Energy
Sub-metering, demand-response telemetry and asset condition monitoring for commercial energy operators.
IoT-WorkS builds energy telemetry for commercial operators: circuit-level sub-metering, battery and inverter monitoring over CAN bus and Modbus, and edge gateways that respond to grid-side demand-response signals. One platform reports across mixed-vendor equipment rather than one portal per manufacturer.
Where we deploy
3 typical use casesSub-metering & MID-class metering
Per-circuit electricity, gas and water sub-metering with automated billing-quality exports.
Battery & inverter telemetry
CAN-bus + Modbus integration with major battery and inverter brands; live SoC, throughput and fault telemetry feed maintenance scheduling.
Demand-response gateways
Edge gateways that respond to grid-side signals to shed or shift load - built for UK DSR aggregator schemes.
What does sub-metering show that a utility bill does not?
Attribution. A bill tells you the site consumed a total; sub-metering tells you which line, asset or tenant consumed it and when. That is what turns energy from a fixed overhead into a list of actionable items, and in practice the first month of circuit-level monitoring is usually enough to identify the ten biggest waste drivers - typically out-of-hours base load, compressed-air leaks and plant left running through unoccupied periods.
- Per-circuit, per-asset and per-tenant attribution rather than a site total
- Out-of-hours base load quantified, which is where most quick wins sit
- Compressed-air, water and heat metering alongside electricity
- Half-hourly and finer granularity for tariff and shift analysis
How do demand-response gateways work?
An edge gateway listens for a grid-side signal and acts on it locally, shedding or shifting load within limits you define. Because the decision is made at the edge, response is immediate and continues even if the network connection drops. UK operators use this to participate in balancing services, where being able to demonstrate reliable response is what makes the revenue stream viable.
NESO balancing services (neso.energy)Can you monitor batteries and inverters from different vendors?
Yes, and that is the common requirement. Mixed estates accumulate equipment from several manufacturers, each with its own portal and no combined view. We integrate over CAN bus and Modbus to report state of charge, throughput, cell health and fault codes into one dataset, so performance can be compared across sites and vendors on the same terms.
How does this fit with smart metering and settlement data?
Settlement-grade metering serves billing; our telemetry serves operations. The two are complementary: settlement data tells you what you were charged, while sub-metering and asset telemetry explain why, at a granularity billing was never designed to provide. Where a site already has smart metering in place, we align reporting periods so the two datasets reconcile.
Smart metering implementation programme (gov.uk)Every vertical runs on the same engines: AI Telemetry for sensor data, Engineering services for hardware + firmware + integration, the same platform for dashboards, alerts and compliance exports. The vertical changes the asset class and the regulatory frame; the stack underneath doesn't.
Frequently asked questions
- How quickly does sub-metering pay back?
- Most sites identify their ten biggest waste drivers within the first month of monitoring, and out-of-hours base load is usually the largest single item. Payback follows from acting on those rather than from the metering itself.
- Do you support batteries and inverters from multiple vendors?
- Yes. CAN bus and Modbus integration covers the major battery and inverter brands, reporting state of charge, throughput, cell health and faults into one dataset so mixed-vendor estates compare on equal terms.
- What happens to demand response if the connection drops?
- The gateway keeps working. Response logic runs at the edge within limits you define, so load shedding or shifting continues locally and reconciles when connectivity returns.
- Does this replace our settlement metering?
- No. Settlement metering remains the billing record; our telemetry is operational and explains the consumption behind the bill at a granularity billing was never designed for.
- Can you monitor sites without a network connection?
- Yes. Gateways buffer locally and forward when a link is available, and LoRaWAN or NB-IoT covers remote plant where fixed connectivity is impractical.
Tell us about your energy project.
A local engineer will reply within one working day with a recommended sensor mix, gateway architecture and a rough deployment timeline.