Smart residential buildings
Reduce standby losses, control room-level heating, and automate non-essential loads in apartments and houses. Comfort is preserved, waste is removed.
Reduce energy waste and upgrade any building to truly smart
Zyonara connects hardware modules in residential and commercial buildings with intelligent rules to cut energy waste, improve comfort, and make every kilowatt-hour smarter.
Functional prototypes · Energy waste reduction · Comfort-first automation
About Zyonara
Zyonara is a hardware + software platform designed to reduce energy waste in buildings while increasing comfort and intelligence. The core idea is simple: remove unnecessary consumption first, then orchestrate the remaining loads in the smartest possible way.
Custom hardware modules measure and control loads such as EV chargers, heating circuits, HVAC systems, lighting, and other large consumers. Users can define rules and schedules without writing any code, through a visual, human-friendly interface that expresses when and how devices should react.
Prototype stage – already running in real buildings
Zyonara products are currently in a prototype phase. Multiple modules are already functional in a few real locations, validating the concept in real apartments and houses.
The next step is to refine the hardware, packaging, and certification, and to expand pilots into larger residential and commercial buildings.
Robust connectivity, wireless and wired
All Zyonara modules are designed to work reliably in real buildings, not only on a lab bench. Communication between modules can be:
- Wireless in the sub-1 GHz band, helping signals penetrate walls and floors more effectively than typical Wi-Fi.
- Wired for locations that prefer or require a cabled bus for maximum robustness and predictability.
This combination makes it possible to cover complex residential and commercial buildings, from apartments to multi-storey offices and technical rooms in the basement.
Solutions
Prototype modules and control logic that apply to both residential and commercial buildings.
Smart commercial & public buildings
Apply the same principles to offices, hotels, shopping centers, and public infrastructure with zoning, dynamic lighting, and schedule-based scenarios.
Grid-aware large consumers
Integrate with signals from the grid to shift large loads like EV charging, heat pumps, and other high-power devices to periods when energy is more abundant or less expensive.
PV-aware local optimization
Connect to rooftop photovoltaic production and automatically start local consumers when PV output is high, improving self-consumption and reducing exported surplus.
Practical scenarios
Concrete ways in which Zyonara reduces energy waste and upgrades buildings to truly intelligent behaviour.
1. Stop “vampire” consumption
Many devices consume power even when “off”: printers, coffee machines, soldering stations, TVs, chargers, and more.
- Identify circuits with constant standby consumption.
- Automatically cut power at night or when nobody is home.
- Keep critical devices (e.g., router) always on while others are switched off.
2. Optimize by grid status and tariffs
Large consumers can be scheduled or throttled based on grid conditions and dynamic tariffs.
- Delay EV charging or heat pump operation away from local peak times.
- Respond to signals about high local transformer loading.
- Prefer time windows when electricity is cheaper or cleaner.
3. Use more of your PV production
When the sun is shining, there is often unused PV energy exported to the grid at low value.
- Start EV charging, water heaters, or other flexible loads when PV output is high.
- Prioritise local consumption before exporting surplus.
- Define rules such as “only charge the car when PV power exceeds X kW”.
4. Comfort & zoning for heating and cooling
Different rooms have different needs depending on time of day, orientation, and usage.
- Keep bedrooms comfortable at night and living areas warm in the morning.
- Heat or cool only the rooms that are occupied during the day.
- Combine schedules with window sensors to avoid heating with open windows.
How it works
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Sensing & connectivity
Hardware modules measure power, temperatures, occupancy, and device states in the building, while also listening to grid-related inputs and photovoltaic generation.
2
Smart rules, no coding
A rules engine allows users to define behaviours using human-readable conditions and actions – for example “if nobody is home, turn off these outlets” or “charge EV when PV power is high” – without needing programming skills.
3
Action & feedback
The system controls relays, actuators, and IR interfaces to drive heating, cooling, EV chargers, lighting, and other devices, while logging what happened so behaviour can be refined over time.
Key benefits
Energy waste reduction first
The primary focus is to cut unnecessary consumption such as standby loads and inefficient heating, so savings start before any compromise in user behaviour.
More comfort, not less
Zyonara improves comfort by keeping temperatures where they should be in the right rooms at the right time, while automation silently handles the optimisation.
Grid-friendly operation
Large consumers can react to grid status and local constraints, helping to avoid overloading local transformers and improving overall grid resilience.
Better PV self-consumption
PV-aware control increases the use of locally produced solar energy for on-site loads such as EV charging, water heating, or other flexible consumers.
Residential and commercial
The same building blocks work in small apartments, multi-family buildings, office buildings, hotels, and public facilities.
Future-ready architecture
An open, modular architecture makes it possible to integrate new signals, devices, and AI-based optimisation over time.
Example use cases
- Residential buildings coordinating EV charging, heating, and hot water by grid status and PV output.
- Office buildings reducing lighting and HVAC loads after hours and at weekends.
- Shopping centers dimming lighting at night while maintaining required safety levels.
- Public transport hubs running on optimised lighting and temperature schedules matched to occupancy.
- Mixed-use districts balancing rooftop PV production with flexible demand across multiple buildings.
From prototype to building-scale pilots
Zyonara currently runs in a limited number of locations as a working prototype. The modules and rules engine are designed to scale from single apartments to full buildings and campuses.
We are looking for partners interested in piloting grid-aware and PV-aware control in real residential or commercial environments.
Prototype status
The current Zyonara hardware has been hand-assembled and deployed in a few real-world locations, where it already controls heating, standby loads, and other devices.
The focus of the next iteration is industrial-grade packaging, certification for multiple markets, and automated production – while extending the library of ready-made rules for both residential and commercial scenarios.
What is already available
- Working hardware modules with wireless and wired communication.
- Configurable rules that can be set up without programming.
- Real-world validation in a small number of locations.
- A roadmap to extend pilots and integrations.
Interested in pilots or collaboration?
If you represent a utility, public authority, grid operator, building owner, or technology partner, we would be glad to discuss how the current Zyonara prototypes could be evaluated in your context.
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