Home energy automation uses a smart controller and app to coordinate how a household's solar panels, battery, EV charger, and major appliances interact: automatically prioritizing self-generated solar power, shifting flexible loads to off-peak hours, and scheduling EV charging around the cheapest or greenest available energy.
Smart Automation That Runs Your Home's Energy For You
A Home Energy Management System (HEMS) automatically coordinates solar generation, battery storage, EV charging, and major appliances: shifting usage to the cheapest or greenest hours without you having to think about it.
App-Controlled, Automated Load Prioritization
What is home energy automation?
Home energy automation uses a smart controller and app to coordinate how a household's solar panels, battery, EV charger, and major appliances interact: automatically prioritizing self-generated solar power, shifting flexible loads to off-peak hours, and scheduling EV charging around the cheapest or greenest available energy.
Solar and Batteries Underperform Without Smart Coordination
Many homes with solar panels and battery storage still see disappointing bills because the systems operate independently: the EV charges at peak tariff hours, the battery discharges before the car finishes charging, and appliances run regardless of whether the sun is shining.
A home energy automation layer sits on top of existing hardware and makes these decisions automatically: prioritizing solar self-consumption, sequencing the EV charger and battery so they don't compete for the same generation, and shifting flexible loads like water heaters to the lowest-cost hours.
System Architecture
- Solar Generation + Grid Import
- Smart Energy Controller / Gateway
- Battery Storage (Priority Dispatch)
- EV Charger (Scheduled/Solar-Matched)
- App Dashboard & Automated Rules
System Components
Smart Energy Gateway
Central controller reading solar, battery, and grid data in real time to make dispatch decisions.
Core requirement for any home running solar, battery, and EV charging together.
Load Prioritization Rules
Automated logic to charge the EV or battery first, or shift flexible loads to off-peak hours.
For homes with multiple competing loads (EV, battery, HVAC) sharing limited solar output.
Mobile App Dashboard
Real-time visibility and manual override for solar production, battery state, and EV charging status.
For homeowners who want visibility and occasional manual control.
Ideal Applications
Solar + Battery Homes
Maximizing self-consumption instead of exporting excess solar at low feed-in rates.
EV Owner Households
Scheduling vehicle charging to align with solar production or off-peak tariffs.
Time-of-Use Tariff Customers
Automatically shifting flexible loads away from peak pricing windows.
Villas with Multiple Systems
Coordinating solar, battery, EV charger, and HVAC as one managed system.
Deployment Process
1. Assess
Inventory existing solar, battery, EV charger, and appliance hardware.
2. Analyse
Review utility tariff structure and typical household usage patterns.
3. Design
Define load prioritization rules and automation logic for the home.
4. Configure
Integrate the smart gateway with existing inverter, battery, and charger APIs.
5. Procure and Deploy
Install the controller and configure the household app dashboard.
6. Monitor and Optimise
Refine automation rules based on actual generation and consumption data.
Information We Need
- Existing solar inverter make and model
- Existing battery storage system, if any
- EV charger make and model
- Utility tariff structure (flat vs time-of-use)
- Key appliances to include in automation (water heater, HVAC, pool pump)
- Home Wi-Fi/network coverage for the smart gateway
Frequently Asked
Request a Home Energy Automation Consultation
Gletscher Energy will review your project requirements and recommend the next technical planning step.
- Engineering review of submitted details
- Initial feasibility assessment
- Direct consultation booking