Vireco Solutions provides a specialized platform that optimizes energy consumption across airport operations, integrating real‑time flight schedules, weather data, and passenger occupancy to lower emissions and cut costs. The system also enables airports to participate in grid services, creating new revenue streams as fleets electrify.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Airports face rapidly increasing electricity demand due to electrification of ground fleets, heating, and other infrastructure, while existing energy management tools lack integration with airport‑specific data such as flight schedules, weather, and passenger occupancy. This results in higher operating costs, grid strain, and missed opportunities to participate in revenue‑generating grid services.
Solution
Vireco Solutions offers a cloud‑based platform that ingests real‑time flight schedules, weather forecasts, and occupancy metrics to create a dynamic model of an airport’s energy consumption. The platform runs continuous optimization algorithms that adjust loads, schedule charging of electric ground support equipment, and coordinate with utility demand‑response programs. By aligning energy use with operational constraints, the system reduces emissions, lowers electricity costs, and enables airports to earn revenue by providing ancillary grid services. The solution is delivered as a SaaS offering with a web dashboard that visualizes forecasts, optimization actions, and performance KPIs, allowing airport operators to maintain reliability while managing growing energy loads.
Target Audience
Primary customers are airport facilities managers and energy procurement teams at midsize to large international airports that are expanding electric ground support equipment and seeking to control energy costs.
Features
- Real‑time data integration from flight information systems, weather services, and passenger flow sensors
- Predictive load forecasting that accounts for electrified ground equipment and seasonal demand patterns
- Automated demand‑response participation and grid‑service bidding to generate ancillary revenue
- Optimization engine that schedules charging, load shifting, and HVAC set‑points while respecting operational constraints
- Interactive dashboard with KPI tracking, emissions reporting, and cost‑saving analytics
- API connectors for existing airport management and utility platforms