A Home Energy Management System (HEMS) is a smart, digital solution designed to monitor, control, and optimise your household’s energy generation, storage, and consumption. By intelligently managing your energy flow, a HEMS can help lower your bills, boost your energy independence, and reduce your carbon footprint.

How Does a HEMS Work?

A HEMS seamlessly connects the different components of your home’s energy ecosystem - such as solar panels, battery storage, and smart appliances - to ensure energy is used in the most efficient way possible. It continuously tracks energy consumption patterns, solar generation data, and battery storage levels, making real-time adjustments to maximise savings and efficiency.

Advanced systems, like Loop Optimise, take this to the next level by using artificial intelligence to make automatic adjustments up to 48 times a day. It fine-tunes your battery settings based on factors such as your home’s energy usage, battery status, solar generation, and even fluctuating electricity prices, so you don’t have to.

Why Implement a HEMS?

✔ Lower Energy Bills. A HEMS optimises when you buy and sell electricity, ensuring you get the best financial return. Households with a 10 kWh battery, using Loop Optimise and are on a tariff like Octopus Flux, can save around £360* a year!

✔ Greater Energy Independence. By efficiently managing your home’s energy resources, you can rely less on the grid and make the most of your self-generated solar power.

✔ Reduced Carbon Footprint. A HEMS helps the grid integrate more renewable energy from household generation. While its direct impact might be small right now, it plays a huge role in building a smarter, greener grid to support the UK’s net-zero targets. 

✔ Hands-Free Efficiency. With automated controls, a HEMS like Loop Optimise removes the hassle of manually adjusting your energy system, saving you time and effort.

What Can a HEMS Control?

A smart HEMS has the ability to integrate with key energy assets in your home, including:

• Solar Panels. Managing when and how solar energy is used to maximise efficiency.

• Battery Storage. Optimising charging and discharging cycles to align with your household’s energy needs and tariff structure.

• Smart Appliances. Scheduling usage to take advantage of lower energy rates or surplus solar power.

Is Loop Optimise a HEMS?

Loop Optimise is an advanced HEMS for your home battery that automates energy management for maximum savings and efficiency. Its AI-driven system continuously adapts to your household’s energy patterns, ensuring your battery and solar setup work in harmony with the electricity market.

Why HEMS Matters Now More Than Ever

With rising energy costs and the UK’s push for a more sustainable future, now is the time to take control of your energy usage. A HEMS doesn’t just save you money, it helps you play a part in the shift towards a smarter, greener grid.

By integrating Loop Optimise into your home energy strategy, you can unlock significant savings, gain greater control over your energy, and reduce your environmental impact - all without lifting a finger.