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Heat pump

Heat pump control — SG Ready, building thermal model and cheap energy

A heat pump is often the largest load in the home. HEMS learns how much energy your building needs at a given temperature and shifts the pump’s work to sunny or cheap hours.

What you get

Building thermal model

Daily pump consumption versus degree-days, fitted from at least 10 full days. You see the fit quality (R²) in the panel.

SG Ready

Blocking in expensive hours and recommended switch-on with PV surplus. Forced switch-on is never used automatically.

Cloud integrations

Viessmann ViCare (DHW temperature and one-time DHW heating), Mitsubishi MELCloud and MELCloud Home (on/off, DHW) and Tuya devices with a code map.

Protections stay

The pump’s own protections — minimum temperatures, compressor protection — work independently of HEMS.

How it works

  1. 1

    Connect the pump: Modbus (e.g. NIBE S1155/S1255), two SG Ready contacts or the manufacturer cloud integration.

  2. 2

    HEMS measures power draw and builds the thermal model from weather data.

  3. 3

    The plan for the next hours takes prices, PV forecast and weather into account.

  4. 4

    Mode changes go through the Command Gateway and are recorded.

Details

  • Without measuring the pump’s consumption no model is built — HEMS does not guess power from a catalogue.
  • Open-Meteo weather with a local temperature correction from the IMGW station.
  • Any pump with an SG Ready input — two contacts are enough.

What you need

  • A heat pump with an SG Ready input, NIBE Modbus, or a ViCare, MELCloud or Tuya account.
  • Measurement of the pump’s power consumption (for the thermal model).

Frequently asked questions

Will the house get cold?

The pump keeps its own protections and minimum temperature settings — they work independently of HEMS. Forced switch-on is never used automatically, and you can turn automation off with one button.

My pump has no SG Ready — can anything be done?

If the manufacturer offers a cloud supported by HEMS (ViCare, MELCloud, Tuya), control goes through it. Check the list of supported devices.

How accurate is the thermal model?

It depends on the data: it needs at least 10 full days with the pump’s consumption measured. The R² value in the panel shows how well the model fits your building.

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Try it on your own installation

Create an account, connect your inverter or the manufacturer cloud and see your data. You switch on automation only when you want to.