Use caseWhole-home workflow

Solar and battery Smart Control for smart tariffs

This is the core 1app.energy use case: understanding whether solar, battery reserve and tariff timing are working together or fighting each other.

How sign-up works

This already runs in real homes, and supported homes can sign up today.

1app.energy is built around conflicts like this one. Start by choosing your inverter; supported homes create an account straight away.

Start with your inverter

Supported Solis, LuxpowerTek, Sunsynk and SigEnergy homes create an account straight away; other setups join the compatibility list.

Combination creates the value

Whole-home value comes from how devices work together, not from any single device in isolation.

Add your devices during setup

EV chargers, heat pumps, hot water and your tariff are added after sign-up, and each one shows what it supports.

Best fit

Built for households with solar plus storage that want a reliable answer to when the battery should charge, hold, self-consume or export.

Friction today

  • Battery apps and solar apps rarely explain the whole-home consequence of each decision.
  • Tariff windows look simple until solar uncertainty and evening demand are added.
  • Users often know their battery moved energy, but not whether it moved it profitably.

What improves

  • See battery charging, discharge, import and export in the same daily model as the rest of the home.
  • Track self-sufficiency, import cost, export value and mix breakdowns without manual analysis.
  • Use Smart Control modes that align to the household goal: Autopilot, Home First, or Time-based Control.

Typical workflow

  1. 1

    Connect the inverter, tariff and any surrounding devices.

  2. 2

    Choose the Smart Control mode that matches the home’s priorities.

  3. 3

    Review daily outcome metrics instead of guessing from isolated device graphs.

Related integrations

These device pages are the fastest route from the use case into product-specific details.

Solar and batteryOnboarding now

Solis

Connect supported Solis hybrid inverter homes to 1app.energy so live solar, battery, grid, home demand, reports and tariff-aware battery behaviour can sit in one place once connected.

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Solar and batteryBeta

LuxpowerTek

Connect supported LuxpowerTek hybrid inverters so solar, battery, grid and home-demand context can sit beside tariff and EV charging data in 1app.energy.

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Smart tariffOnboarding now

Octopus Energy

Connect eligible Octopus tariff data for current rates, cost reporting and tariff-aware battery behaviour where the inverter is supported and Smart Control is customer-enabled.

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Smart tariffOnboarding now

EDF Energy

Connect eligible EDF tariff data and provider-created smart-charge dispatch context so supported battery behaviour can work around the home's real rate windows.

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Smart controls that usually fit this problem

These mode pages explain what battery strategy tends to work best once this use case shows up in a real home.

Smart controlHome-first

Home First

A simpler home-first mode. It runs the home from your own solar and battery first and avoids automatic battery export.

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Smart controlRecommended

Autopilot

The best starting mode for most homes. Autopilot charges when power is cheap, keeps battery back for the home, and can export spare battery power when prices are high.

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Sign-up check

Show us your solar and battery stack

Share your inverter, battery and tariff so we can prioritise the best Smart Control setup for your home.

1Choose your inverter
2Supported homes create an account straight away
3Add your devices and tariff during setup

Start with your setup check.

Choose your inverter. Supported Solis, LuxpowerTek, Sunsynk and SigEnergy homes create an account straight away, while other setups join the compatibility list.

Check if your setup fits

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