BelowZero is an energy optimisation platform that helps businesses reduce energy costs and carbon emissions by aligning consumption with low-price, low-carbon grid hours. The platform leverages daily price and carbon intensity forecasts to enable smart timing of energy use, delivering 12-36% cost reductions through tariff optimisation and up to 50% carbon reduction. It works without requiring solar panels or batteries, making it accessible to organisations on both fixed and flexible tariffs.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Businesses are often locked into fixed-rate energy tariffs or fail to take advantage of flexible pricing structures, missing opportunities to reduce costs during periods of low wholesale prices. Additionally, without visibility into grid carbon intensity, organisations cannot align their energy consumption with low-carbon periods, limiting their ability to cut emissions alongside expenses.
Solution
BelowZero provides a next-generation energy optimisation platform that helps businesses unlock savings and reduce carbon emissions by intelligently aligning energy usage with low-cost, low-carbon grid hours. The platform analyses daily energy price forecasts and grid carbon intensity data to recommend when businesses should shift or shape their demand, avoiding peak cost and emission periods. By leveraging smart or flexible tariffs, BelowZero enables organisations to take advantage of lower rates during windy nights and sunny afternoons when renewables flood the grid. The service works without requiring solar panels, batteries, or special equipment, making it accessible to a wide range of businesses. BelowZero's approach has demonstrated significant results, including an 85% energy use reduction and 88% carbon reduction in a large investment bank's UK office through smart timing alone.
Target Audience
Primary customers are businesses and organisations seeking to reduce energy costs and carbon emissions, including commercial offices, large portfolios, and enterprises with significant energy consumption patterns.
Features
- Tariff optimisation that delivers 12-36% cost reduction by identifying and leveraging the most cost-effective energy pricing periods
- Low carbon technology integration enabling up to 95% cost reduction through strategic use of renewable energy sources
- Forecast-based precision actions that accelerate ROI by up to 61% through data-driven energy scheduling
- Carbon intensity tracking that supports up to 50% carbon reduction by aligning consumption with grid renewable availability
- Daily energy price and carbon forecast publication enabling proactive demand shifting and shaping
- No special equipment requirement, working with existing infrastructure and both fixed and flexible tariff structures