What is the main benefit of TOU analysis for a landlord?

Cost reduction on the bulk supply. It allows you to identify and reduce expensive peak-time consumption in common areas, which directly lowers your primary utility cost and increases your overall profitability.

Do tenants need this report to be billed on TOU?

No. Our platform will bill tenants correctly on their TOU tariff regardless. The report is an optional, value-added tool that you can provide to help them understand their bill and find ways to save.

What's the best way to encourage tenants to shift their load?

Transparency is the best tool. Giving them access to the TOU Analysis report in their Tenant Portal, combined with a simple educational note about the different time-of-use costs, is often enough to motivate them to make changes.

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A Deep Dive into Time of Use (TOU) Analysis

Understand when your energy is costing you the most. This page details the Time of Use (TOU) Analysis report, a key feature in our Energy Management suite. It breaks down consumption into Peak, Standard, and Off-Peak periods for both landlords and tenants, unlocking significant cost-saving opportunities.

The Purpose of Time of Use (TOU) Analysis

Time of Use (TOU) Analysis is a powerful report that highlights when utility consumption is happening, and therefore, when it is most expensive. Many municipal tariffs charge significantly different rates for energy used during Peak, Standard, and Off-Peak periods. This report provides a clear breakdown of usage within these periods, empowering both landlords and tenants to make smarter, cost-saving decisions.

The Landlord's Advantage: Bulk Cost Optimisation

For landlords, analyzing the bulk TOU profile is critical for financial management. It helps you verify that your property is on the most appropriate municipal tariff. If you discover most of your common area usage is occurring during expensive peak times, it provides a clear business case for optimising systems like HVAC or lighting schedules to run during cheaper periods.

The Tenant's Advantage: Lowering Monthly Bills

When enabled in the Tenant Portal, this report empowers tenants to take control of their own electricity bills. By seeing a clear visual breakdown of their own TOU usage, they can easily identify opportunities to shift consumption (like running a pool pump or dishwasher) to cheaper, off-peak times, leading to lower monthly costs and fewer billing disputes.

Localized E-E-A-T Fact

In South Africa, municipal peak electricity periods (e.g., 07:00-10:00 and 18:00-20:00) can be more than double the price of off-peak periods. For a tenant, simply shifting a high-load appliance outside of these windows can result in a 10-15% reduction on their monthly electricity bill.

How Our TOU Analysis Report Works

The platform makes it simple to see your consumption patterns.

Ingest Real-Time Data

The report ingests real-time, 1-minute data from your bulk meter or a tenant's sub-meter.

Apply TOU Schedule

It automatically applies the correct TOU schedule for your specific municipal tariff, categorizing every kWh into Peak, Standard, or Off-Peak.

Display Data

It displays the data in an easy-to-read chart, showing the percentage and cost of consumption in each time band.

Compare Periods

Users can compare different time periods (e.g., this month vs. last month) to track the effectiveness of their load-shifting efforts.

Frequently Asked Questions

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