info@positivenav.comAvalon, Macmillan Road, Rowley Regis, B65 8ASCall AboutDomestic Commercial Service Areas Contact07518 498193Request Estimate - Home - Commercial - Energy Optimisation Commercial # Cut What Your BuildingCosts to Run,Measured Not Guessed Circuit-level metering to find where the energy actually goes, then Loxone control that stops the waste, with before-and-after data to prove the saving. Request Estimate07518 498193 Loxone partner · Phased to suit budget cycles · No-obligation quotes · West Midlands, London and Manchester Measured first Metering before recommendations, always. Control, not reports We implement the change, not just describe it. Verified savings Before-and-after data at circuit level. Loxone Partner Metering and control on one platform. ## What energy optimisation actually involves Energy optimisation is the process of finding out where a building's electricity actually goes, then changing how it operates so the waste stops. It is not an audit, and it is not a set of recommendations. The deliverable is a building that consumes less, with data showing by how much. It starts with metering, because a utility bill tells you the total and nothing else. Circuit and system-level metering separates lighting, heating and cooling, ventilation, small power and any process load, and shows the profile over the day, the week and the year. That is where the waste becomes visible: plant running at 3am, lighting on at full output on a bright afternoon, conditioning in space nobody occupied. Then it becomes a control problem. Occupancy-driven lighting and HVAC, setback strategies out of hours, shading that reduces cooling load before it arrives, and flexible loads scheduled into cheaper tariff periods. As a Loxone partner we deliver both the metering and the control on one platform, so what the data reveals can be corrected immediately in configuration. ### Who it is for Offices, retail, hospitality, light industrial premises, landlords and property managers with buildings whose running costs are rising. ### Where it starts Metering and a survey of plant, controls and real occupancy, not a product recommendation. ### What changes Control strategy, scheduling, setbacks, daylight and occupancy response, shading, and tariff-aware load shifting. ### How it is proven The same metering that identified the opportunity measures the result afterwards. ## The cost of running blind A building with no visibility of its own consumption is not spending badly on purpose. It simply has no way to know where the money goes, which makes every efficiency decision a guess. ### One bill, no breakdown A single monthly figure cannot tell you whether the increase came from lighting, from a plant item running out of hours, or from a change in occupancy. Without that breakdown, cost control becomes an argument about opinions. ### Spending on the wrong measure Capital spent on efficient equipment for a system that was not the problem produces a disappointing saving and poisons the case for the next proposal. Measuring first is what stops that. ### Out-of-hours consumption nobody sees Plant and lighting running through nights and weekends is invisible during working hours and expensive over a year. It is also one of the easiest things to fix once the data shows it. ### Peak demand charges Where the tariff prices peak demand, loads coinciding by accident cost more than the same energy consumed spread out. Uncontrolled buildings coincide constantly, because nothing is coordinating them. ### No evidence for the 2027 standard The Future Building Standard arrives in March 2027 and rewards buildings that can demonstrate controlled, low-carbon operation. A building with no metering has no evidence and no starting point. ## How we optimise a building's energy use - 01 ### Survey and baseline review We assess the plant, distribution, existing controls and how the building is genuinely occupied, then review whatever consumption data already exists. - 02 ### Metering installation Circuit and system-level metering installed so lighting, HVAC, ventilation, small power and process loads are each measured separately, with profile data over time. - 03 ### Analysis and opportunity list We identify where consumption is not delivering value, out-of-hours running, unoccupied conditioning, daytime lighting against daylight, coinciding peaks, and rank the opportunities by return. - 04 ### Control strategy and phased quote A written strategy with itemised, no-obligation pricing broken into phases, so each stage can be approved on its own business case. - 05 ### Implementation and commissioning Control installed and configured in agreed windows, area by area, with each zone proven against its intended behaviour before we move on. - 06 ### Verification and tuning Post-implementation data compared against the baseline to evidence the saving, then a tuning pass to capture what the first months of real operation reveal. ## What optimisation delivers ### Lower running cost Waste removed rather than service reduced, consumption you were never getting value from. ### Evidence, not opinion Circuit-level data that shows exactly where the money goes and what changed. ### Better tariff position Flexible loads shifted into cheaper periods and coinciding peaks pulled apart. ### Longer plant life Equipment that stops running when nobody needs it reaches replacement later. ### A 2027 head start Metering and control are the foundation of Future Building Standard compliance. ### Phased investment Staged so each phase is justified by the data from the one before it. ## Where the savings actually come from Every building is different, but the waste concentrates in a predictable set of places. These are the ones we most often find and correct. ### Metering and consumption visibility Metering is installed at the