Frequently asked questions
Learn how Wattscout helps commercial and industrial buildings optimize energy usage, reduce costs, and unlock new value through flexibility markets. Here are some quick answers to the most common questions about our platform and its benefits.
General
What is Wattscout?
Wattscout is a smart energy optimization platform for buildings, industrial sites, and energy communities. It enables reduced energy costs, improved sustainability, and participation in flexibility markets through AI-driven control of energy assets.
What type of customers and buildings is Wattscout designed for?
Wattscout is designed for professional energy users, including:
Commercial real estate (offices, retail, logistics buildings)
Industrial facilities
Industrial parks and energy clusters
Public buildings with high energy consumption focus
Wattscout is not intended for residential homes or small-scale systems — we focus on large-scale optimization and market participation where energy is a key cost factor.
How does holistic energy optimization work?
Wattscout optimizes your entire energy system — including consumption, solar PV, batteries, HVAC, EV charging, and grid interaction — using advanced AI-based forecasts and optimization strategies.
How does Wattscout integrate with existing EMS/BMS systems?
Wattscout seamlessly integrates with your existing Energy Management System (EMS) or Building Management System (BMS) through standard APIs. We provide optimized control plans and flexibility schedules, enhancing and complementing your existing systems.
Does Wattscout replace existing systems?
No. Wattscout integrates with SCADA, EMS or BMS — we add intelligence and optimization.
Can Wattscout simulate the value of optimization and flexibility for our site?
Yes. We run detailed simulations to estimate potential savings from optimization (Connected Prosumer) and revenue potential from flexibility markets (Connected Trading). This provides a clear business case before full implementation.
What is energy flexibility, and why does it matter?
Energy flexibility is the ability to adjust energy consumption or production based on external signals such as price or grid demand. By leveraging flexibility, businesses can lower costs, enhance grid stability, and contribute to a more sustainable energy system.
What is Connected Prosumer?
Connected Prosumer is Wattscout’s AI-driven optimization product. It enables your site to act as an optimized energy prosumer — intelligently managing both energy consumption and production across all connected assets.
Connected Prosumer integrates with your existing EMS/BMS and delivers optimized control plans to maximize cost savings and operational efficiency.
How can Wattscout help us reduce energy costs?
Wattscout helps reduce energy costs through AI-driven optimization of your entire energy system. By forecasting energy demand, optimizing the use of flexible assets (such as HVAC, battery storage, and EV charging), and participating in flexibility markets, Wattscout enables both direct cost savings and new revenue streams.
How can Wattscout help us improve energy security?
Wattscout enhances energy security by providing real-time insights, predictive analytics, and automated controls, ensuring reliable energy supply and helping to manage risks from energy price volatility or grid instability.
How can we get started with Wattscout?
To learn more about how Wattscout can benefit your organization, contact us or book a demo. Our team will guide you through a tailored assessment and implementation process.
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Technical
How is Connected Prosumer different from a traditional EMS?
Connected Prosumer is an advanced AI-based optimization product that enhances your existing Energy Management System (EMS).
While a traditional EMS operates on fixed rules, Connected Prosumer predicts energy demand and optimizes the operation of flexible assets. It delivers optimized control plans to your EMS, enabling dynamic, intelligent energy management.
Can Wattscout optimize across different energy assets?
Yes. Connected Prosumer optimizes solar PV, battery storage, HVAC systems, EV charging, and grid interaction as a unified energy system.
Do we need a battery?
No. Wattscout works with or without batteries. Connected Prosumer optimizes all flexible energy assets, including demand-side flexibility.
How does Wattscout integrate with existing EMS or BMS systems?
Wattscout is designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing EMS (Energy Management System) or BMS (Building Management System) through standard APIs.
Our solution provides optimized control plans and flexibility schedules, which your EMS/BMS can easily consume.
The integration is straight forward and does not require replacing your existing systems — we enhance and complement them with advanced AI-based optimization.
How accurate are Wattscout’s energy forecasts?
Connected Prosumer leverages advanced AI algorithms to provide highly accurate energy forecasts — typically achieving a Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of <10%, with forecasts available at 15-minute resolution up to 7 days ahead.
Flexibility Markets
What is Connected Trading?
Connected Trading is Wattscout’s product for automated participation in flexibility markets. It connects your flexible energy assets — such as batteries, HVAC, and EV charging — to relevant energy markets through optimized trading strategies.
Connected Trading helps unlock new revenue streams, support grid stability, and maximize the value of your energy assets.
How does Connected Trading work?
Connected Trading automatically identifies, schedules, and dispatches your site’s flexible capacity to participate in energy markets.
Wattscout’s platform manages both the optimization and execution of trades — ensuring compliant and effective market participation.
Does Wattscout act as a Balance Responsible Party (BRP)?
No. Wattscout does not act as a BRP. We collaborate with BRPs to ensure that flexibility is traded effectively and in compliance with market requirements.
What are the key benefits of participating in flexibility markets?
New income streams through Connected Trading
Support grid stability and resilience
Enhance ESG impact
Emergency preparedness