Setting the Optimization Target

The optimization target indicates whether the Sunny Home Manager should prioritize ecological or economical factors during load management:

  • ecological: highest possible self-consumption
    Greater self-consumption conserves the environment because there is no energy loss caused by the transport of current through the utility grid.

  • economical: highest possible cost savings
    The Sunny Home Manager calculates the most financially rewarding control of the loads, taking into consideration the electricity tariff. In certain cases, it may be more economical to feed the PV electricity into the utility grid and to operate the individual loads at night using electricity purchased from the grid.

The optimization target affects the following components:

  • Load control with Sunny Home Manager

  • Recommended actions in the diagram Forecast and Recommended Action on the page Current Status and Forecast

Requirement:

Procedure:

  1. In the area Optimization Target, click the slider and, holding the left mouse button pressed, set the optimization target:
  2. To achieve the highest self-consumption possible, move the slider towards ecological.
  3. To achieve the greatest possible cost savings, move the slider towards economical.
  4. Click on [Save].
    Entering Peak Load Shaving
    Entering the Amount of CO2 Avoided