EnergyCAP / Garden Studios

Project Overview

Garden Studios, a film production complex in London, UK, implemented EnergyCAP SmartAnalytics™ (fka Wattics) to streamline and modernize their utility billing process. They efficiently mapped energy consumption, improved customer energy billing, and identified areas of energy waste, contributing to the studio’s sustainability goals.

Project Scope

Rich Phillips, CTO of Garden Studios, stated, “The traditional utility management at most studios is a very manual process. We knew that this could be done better.” The challenge for Garden Studios was to transition from manual energy usage tracking and billing towards a tech-forward solution, improving accuracy and reducing manual workload.

EnergyCAP SmartAnalytics was Garden Studio’s solution of choice. The simplicity and functionality enabled a seamless transition, aligning with Rich’s preference for web-hosted platforms from his previous roles in software development and product management.

‍Why It's Important

Revealing EnergyCAP SmartAnalytic’s capabilities, Rich said, “It’s quite an advanced web platform for collecting data from utility providers, analyzing it, drawing insights and creating reports which we use for billing customers.” The platform met the studio’s needs in recording data, breaking it down, and generating bills for customers.

The Future

“Our main purpose of the platform is to bill accurately and recover our utility charges as much as we can,” mentioned Rich. By identifying wasteful energy consumption spots and alerting customers, significant savings were realized quickly. The software gave the team insights into energy waste, such as unnecessary outdoor lighting usage during off-hours, and provided the data needed to solve the problem. The platform’s intuitive dashboards and graphs played a crucial role in these successful outcomes. As Rich notes, “You’ll start finding savings very quickly.”

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