Powerhouse's Live Energy Monitoring service installs current transformers (CTs) on each load within a facility, tracking exactly how much energy is being drawn, by what, and when. Delivered via Starlink-enabled connectivity, the service is available on any property, anywhere in Australia, including remote sites with no conventional network access.

Monitoring is typically conducted over a meaningful period. A full working month during summer, for example, captures peak load conditions that are critical for correctly sizing a renewable or battery system. The result is a precise, verified energy profile for the facility or property. That data then drives four distinct outcomes:

Renewable System Design: Knowing actual consumption patterns means a renewable system can be sized and configured with confidence – not approximation.

Energy Efficiency Strategy: Monitoring reveals where energy is being wasted. In one case, live data immediately identified that all air conditioning units on a site required cleaning – a simple intervention with direct cost savings.

Carbon Baseline Establishment: For organisations pursuing emissions reporting or reduction targets, live monitoring produces a verified baseline – the starting point any credible carbon strategy requires.

Maintenance Scheduling: The way equipment draws energy tells a story. Abnormal consumption patterns can indicate a machine is working harder than it should, flagging a maintenance need before it becomes a failure.

Powerhouse also monitors power factor – a measure of how efficiently incoming energy is actually being used. At Rio Tinto's Hope Downs site, the monitoring we undertook revealed a power factor of just 0.2 to 0.3 against an industry standard of 0.7 or above. By rebalancing loads, efficiency is significantly improved – a finding that would have been invisible without live data.

CT Load Monitoring
Starlink-Enabled
Renewable System Design
Carbon Baseline