Buyer's guide · 2026

Energy management software for UK property

Energy management platforms collect meter and utility data, allocate cost between landlord and occupier, and model the route to net zero. For UK owners they also underpin SECR and ESOS reporting and the MEES minimum EPC standards that govern whether space can legally be let.

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17 energy management vendors compared

Every profile below is curated by the PropAtlas research team. Use the compare toggle on any card to build a side-by-side shortlist of up to three energy management platforms.

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Infogrid
AI for smart, healthy buildings

Infogrid uses IoT sensors and AI to help commercial landlords monitor air quality, occupancy, energy and legionella risk.

Smart Buildings AI
London · Founded 2018View
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Measurabl
ESG data for real estate

Measurabl helps landlords measure, manage and disclose ESG performance across global real estate portfolios.

ESG Technology
London · Founded 2013View
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arbnco

Building physics and modeling software platform assessing indoor environmental quality, retrofit feasibility, and climate resilience for property portfolios.

Energy Management AI
Glasgow · Founded 2012View
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Beringar

AI property sensor and analytics platform delivering real-time spatial utilization and environmental data to eliminate HVAC waste in commercial offices.

Energy Management AI
Paisley · Founded 2016View
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Deepki
ESG data intelligence for real estate

Deepki turns ESG data into concrete decarbonisation plans for landlords and asset managers.

ESG Technology
London · Founded 2014View
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Demand Logic
Building data intelligence

Demand Logic extracts operational intelligence from BMS data to reduce energy use and drive net zero for commercial estates.

Building Management Systems
London · Founded 2012View
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EcoDriver

Property energy monitoring and target setting platform providing real-time sub-meter visualization, bill auditing, and carbon reporting for estate managers.

Energy Management
London · Founded 2004View
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Equiwatt

Residential energy management platform enabling smart home demand-response, peak load shifting, and virtual power plant aggregation for property portfolios.

Energy Management AI
Tyne And Wear · Founded 2015View
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Hark

Enterprise IoT and energy management software platform that connects, monitors, and automates control over BMS, HVAC, and lighting assets in real-time.

Energy Management AI
Leeds · Founded 2016View
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LightFi

Smart building occupancy detection software automating commercial property HVAC and lighting controls based on live occupant demand.

Energy Management AI
London · Founded 2016View
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Optimised

Managed energy software platform providing commercial property utility procurement, automated bill validation, and real-time sub-metering analytics.

Energy Management AI
Bristol · Founded 2019View
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Purrmetrix

IoT data analytics platform providing thermal efficiency, heating performance, and energy usage metrics for social housing and commercial landlords.

Energy Management
Cambridge · Founded 2014View
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ResiCentral

Smart estate and building energy management SaaS (resiAIR) for Build-to-Rent, student accommodation, and serviced properties to automate heating rules, track sub-metering, and curb waste.

Energy Management
London · Founded 2025View
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Sero
Net-zero for social housing

Sero enables housing associations to plan and deliver net-zero retrofit at portfolio scale.

ESG Technology AI
Wales · Founded 2019View
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Wattstor

Energy Management System (Impulse software) designed for commercial real estate to optimize onsite solar generation, battery storage, and dynamic building loads.

Energy Management AI
London · Founded 2013View
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xWatts

SaaS intelligence platform that unifies live data from BMS, IoT sensors, and utility feeds to automate building HVAC controls and curb energy waste.

Energy Management AI
Cambridge · Founded 2022View
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ZapCarbon

Environmental diagnostics and sensor software platform for housing associations to monitor damp, mold, and residential heat loss.

Energy Management AI
Bedford · Founded 2012View

What energy management software does

  • Half-hourly meter and sub-meter data collection
  • Utility bill validation and cost recovery
  • Tenant recharging and landlord–occupier cost split
  • Consumption benchmarking across a portfolio
  • Demand response, flexibility and tariff optimisation
  • Net-zero pathway and retrofit scenario modelling

Energy Management buyer's guide

Data quality precedes analytics

Most UK portfolios discover missing sub-meters, unmapped supplies and stale MPAN records the moment they start. Budget for a data-cleansing phase before expecting insight, and confirm the vendor helps with meter mapping rather than only consuming clean feeds.

Regulatory drivers to plan around

MEES minimum EPC ratings, SECR disclosure, ESOS assessments and lender or investor net-zero commitments all pull in the same direction. Choose a platform that produces reporting outputs in the formats your auditors and investors already accept.

From reporting to intervention

Dashboards alone do not cut consumption. The platforms that deliver measurable reduction connect to controls, flag anomalies in near real time and track the outcome of each retrofit against its business case.

How to shortlist energy management vendors

Criteria for evaluating energy management vendors in the UK
CriterionWhat to check
Data acquisitionAutomated half-hourly feeds, not manual meter reads.
Recharging accuracyDefensible landlord–tenant apportionment.
Regulatory outputsSECR, ESOS and MEES-ready reporting.
Intervention trackingMeasure savings against each retrofit business case.
IntegrationLinks to BMS, ESG platforms and finance systems.
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Energy Management: frequently asked questions

What does energy management software do for landlords?

It automates meter data collection, validates utility bills, apportions cost between landlord and occupiers, benchmarks consumption across the portfolio and models the interventions needed to reach net-zero and MEES targets.

Does it help with SECR and ESOS compliance?

Yes. The stronger platforms produce SECR disclosure figures and ESOS-ready consumption datasets directly from meter data, which removes most of the manual collation.

How does tenant recharging work?

Sub-meter data is allocated to demises using agreed apportionment rules, then exported to the service charge or billing system. Accuracy matters because recharges are frequently challenged by occupiers.

Is sub-metering hardware required?

For meaningful landlord-versus-tenant analysis, usually yes. Portfolio-level reporting can start from supplier data alone, but intervention-level insight needs sub-metering.