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Ready for what's coming

The energy system is changing. Your buildings need to change with it.

UK electricity is shifting to half-hourly pricing. Buildings that can flex when they use energy will cut costs, reduce carbon, and earn revenue from the grid. Buildings that can't will pay a premium. GridEdge Flex puts you on the right side of that divide.

Half-hourly pricing is coming · 30%+ potential savings · Grid revenue from flexibility · Zero comfort compromise

Three changes. One solution.

The UK energy system is becoming more renewable, more digital, and more volatile. These shifts are already affecting your costs, and they're about to get bigger.

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Variable pricing

All electricity consumption will be billed on half-hourly periods. Prices will change throughout the day, leading to higher bills if this change isn't managed carefully.

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Carbon reporting

Scope 2 emissions differ on a regional and temporal basis. Annual averages are no longer enough. When you use energy matters as much as how much.

Network charges

Distribution networks will start charging businesses for using energy at peak times. Heat pumps and EVs are driving infrastructure upgrades, and someone has to pay for them.

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Demand shifting

Use energy when it's cheapest and cleanest

Flex automatically shifts your building's energy demand to the lowest cost and lowest carbon periods of the day, all without compromising comfort or performance.

  • AI-driven load shifting based on price forecasts
  • Pre-heat and pre-cool to avoid peak tariffs
  • Maintain occupant comfort within defined tolerances
  • Real-time carbon intensity optimisation
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Your building becomes a grid asset.

Buildings with flexibility don't just save money on their own energy bills — they can earn revenue by helping stabilise the national grid. That's the future GridEdge Flex unlocks.

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Grid flexibility

Earn from what your building can already do

Your building's thermal mass, battery storage, and HVAC systems have untapped value. Flex helps you participate in grid flexibility markets, generating revenue from assets you already own.

  • Participate in DSR (demand-side response) programmes
  • Automatic response to grid signals
  • Revenue stacking across multiple markets
  • No disruption — flexibility within your comfort parameters
30%+
Savings from flexibility
48
HH pricing periods per day
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Capital expenditure

Why flex matters now

The buildings that adapt early will have a structural cost advantage over those that don't.

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Avoid peak periods

Automatically shift demand away from the most expensive half-hours. Your building adapts, your costs drop.

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Carbon load shifting

Use more energy when the grid is clean. Use less when it's dirty. Scope 2 reporting that reflects real impact.

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Grid revenue

Generate income from flexibility services. Your building becomes an asset that pays you back.

"We quickly realised the benefits of the Grid Edge technology and look forward to working with them. It's both good for the environment and good for the finances of our customers."
— Richard Suart, Property Director, Calthorpe Estates

The complete journey

Flex is the final step. Every building starts with visibility and grows from there.

The future rewards flexibility
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