Why choose ASSECO’s SmartSave Solutions?

Base your company’s potential savings on a stable business partner: choose ASSECO to implement your energy efficiency investment!

We provide a complete solution for your company, thanks to our complex and professional service package, so you can quickly and easily comply with your legal obligations and achieve further energy savings. As an international multinational group of companies, we provide a solid background and guarantee for the cost-effective and professional implementation of investments. You can also count on our expertise in the long run.

Our services:

• operation
• technical support
• energy specialist
• complete energy monitoring
• survey, planning
• hardware and software installation
• education

Briefly about the SmartSave sub-measuring system:

SmartSave Energy Monitoring is a SCADA-based system that supports all metering devices marketed by all major manufacturers currently on the market.

• Automated reporting to a specialist and client.
• Built-in analytical function (reactive analysis and voltage measurement according to MSZÉN50160).
• Support for more than 40 different protocols, including knowledge of SNMP protocol, AD connection.
• OPC server.

Basic package includes:

• 15 minutes of data for a specialist report in accordance with legal obligations
• barren performance analytics
• voltage check (fluctuation, production line shutdown, failure) MSZ EN 50160 Voltage standard

Other services based on data extracted from a sub – measurement system

• comparison of the consumption of machines and lines
• production cost calculation (for parts to finished product)
• predictive maintenance basic functions (indicates the start of a negative process based on electrical parameters at the beginning of the faults, eg current consumption increases at the pump, this is indicated by the system at the set limit value from which the fault can be inferred. Eg bearing wear
• creation of energy consumption profile (unit price can be optimized for energy purchase)
• consumption forecast (schedule) for this some traders give a 3-10 percent discount on the unit price of energy
• detection of greenhouse gas emissions
• building cooling/heating analytics (measures energy efficiency for cooling or heating the air m3 or built-in cooling heating system)
• preparing energy to join communities
• ISO 50001 support with measurement data with Tüv-Reiland certification

Cost planning and cost analysis services

• production cost calculation from not only energy data but also raw materials and wages
• cost accrual for cash flow planning (eg. upon receipt of a settlement account)
• additional consumption and costs forecast
• cost allocation

New sub-meter regulation

Have you taken the necessary steps yet?

Legal obligation – Who is it for?

For companies that are required to employ a specialist, and in particular for companies that use/operate machines and equipment and consumers whose power consumption exceeds the values specified in the regulation (see the chapter “What devices and consumers need to be measured with a submeter?”).

Precise and more detailed description of the current legislation: https://net.jogtar.hu/jogszabaly?docid=a2000001.mek

• 1/2020. (I. 16.) MEKH decree was published: January 16, 2020.
• Entry into force: 24 January 2020.
• Key deadlines:
  1 January, 2022 – Start of measurement obligation
  1 January, 2023 – Entry into force of the sanctioning of the MEKH Decree

What devices and consumers need to be measured with a submeter?

• Equipment with a rated output of more than 50 kW For example, compressors, motors, pumps, other drives and process equipment. Above 1000 operating hours / year.
• Heat generating and air-conditioning systems with a rated electrical output exceeding 70 kW. For example, air conditioning, air handling, heat blower, heat pump. Above 1000 operating hours / year.
• Equipment supplied and queued above a supply point of more than 100 kW For example, a machine / production line, a factory hall or a building above 1000 operating hours / year
• Power consumption of which cannot be determined from the installed power (kW) and the operating time (hours). For example, they can operate normally at power levels lower than the built-in power OR stop their operation, which is not recorded by the operating hours-counter.

The measurement obligation for these devices and consumers came into force on 24 January 2022.

Why is the sub-measurement system important and useful?

• On the basis of accurate and real data, auditors and experts can prepare their reports in the manner required by the MEKH, and can make appropriate proposals for the necessary energy upgrades.
• Companies are aware of their own exact energy consumption.
• Based on the measurement data, significant energy saving potentials can be revealed.
• Energy Efficiency Commitment Scheme (EIA).
• TAO and EDF support, short return period.

Which submeter meets the expectations?

A meter which:

• Is suitable for storing and transmitting measurement data.
• Is suitable for measuring every 15 minutes
• Operates within a maximum error limit of 3%.
• The law does not impose an obligation to install a certified meter, which would have significantly increased costs.
• Does not require real-time data transmission or connection to a remote monitoring system. (#changed)
• No measurement of parameters other than effective power or energy (eg reactive, voltage quality indicators or harmonics) is required.

Investing from Supported Sources – How Can I Access It?

TAO discount

Every company that pays corporate tax in Hungary can take the opportunity to offer part of its TAO to be paid or use it as a tax credit. 70% of the total TAO budget can be spent on energy efficiency investments and renovations, saving up to 65% of investment costs. The tax credit can be used for certain energy efficiency compliance of the investment, examples of which are listed on page 5 of the presentation.

• Both investment and renovation are supported.
• The amount of support for direct energy efficiency depends on whether it is the cost of an item of property, plant or equipment, or an intangible asset for repair purposes.
• A maximum of EUR 15 million (HUF 5.4 billion) can be accounted for.
• The rate of support can be between 30% and 65% of the cost, depending on:
  whether the beneficiary is a large, medium or small company and which region it is located in

In terms of geographical location, it is not the company’s headquarters that is  relevant, but the location of where the investment or renovation takes place:

• Northern Hungary; Northern Alföld; Southern Alföld and Western, Central and Southern Transdanubia: 45%
• Budapest and Pest County: 35%

The tax credit can be claimed in the form of a tax withholding of up to 70% of the tax reduced by the development tax credit.

• Discount rate: territorial classification + SME classification
• SME: small enterprise + 20% points, medium-sized enterprise: + 10% points
• TAO discount for a small business in the Northern Alföld: 45% + 20% = 65%

Examples of investments for energy purposes that can be supported by the TAO discount

• lighting modernization
• procurement of electric vehicles
• liquid cooler replacement
• replacement of doors and windows
• renovation of steam systems
• modernization of furnaces and smelters
• building insulation
• conversion of constant speed motors to frequency inverters
• modernization of the distribution system of the compressed air network
• server park replacement
• renovation of heat production equipment
• insulation of heat generation and distribution systems
• thermal insulation of fittings
• frequency converter installation
• energy monitoring system construction
• waste heat recovery-heat exchanger installation
• solar panels
• installation of probe, groundwater, air source heat pump
• installation of a thermostatic valve