Use available generation deliberately.
When export exceeds an agreed threshold, the system can prioritise suitable loads such as hot water, battery charging or EV charging rather than allowing each device to react independently.
Solar • Battery • EV • Heat pump • Hot water
New build energy management systems.
An energy efficient building is more than a list of products. Inteto uses Loxone to measure relevant energy flows and coordinate suitable generation, storage and controllable loads against a clear set of priorities.
Capabilities depend on the specified equipment, available interfaces and agreed control permissions.
From separate products to one operating strategy.
A heat pump may have its own controller. The inverter, battery and EV charger may each have another app. Without an agreed hierarchy, each system optimises its own narrow objective rather than the building as a whole.
MeasureImport, export, generation, selected loads, temperatures and equipment state.
DecideApply priorities based on comfort, availability, tariff, solar surplus and user requirements.
ActControl suitable loads through supported APIs, Modbus, OCPP, relays or manufacturer approved interfaces.
VerifyUse trends, alerts and reporting to identify unexpected operation and refine the strategy.
Typical systems we coordinate.
Solar PV
Use live generation and export information to inform flexible loads where suitable metering and interfaces are available.
Battery storage
Coordinate charge priorities around solar, tariffs and expected demand without bypassing manufacturer safeguards.
EV charging
Schedule charging around ready by requirements, supply limits, tariffs and solar surplus where supported.
Heat pumps
Coordinate room demand, hot water and selected preheat strategies within the boundaries agreed with the heat pump designer and installer.
Hot water
Use available generation or selected tariff windows while preserving hygiene cycles, availability and manufacturer requirements.
Metering + alerts
Make important energy flows visible and flag out of hours loads, abnormal runtime or equipment states that need investigation.
Practical control scenarios.
The correct sequence depends on the building and its equipment. These examples show the type of coordination that may be possible.
Keep the building within supply limits.
Dynamic priorities can reduce or pause discretionary loads when the electrical demand approaches an agreed threshold, subject to the equipment interface.
Shift flexible demand.
Selected loads can use lower cost periods and avoid selected peaks while maintaining comfort, readiness and essential operation.
Surface issues earlier.
Trends and alerts can identify a plant item, immersion heater or circuit running outside the intended schedule, allowing the cause to be investigated.
Local control with sensible fallbacks.
Core comfort and safety functions should not depend on a cloud tariff feed or a third party API remaining available.
Design principles
- Essential control remains local wherever practical
- Loss of data produces a safe, predictable fallback
- Manufacturer controls and protections remain authoritative
- Manual overrides are clear and documented
Project controls
- Interface schedule and ownership matrix
- Agreed load priorities and operating modes
- Commissioning records and acceptance tests
- Resident or facilities team handover
Suitable project types.
Developer house types
A repeatable controls and metering standard for multiple plots, with controlled departures for different plant or specification levels.
Individual new homes
Whole home coordination where the owner wants comfort, energy, lighting and shading designed as one platform.
Build to rent + managed property
Consistent resident controls, clearer support and portfolio visibility where the operating model and data requirements justify it.
What energy management does not promise.
It does not create free energy, guarantee a fixed percentage saving or compensate for poor fabric, incorrect plant sizing or incomplete commissioning.
- Results vary by tariff, usage, weather, building and available control interfaces
- Modelled performance and actual household consumption are not the same thing
- Battery sizing and return on investment decisions require analysis specific to the project
- Any expected outcome is documented with assumptions rather than presented as certainty
Energy management questions.
What is a new build energy management system?
It is the control layer that measures relevant energy flows and coordinates suitable loads, generation and storage against agreed priorities.
Does Loxone replace the solar, battery or EV manufacturer app?
Not necessarily. Manufacturer apps and commissioning tools may remain. Loxone can provide a common operational view and automation layer where supported.
Can the system use time of use tariffs?
Yes, where tariff data and equipment interfaces are available, but internet data should not be the only control path for essential building functions.
Will energy management always reduce bills?
No fixed saving can be promised. Results depend on the building, tariff, equipment, control permissions, commissioning and how the property is used.
Send us the proposed equipment schedule.
We can review the heat pump, inverter, battery, EV charger, metering and ventilation interfaces and outline what can be coordinated through Loxone.