TL;DR: Overnight baseload is the electricity a building draws at night and at weekends, when it should be close to empty. The UK Business Climate Hub advises checking half-hourly consumption for a high overnight baseload, and the Carbon Trust sets out a simple method using meter readings at closing and opening. A meter shows how…
TL;DR: Many gas and electricity meters already emit a pulse for every fixed quantity of energy or gas they measure. A pulse counter counts those pulses and sends them to a dashboard, so an existing meter becomes a live data source without being replaced. The value of each pulse is printed on the meter, and…
Last updated: 7 September 2026 In short: A fill level sensor in the lid of a bin turns collections from a calendar into a decision. The technology choice is not about range, because both options easily reach the bottom of a bin. It is about what is in the bin, because laser sensors struggle with…
Last updated: 27 August 2026 In short: Compressed air is roughly a tenth of UK industrial electricity, and an unmanaged system can lose 40 to 50% of what it generates through leaks. An annual leak survey finds them once a year. A permanently installed pressure sensor tells you what happened in the eleven months in…
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ESOS Phase 4 qualifies UK large undertakings on 31 December 2026, deadline 5 December 2027. See who qualifies, what changed and how IoT metering helps.
Discover how IoT sensors, LoRaWAN gateways & 5G routers help UK industries cut energy waste, optimise processes & achieve Net Zero targets.