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While ghosts and ghouls may be harmless fun, there’s something far scarier lurking in workplaces all year round, vampire devices.
Also known as phantom loads, these are the everyday machines, monitors, chargers and vending machines that continue to draw power even when idle or on standby. Individually, each may seem insignificant. Collectively, they can quietly drain thousands of pounds from your bottom line, and add unnecessary carbon to your footprint.
This Halloween, it’s time to shine a light on these unseen energy thieves, and take back control.
The hidden cost of vampire devices
From offices and warehouses to manufacturing production lines and retail environments, phantom loads exist everywhere. Computers left in sleep mode overnight, monitors glowing after hours, vending machines running 24/7, chargers permanently plugged in, all add up to a surprising level of energy waste.
With multiple sources suggesting that phantom loads can account for as much as 10–20% of total electricity consumption in commercial buildings, and the Carbon Trust noting that nearly half of business electricity use occurs outside standard operating hours, a medium-sized business could be wasting thousands of pounds each year simply by powering equipment that isn’t even in use.
Beyond the financial cost, these hidden loads inflate carbon emissions, directly impacting Scope 2 reporting, sustainability targets and ESG performance.
Why traditional energy monitoring isn’t enough
Most energy monitoring systems will tell you how much energy you’re using. But few can show you why, where, or when that waste is happening, and fewer still can help you do anything about it in real-time.
EI. Energy Control System
EI. combines powerful AI-driven analytics with real-time control and human insight from our expert Energy Gurus, giving businesses the insight and priority actions needed to act immediately and address these hidden inefficiencies.
EI. enables real-time visibility of energy performance across every site, system and asset. By mapping your energy use down to individual machines, equipment or areas within a building, EI. identifies standby consumption and abnormal loads that conventional systems miss.
Using AI driven data analysis and customisable alerting, managers can isolate the root cause of waste and take action, scheduling power-down routines, re-timing equipment start-ups, or controlling circuits remotely. It’s about moving from passive observation to proactive energy control, and stopping phantom loads before they start.
Operational resilience. Stay in control, 24/7
Uncontrolled energy waste doesn’t just affect costs, it can mask wider operational inefficiencies. A piece of equipment that draws power overnight might also signal a process left incomplete, or a system fault waiting to happen.
EI. transforms big energy data into actionable insight and energy intelligence enabling maintenance teams, facilities managers, and operations leaders to respond instantly to abnormal conditions. Whether it’s a refrigeration unit left running unnecessarily or lighting schedules misaligned with occupancy, EI. ensures your operations are always optimised and resilient.
Margin protection. Cut waste, protect profit.
In an era of volatile energy prices, uncontrolled consumption erodes profit faster than most businesses realise. By tackling the phantom loads that never appear on invoices or reports, EI. helps you protect margin, improve performance, and hit your sustainability goals simultaneously.
With EI. Energy Control System, you can see exactly where energy is being wasted, prioritise ways to act and eliminate it supported by our EI. Energy Gurus, and make lasting improvements in energy cost and carbon emissions.
Don’t let hidden energy waste haunt your business, shine a light on it
Customers using EI. Energy Control System typically achieve:
- 5–15% reduction in total energy consumption through proactive control
- Rapid ROI, often within months
- Lower carbon emissions aligned to Scope 2 reduction plans
- Easy setup and personal support from our team of Energy Gurus
When you are in control of your energy consumption, you’re in control of your costs, your performance and your profitability. Find out what that could mean for you with a free business energy audit.
