Overview
FLEXUS is a unified platform that turns buildings and distributed energy resources (DERs) into active participants in the energy system. It orchestrates data, models, and markets so organisations can measure, optimise, and monetise energy flexibility while maintaining occupant comfort and operational constraints.
Built for Local Authorities, campuses, housing providers, ESCOs, and energy communities, FLEXUS enables planning and operation of symbiotic buildings — assets that adapt to grid needs, reduce emissions and costs, and support resilience at district and city scales.
- Plan: Assess flexibility potential and investment options.
- Integrate: Connect sensors, meters, BMS/SCADA, and market interfaces.
- Operate: Forecast, schedule, and dispatch demand response, storage, EVs, and thermal systems.
- Trade: Participate in flexibility programmes and local energy markets.
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Why we need FLEXUS
The energy transition demands buildings that are flexible, not just efficient. Electrification, heat pumps, EVs, and intermittent renewables create new peaks and volatility. Grid operators incentivise flexibility, but stakeholders struggle with fragmented data, unclear value, and complexity across assets and programs.
FLEXUS solves this by providing a single pane of glass for flexibility readiness and operations:
- Data silos → Consolidated, governed data pipelines.
- Uncertain business case → Transparent KPIs & scenario planning.
- Operational risk → Safety/comfort constraints built into optimisation.
- Market friction → Standardised interfaces to programmes and tenders.
How it works
- Connect & Ingest: Securely onboard building and DER data (electricity, heat, gas, weather, tariffs). Edge gateways and APIs stream timeseries and events.
- Model & Classify: Digital asset models capture constraints (comfort bands, operating hours, process needs) and flexibility levers (load shifting, shedding, storage, thermal inertia).
- Forecast: ML forecasts of demand, PV/RES output, prices, and flexibility availability.
- Optimise: Multi‑objective scheduling (cost, carbon, comfort) generates dispatch plans for DR events, storage cycles, EV charging, and heat pump operation.
- Execute & Verify: Send setpoints/commands to BMS/IoT; verify delivery with M&V; generate savings and impact reports.
All workflows are audit‑ready with lineage, role‑based access, and privacy controls.
Key Features
- Flexibility Readiness assessments and scorecards for sites and portfolios.
- Data Hub for secure timeseries, metadata, and documents with lineage.
- Dashboards for cost, carbon, comfort, and programme performance.
- Forecasting (load, PV, prices) and anomaly detection.
- Optimisation & Scheduling for DR, storage, EVs, and heat/thermal assets.
- M&V of delivered flexibility with baseline options and uncertainty bands.
- Market & Programme Interfaces to aggregators, DSOs/TSOs, and local energy schemes.
- Portfolio Simulation for investment planning and tender preparation.
- API‑first for integration with BMS/SCADA, CMMS, and external apps.
Modules
| Module |
What it does |
Outcomes |
| Asset Onboarding |
Connect devices, meters, and data sources. Validate and map metadata. |
Trusted data foundation, quick time‑to‑value. |
| Readiness & KPIs |
Site readiness scoring; cost/carbon KPIs; comfort and resilience indicators. |
Prioritised roadmap for upgrades and programmes. |
| Forecasting |
Demand, solar, and price forecasts with confidence intervals. |
Better schedules and risk‑aware operations. |
| Optimisation |
Multi‑objective dispatch planning with constraints and tariffs. |
Reduced cost/emissions; verified DR delivery. |
| M&V & Reporting |
Baselines, counterfactuals, settlement reports. |
Transparent value realisation and compliance. |
| Marketplace |
Prepare tenders; interface to aggregators and programmes. |
New revenue streams and bankable business cases. |
Use Cases
- Local Authority Portfolios: Identify flexible buildings, plan upgrades, and run DR across schools, offices, and leisure centres.
- Campus & Healthcare: Maintain comfort and critical operations while reducing peak demand and emissions.
- Housing & Districts: Coordinate heat pumps, PV, and storage across blocks or communities.
- Industry & Public Facilities: Align process constraints with tariff‑driven operations and flexibility programmes.
- EV & Mobility: Smart charge scheduling and V1G/V2G pilots connected to market signals.
Architecture
Principles: API‑first, modular microservices, edge‑to‑cloud data pipeline, security‑by‑design, and explainable AI.
- Edge Layer: Gateways connect to meters, BMS/SCADA, EVSE, and thermal assets via standard protocols. Local buffering and fail‑safe modes.
- Data & Governance: Timeseries store with schema registry, lineage, and role‑based access. Audit trails for transformations and models.
- Analytics & AI: Forecasting, anomaly detection, and optimisation services with MLOps for versioning and monitoring.
- Control & Markets: Secure write‑back to site controllers; programme adapters for DR and local market participation.
- Experience: Web UI and APIs for planners, operators, and partners; embeddable widgets and exports.
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