level that makes consumption actionable: by system, by floor, and by major plant item. The point is not to produce more data but to be able to attribute cost to a specific thing that can be changed. Profile data matters as much as totals. A load that consumes the same amount but does it at the wrong time of day costs more under most commercial tariffs, and only time-series data shows that. ### Occupancy-driven lighting and HVAC Conditioning and lighting that follow actual presence rather than a fixed schedule remove the single largest category of waste in most commercial buildings. Meeting rooms, back-of-house areas and part-occupied floors are where this shows up most sharply. The saving is invisible to occupants because it applies to space nobody was using. That is what makes it the first place to look: there is no comfort trade-off to negotiate. ### Setback, scheduling and out-of-hours control Allowing unoccupied zones to drift within defined limits overnight and at weekends, with recovery timed ahead of occupancy, captures a large share of annual consumption in buildings that currently hold setpoint continuously. Scheduling also catches the plant nobody knew was running. Once metering shows a system consuming at 3am, correcting it is usually a configuration change rather than a capital project. ### Shading, solar gain and cooling load Preventing heat entering the building is dramatically cheaper than removing it afterwards. Automated shading driven by sun position and external temperature reduces peak cooling demand on the elevations taking direct sun. Coordinating shading with lighting keeps internal light levels stable, so reducing solar gain does not simply transfer the cost to the lighting circuits. ### Load shifting and tariff strategy Flexible loads, vehicle charging, hot water, some process and plant operations, can often run in cheaper periods without any operational impact. That reduces cost even where total consumption is unchanged. Where peak demand is priced, coordinating loads so they do not coincide unnecessarily reduces the peak figure the tariff is measured against, which is a saving that never appears in a consumption-only analysis. ### Verification and the 2027 standard Verification uses the baseline metering data against post-implementation data on the same circuits. This is what turns a projected saving into a demonstrated one, and it is what makes the next phase easy to approve internally. It also builds the evidence base for the Future Building Standard from March 2027. A building that already meters and controls its consumption is in a fundamentally different position to one starting from a single utility bill. ## Frequently asked questions How is this different from an energy audit?An audit produces a report. Energy optimisation produces control. We meter to find where consumption actually goes, then change how the building operates so the waste stops, rather than handing you a document and leaving the implementation to someone else. How much can a building realistically save?It depends entirely on how badly the building is currently controlled, your tariff and your occupancy pattern. Buildings running fixed schedules regardless of occupancy have the most to gain; a building already well controlled has less. We measure before we make any claim about your figures. Do we need metering before anything else?Usually yes, at least at system level. Without knowing what lighting, HVAC and process loads each consume and when, any intervention is a guess. Metering is also what proves the saving afterwards, which matters if you need to justify the spend internally. Can this work with our existing plant?Often, depending on the control interfaces available on the equipment. We establish that at survey. Where a piece of plant genuinely cannot be integrated we say so rather than promising control we cannot deliver. Will staff notice a difference in comfort?They should notice fewer problems, not more. Most savings come from not conditioning and lighting unoccupied space, which occupants never experience. Where occupants are affected, local override within defined limits keeps them comfortable. Does it help with tariff costs as well as consumption?Yes. Shifting flexible loads such as vehicle charging, hot water and some plant into cheaper periods reduces cost even where total consumption is unchanged, and controlling peak demand matters where your tariff prices it. How is the saving verified?Through the same metering that identified the opportunity. Before-and-after data at circuit level is what turns a claimed saving into an evidenced one. Does this relate to the 2027 Future Building Standard?Directly. The standard pushes commercial buildings towards lower-carbon operation and better control, and metering plus control is the practical route to both. Work done now is not wasted when the standard takes effect in March 2027. Can it be phased across a budget cycle?Yes, and often should be. Metering first, then the highest-return control measures, then the rest. We quote in phases so each stage can be justified on its own. Which areas do you cover?Birmingham, Solihull, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley, Oldbury, Halesowen, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, with project work in London and Manchester. ## Related services - Building automation - Commercial electrical contracting - Testing and installation - Future Building Standard (2027) - Positive & Nav Electrical home - Contact us for a no-obligation quote ## Where we work - Birmingham - Solihull - Wolverhampton - Warwick - London - Manchester ## Stop guessing where the energy goes. Tell us about the building and your current consumption, and we will quote metering and a control strategy with no obligation. 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