrical supply quality;
  • DIMES (UNICAL Department of Computer Engineering, Electronics and Systems Modeling) to design and prototyping hardware for renewable energy;
  • AE Innovation adheres to the program SMART CITIES promoted by MIUR (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research).

COMPANY'S STRENGHTS

Strong know-how acquired over the years in the design and implementation of innovative solutions for the ICT and Energy world. Structured and continuous Research and Development, carried out in partnership with leading research institutions. Specialized team of software and automation engineers. Proximity and strong attention to the customers.

MISSION

Implementing innovative and flexible solutions for the ICT and Energy world, thanks to the expertise acquired in the IT and Automation field, to be applied in the energy sector.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY

Electronics, Microelectronics

  • Automation, Robotics Control Systems
  • Electronic engineering
  • Embedded Systems and Real Time Systems

IT and Telematics Applications

  • Environment Management Systems & Documental Management Systems
  • CRM - Customer relationship Management
  • Maintenance Management System

Information Processing, Information System, Workflow Management

  • Advanced Systems Architecture
  • Computer Hardware
  • Computer Software
  • Data Processing/Data Interchange, Middleware
  • Data Protection, Storage Technology, Cryptography, Data Security
  • Databases, Database Management, Data Mining
  • Information Technology/Informatics
  • Internet Technologies/Communication (Wireless, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
  • Simulation
  • User Interfaces, Usability
  • Building Automation Software
  • Remote Control
  • Smart Appliances

Telecommunications, Networking

  • Mobile Communications
  • Communications Protocols, Interoperability

Other

  • EU-funded collaborative research projects
  • Sector not related to IT

SOLAR2YOU

Solar2You (S2Y) is a user friendly, effective and complete monitoring system. It allows you to tightly monitor the performance and the operating status of one or more photovoltaic plants, through a dedicated website.

Thanks to the professional and reliable S2Y Datalogger, the system detects in real time all the measures, the status indicators and alarms coming from the inverter and/or other devices (box strings, environmental sensors, energy meter, etc.) and, through an internet connection (ADSL or 3G), it sends them in secure mode to Solar2You Server Farm.
The data coming from the various plants, properly processed, are made accessible in real time on the dedicated website. The user can log in the Customer Area of the website www.solar2you.it from any connected place or smartphone, to monitor all its systems by an unique dashboard.

WEBSITE FUNCTIONALITIES

  • Plants overview (centralized panel control of all plants)
  • Plant scheme
  • Real time dashboard
  • Historical data reports
  • Perfomance ratio and advanced reporting
  • Alarm system management
  • Innovative performance indexes: "Zone and Historical Indexes"

INNOVATIVE FEATURES

  • Zone Indexes: through them the maintainer can compare the performance of a system with those of other equipments installed in the same area. Thanks to these indicators, based on elaborate calculating, it is therefore possible to check the proper functioning of the single photovoltaic system even without knowing the local environmental conditions (irradiation, cell temperature, environmental temperature). Most populated is the sample in the reference zone, most significant will be the corresponding index.
  • Historical Indexes: they allow a medium-term or long-term analysis about the inverter and the whole plant performance.

I am offering

  • Exhaustive and real time monitoring of one or more photovoltaic plants by a centralized control panel
  • Detailed analysis of historical data
  • Innovative reporting with zone and historical performance indexes
  • Professional and reliable Datalogger
  • Multi-brand compatibility
  • Also suitable for monitoring environmental stations, electrical flows, energy meters, industrial automation systems and remote control
  • Highly qualified technical assistance

I am looking for

  • Import companies, distributors, major companies operating in the renewable energy sector
  • Specific expertise in the energy field, with special reference to the systems for control and management of energy flows (photovoltaic and/or traditional sources), as well as knowledge of the quality and the potential of products and services offered
  • Local partners with an existing customer base and/or the ability to promote the products of AE Innovation SRL in the correct way and with due effectiveness

ENER2YOU

Ener2You (E2Y) is an innovative hardware and software system to:

  • exhaustively monitor the energy flows (electricity; heat energy; water; gas; environmental conditions) referred to a given building
  • allow the drawing of accurate energy audits, through advanced and customizable reporting, according with the European Directive 2012/27/EU and respective national laws of each member state
  • adopt an effective DSS - Decision Support System to find solutions to improve energy efficiency and to evaluate the effects deriving from this kind of interventions;
  • automate specific reports generation to obtain White Certificates (DM 28/12/2012)

E2Y system consists in an hardware made by a professional and reliable datalogger, able to detect all measures concerning energy flows and environmental conditions (through energy meter; water and gas meter; environmental sensors; other devices). It then sends them via internet (ADSL o 3G) to AE Innovation server-farm. The software is made by the website www.ener2you.it, available in SaaS mode (Software as a Service) by PC, Smartphone or Tablet. Through the website the costumer can consult all the information, reports (real time / historical data) and alerts relating to the monitored plants.
The system can also be installed locally, within the intranet of large systems, to manage independently all information.

