Solutions · Load Management

    Active load management for WA commercial sites

    A surprising amount of a commercial site's load is flexible. It can be shifted, deferred, or smoothed without anyone noticing operationally. We're the platform that does the shifting, to cut the demand charges before they trigger.

    The Hidden Lever

    The cheapest dollar to save is the one not used at peak.

    Most commercial sites don't know what's flexible on their load profile. Operations runs to a schedule. Plant cycles when it cycles. The bill arrives. Nobody connects the schedule to the charge.

    A battery is one way to manage peak exposure. Load management is the lever that exists before you buy one, alongside one if you have one, and instead of one if the maths doesn't justify it. It costs less and works on more sites.

    What Active Load Management Does

    Four levers we work on every site.

    Peak Forecasting

    We see the peak coming.

    The platform forecasts the demand peak for your site against weather, time of day, day of week, and recent load behaviour. Most demand charges are set by a single bad window. We see it before it lands.

    Load Shifting

    We move what can be moved.

    Pre-cool, pre-heat, pre-pump, pre-charge. Flexible loads that don't care exactly when they run get moved out of the expensive windows and into the cheap ones.

    Load Shedding

    We cut what can be cut, briefly.

    For sites that opt in, non-critical loads can be briefly stood down during peak events. The platform makes the call against the saved dollars and the operational cost. Most sites never need it. Some sites save materially from it.

    Common-Area Control

    Strata and embedded networks.

    Lighting, common-area HVAC, pool plant, lifts, water heating. Common-area loads that have run on default timers since the building was commissioned. We bring them under management.

    What's Flexible

    More of your site is flexible than you think.

    Most operators assume their load is fixed because the building runs to a schedule. The schedule is fixed. The load underneath it usually isn't.

    Common flexible loads on a WA commercial site:

    • HVAC pre-cooling and pre-heating
    • Refrigeration cycle timing
    • Pool plant and pump scheduling
    • Lift programming and lighting controls
    • Water heating and hot water
    • EV charging windows on site

    The site review identifies which of these apply to your building and how much movement is actually available without changing how the site operates.

    How It Works

    From load review to live operation.

    01 · Load Review

    We map your load profile.

    We analyse your last 12 months of interval consumption and identify what's flexible, what's fixed, and where the demand peaks are setting. The output is a quantified saving available under active load management. The review is free.

    02 · Integrate

    We connect to what's there.

    We integrate with existing building management systems, controls, and metering. Most sites need no new hardware. Where additional control hardware is required, we scope it against the saving.

    03 · Operate

    We run the load every interval.

    Peak forecasting, load shifting, and optional shedding. You get a monthly view of what the platform shifted, what it saved, and how the demand profile changed.

    Common Questions

    What operators ask about load.

    No. The platform works within the operational constraints you set. We don't shut down production, change opening hours, or change comfort settings. We change the timing of flexible loads in the background.

    Most sites don't. We integrate with existing building management systems, inverters, controllers, and metering. Where additional control hardware would unlock material savings, we'll tell you and scope it against the case.

    We can still work with metering data and basic controls. The depth of management available depends on what's on site, but most commercial sites have enough integration points to make a material difference.

    Load management and battery dispatch work together. The platform makes the decision about whether to shift load or dispatch the battery at any given interval. They're not competing strategies.

    Demand response programs pay sites to reduce load on instruction from the network. Load management is continuous optimisation against your own tariff and demand profile. We do the continuous part. Demand response participation can be layered on top where it's available.

    Automated within the constraints you set. You define what's flexible and what isn't. The platform operates inside those rules.
    Start with a Load Review

    Cut the peak before it sets the bill.

    Free load review. We map your demand profile, identify what's flexible, and quantify the saving available under active management. The right tariff structure underneath makes every shifted kilowatt worth more. No commitment.