Peak and base load profiles
Daily and weekly insight into your consumption profile, including deviations from your baseline. Concrete enough for the conversation with the management team or the grid operator.
Main-meter data tells you that you consume.
Submetering tells you what causes it.
VDS makes energy consumption visible, explainable and usable. From main meter to installation level, so that you steer on facts rather than on assumptions. Built for sustainability and plant managers in the manufacturing industry.
- Own hardware & meters
- From installation to dashboard
- Operational within a few weeks
Long-term partner
Own IoT hardware & software
Technical and business insight
Does this sound familiar?
You know that you consume.
You know that you consume.
But not what causes it.
In many production environments energy consumption is visible at plant level, but cannot be traced back to installations, lines or shifts.
“All I see is the total bill”
I know how much we consume, but not which installation is causing the peak. So I cannot steer on it either.
“I cannot get room to grow”
I want to expand, but the grid is full. Without a peak profile I cannot make my case to the grid operator.
“I deliver figures nobody trusts”
For the EED audit and the information obligation I supply data every time, but it takes manual work and the substantiation is missing.
“We decide on assumptions”
We do know the energy costs, but without data at installation level the decisions keep being postponed.
Trusted by manufacturers
Our approach
From survey to real-time insight.
We take the whole process off your hands. Not a long-running IT project, but a pragmatic approach that delivers results quickly.
Step 1
Survey
We map out your energy flows and your information needs: what do you need to be able to see, and which data sources are available?
Step 2
Connecting the main meters
Through a secured API connection we pull in consumption data from your metering company (Kenter, Joulz, Fudura) as a consistent basis. The link with your metering company runs over a secured, read-only connection. Nothing is controlled and the data arrives in your own environment.
Step 3
Installing submetering
Where extra detail is needed, we fit VDS sensors at critical measuring points: production installations, HVAC, compressed air, cooling.
Step 4
Dashboard & analysis
All measurement data comes together in one dashboard with trends, peak profiles and deviations. Connecting to an existing EMS is possible.
Your contact
Not a middleman, but someone who speaks the language of your installations.
At VDS you work directly with someone who knows how production environments work and how to translate energy into management information.
"I do not believe in generic sustainability reports. I want you to be able to see within a few weeks which installation is causing your peak. And to use that to hold a factual conversation with your organisation or your grid operator."
Demo dashboard
This is what energy insight looks like in practice.
One dashboard with main meter, submeters, peak profiles and deviations. Directly exportable for the EED audit, the information obligation or internal KPIs.
During the shift you immediately see which installation is causing your peak and where unnecessary consumption occurs outside production hours.
Request a demo →
Why VDS?
More results, less hassle.
VDS combines its own hardware with data expertise. We take the whole process off your hands, so that you can focus on operations.
01
Own hardware & software
We supply our own sensors and the data platform. No dependence on third parties.
02
From sensor to dashboard
We take the whole process off your hands: installation, data connection, analysis and visualisation.
03
Data, not promises
We supply objective measurement data and analyses. No empty savings promises: you interpret, we substantiate.
04
Start small, scale up
Begin with the measuring points that matter. Build out to a complete energy balance when you are ready for it.
What does it deliver?
Insights your organisation can actually move forward with.
With dashboards and analyses, VDS turns raw energy data into management information you can use directly in decision-making.
Consumption per installation
See which installations cause your peak, where off-hours consumption occurs structurally and how consumption compares between shifts or production days.
Energy balance
Sum of the submeters versus the main meter: you see how much consumption is explainable and where the gap sits. That forms the basis for extending measurement coverage in a targeted way.
Comparisons across time and sites
Benchmark consumption between lines, sites or buildings on the same definitions and time resolution. No more Excel discussions.
Substantiation for reporting
Exportable data and charts you can use directly for the EED audit, the information obligation, internal KPIs or accountability towards the rest of the organisation.
In practice
What does energy monitoring deliver?
We have done this before. Here is what it delivered.
A familiar pattern: a company wants to connect a second production line, but gets no permission from the grid operator because it cannot demonstrate exactly when the peaks occur and how much room there is outside those moments.
Example from one measurement week: a large part of the peak load turned out to come from a limited number of installations. Only with submetering did it become visible which ones.
25+
Satisfied customers
110+
Machines connected
70+
Successful projects
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Which metering companies can you connect to?
We have secured API connections to the common metering companies, including Kenter, Joulz and Fudura. That lets us pull in quarter-hour values from your main meter without you having to export anything yourself.
When is submetering needed and when is it not?
Main-meter data is a good starting point as a basis. We install submetering where extra detail is needed, typically on the largest energy consumers (production installations, HVAC, compressed air, cooling) and at points where you are looking for an explanation for peaks or off-hours consumption.
Can we start small with a pilot?
Yes. We often start with the main meter plus a few submeters at the most relevant measuring points. That proves value quickly and lets us expand in a targeted way towards a complete energy balance when you are ready for it.
How quickly are we operational?
Connecting the main meter via API can be live within one to two weeks. Submetering follows after the survey and installation; depending on the number of measuring points you are operational within a few weeks with a first working dashboard.
Do you work with an existing EMS?
Yes. Connecting to an existing Energy Management System is possible. We can also deliver data to Power BI or another BI platform within your organisation.
Does this help with EED or information-obligation reporting?
Yes. We supply exportable data and charts that you can use directly for the EED audit, the information obligation and internal KPIs. The substantiation is consistent and traceable down to measuring point and time period.
Further reading in the knowledge base.
Energy monitoring · intake
Want to know what energy monitoring
Want to know what energy monitoring
means for your site?
Book a no-obligation intake. In an hour we map out your energy flows and your information needs: what you need to be able to see, which data is already available, and what a logical first step is.
Every month without insight at installation level is a month in which you report on the basis of assumptions.