WEBSITE FUNCTIONALITIES

  • Dashboard to centrally manage all installations
  • Single plant realtime dashboard
  • Energy flows reports (production and consumption)
  • Load curves reports (every 15 minutes, hourly, daily, monthly, yearly)
  • Price bands reports
  • Typical curves for each season and day of the week reports
  • Historical data reports
  • Download data in several format (pictures and Excel)
  • Alarms about off limit values and indicators
  • EnPI – Energy Performance Indicators for benchmarking

BEST SOLUTION FOR

  • Energy managers
  • Plants' Maintainers
  • ESCO (Energy Service Companies)
  • EGE (Experts in Energy Management)
  • End Users

I am offering

  • Comprehensive and real-time monitoring of energy flows, designed according to the actual needs of users and technicians and according to the latest European directives
  • Advanced and customizable reporting
  • Advanced performance analysis according with Energy Performance Indicators
  • Professional and reliable Datalogger
  • Compatible with a wide range of devices
  • Customizable according to specific needs
  • Highly skilled technical assistance

I am looking for

  • Import companies, distributors, major companies operating in the energy sector and with large energy consumption
  • Specific expertise in the energy field, with special reference to the systems for control and management of energy flows, as well as knowledge of the quality and the potential of products and services offered
  • Local partners with an existing customer base and/or the ability to promote the products of AE Innovation SRL in the correct way and with due effectiveness

OMNIA METER

OMNIA METER is a bidirectional energy meter to monitor in real time the electrical consumption of a single-phase system, the gas and water consumption (through optical reading systems) and the production of a plant of renewable energy (such as a photovoltaic plant); it also allows you to load real time and historical data on your home computer using the software provided with the analyzer.
The device offers the following functionalities:

  • measurements of standard parameters of the electrical network (voltage, intensity and direction of electric current, frequency, active power, reactive power, apparent power, power factor, withdrawn energy, injected energy)
  • measurements of the parameters to evaluate the electricity supply quality (power quality)
  • driving electrical loads
  • several communication modes integrated into a single instrument, both wireless (XBee, GSM) and wired (RS485, Ethernet), for local and remote access to the device
  • reading of gas and water consumption through OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
  • remote management and control of energy flows via GSM network and internet
  • reporting of plant shutdown and lack of mains voltage via SMS (alarm management system)

HARDWARE FEATURES

  • Built-in highly accurate RTC with backup battery
  • Integrated Amperometric Trasformer (TA) to mesure electricity
  • Integrated relay for users management (max voltage applied 250Vac, max switching current 16A)
  • Output to control a second external relay (max voltage applied 350Vac/Vdc, max switching current 130mA)
  • In case of blackout, the backup system provides more than one hour operating autonomy

SOFTWARE FEATURES

  • Communication via standard protocol MODBUS RTU (wired/wireless) and MODBUS TCP
  • Saving daily, monthly and annual energy data on non-volatile memory
  • Monitoring and management both locally and remotely through PC graphical interface

BEST SOLUTION FOR

  • End users and Prosumers
  • Traders, municipal companies, distributors
  • Installers and maintenance operators of plants from renewable and traditional sources sources
  • Owners of photovoltaic systems up to 6 kW
  • Energy Managers

I am offering

  • Real-time monitoring of domestic energy consumption and analysis of power quality
  • Several functions (measurements of the parameters of different energy carriers, power quality analysis, driving electrical loads, several communication modes, etc) integrated in a single product
  • Modularity and scalability
  • Saving and reporting daily, monthly and annual energy data
  • Saving and reporting peaks and voltage dips
  • Smart management of loads according to consumption and production
  • Integrated backup system
  • High quality, easy and fast installation
  • User friendly
  • Do not need the use of additional external components such as TA
  • Complies with the directives for CE marking
  • Can also be used in networks for Smart Cities and Smart Buildings

I am looking for

  • Import companies, distributors, energy traders, professionals in the building sector
  • Specific expertise in the energy and building field, with special reference to the systems for control and management of energy flows, as well as knowledge of the quality and the potential of products and services offered
  • Local partners with an existing customer base and/or the ability to promote the products of AE Innovation SRL in the correct way and with due effectiveness

YOUTILITY

Youtility is an AE Innovation software designed for Utilities (electricity, water, gas) for the best management of billing, accounting and customer relationship. Youtility is developed by the latest technologies and it has a totally open and scalable architecture with a view to grid computing. It is able to manage large and complex amount of billing. Thanks to its flexibility, the user can easily configure the invoice, both in its parts and in the definition of the calculation rules of each item. Each tariff profile can be fully customized in order to better manage the various calculation options. Youtility is a web application to be used within the company intranet via web browser, characterized by:

  • modular design (billing module, UTF - Technical Department of Finance module, module to manage cash and calculate interest, module to manage the sales network)
  • centralized data management
  • open interface to import/export data to other software systems
  • scheduled activities for massive and periodic processing

I am offering

  • Modular web application, customizable to meet every need of companies working in the Utilities’ sector (electricity, water, gas)
  • Highly qualified design and developing team, able to quickly respond to specific requests for customization

I am looking for

  • Traders, major companies wishing a system to examine consumption, invoices and payments
  • Local partners with an existing customer base and/or the ability to promote the products of AE Innovation SRL in the correct way and with due effectiveness

HORIZON 2020 PROJECT

AE Innovation is willing to promote or join partnerships in several themes under the H2020 work program related to energy efficiency, energy efficient buildings and ICT solutions for energy saving.

The company is experienced in products and services for energy efficiency and renewable energy, design and development of hardware and software products for the energy market, ICT solutions for energy efficiency.
The company is engaged in several national R&D projects on ICT applications for energy efficiency.
On February 4, 2015 jointly with 9 European partners, AE Innovation has submitted a proposal in the call of energy efficient buildings, proposing its ICT solutions for energy efficiency to better audit activities in residential buildings of historical value.
The company is looking either for single partners or for already established partnerships.

TARGET PARTNER SOUGHT

  • Specific expertise in the energy field, with special reference to the systems for control and management of energy flows (photovoltaic and/or traditional sources).
  • Specific expertise in the building sector with special reference to the most efficient technologies for new constructions and energy upgrading of existing buildings, as well as knowledge of the quality and the potential of products and services offered.
  • R$D centres and academic institutions