Product of the Year: Optimisation and Implementation
Product of the Year: Optimisation and Implementation
Recognising digital products that actively control, optimise or automate energy and carbon performance in day-to-day operations.
The finalists
Amey, National Highways & GridEdge
E60+
E60+ analyses building management system, national metering and Internet of Things data using machine learning to find inefficiencies in complex estates, then issues step-by-step recommendations with the expected cost and carbon impact of each, checked against comfort requirements. It was built because organisations increasingly collect building data but struggle to convert it into savings. Typical interventions include correcting out-of-hours operation, improving fan coil unit controls, replacing faulty sensors and adding movement detection. At Brunel House, the pilot estate, energy use is down 24.2% year on year with out-of-hours consumption down 41.5%.
DigiProd Pass
Build your Own DPP
DigiProd Pass Ltd has built a platform for creating digital product passports, the verified product records that EU regulation will require across an estimated 30 product categories, with battery passports mandatory from February 2027. It consolidates material composition, carbon footprint, compliance records and lifecycle information into a structured repository accessible via QR code, RFID or interface, integrating with existing enterprise resource planning and product lifecycle systems rather than replacing them. It is already applied in batteries, automotive, textiles, furniture, footwear and plastics, and is validated through four EU-funded projects including work on a consolidated passport for the Fiat 500e powertrain.
E.ON Next & Amber Electric
Next Optimise
Next Optimise pairs a dynamic tariff tracking wholesale electricity prices with automation that decides when a household should charge its battery, use stored solar power or export to the grid. Built with Amber Electric using technology already running in 80,000 Australian homes, it addresses the problem that only around 9% of consumers are on time-of-use tariffs and a third say shifting usage is too much trouble, leaving solar and battery owners unable to capture the value of their equipment. In a pilot, all 175 participating households saw bills fall, averaging £18 a month and reaching £97 for some.
Recirculate Systems
Recirculate Systems
Recirculate Systems links reusable packaging to card payments so deposits are taken and refunded automatically through infrastructure customers already use, removing the apps, QR codes, customer accounts and manual refunds that most reuse schemes depend on. The company's argument is that reuse rarely scales beyond already-committed consumers because of that friction, and that making reuse operationally identical to single use is the precondition for mass adoption. It is aimed at hospitality, sports venues, retail and transport, ahead of EU packaging regulation that mandates increases in reusable packaging. The company reports thousands of live transactions and 100% cup return rates during stadium deployments.
ScottishPower
EV Optimise
EV Optimise lets ScottishPower customers set a target charge level and time in the app and then hands control of when charging happens to the supplier, which shifts it to periods of low demand and charges a flat 8p per kWh at any hour. Customers accrue bill credit for each hour of flexible charging with no cap. It requires no additional hardware or installation, working with 297 vehicle models across 28 brands provided the customer has a smart meter. Since launching in late 2024 it has enrolled over 6,200 customers, completed 396,000 charging sessions and shifted 9GWh away from peak periods.
TATA Consultancy Service (TCS)
Clever Energy
TCS Clever Energy applies physics-based digital twins enhanced with machine learning to energy-intensive assets such as heating, ventilation, refrigeration and industrial plant, simulating how equipment behaves in order to predict inefficiency and recommend corrective action before failure or waste occurs. It gives organisations a single view of consumption across distributed operations, where fragmented data and reactive maintenance typically leave assets running poorly.