Energy use across digital and operating infrastructure, drawn from real experiments on the LDS Test Bed. Compute, storage, network, on-site generation, and the bits of building services that quietly dominate the bill.
Energy Optimisation
There are rare moments when energy markets reveal something deeper than price. Today was one of those days. For a stretch of hours, electricity did not just become cheap. It became effectively free. In some periods, prices even turned negative. The system was paying consumers to take energy. At first
Energy Optimisation
The UK is on the verge of rolling out plug-and-play balcony solar systems, typically capped at around 800W. On the surface, it looks like progress. Lower cost, faster installation, wider access. For many people, it will be the first time solar feels within reach. But there is a
Energy Optimisation
Why dynamic tariffs are quietly changing how energy price risk is managed in the UK electricity system Editor’s Note This article reflects LDS Consulting’s perspective on emerging trends in UK electricity markets and the growing role of dynamic pricing. As renewable generation increases and pricing becomes more responsive
Energy Optimisation
Buildings have become cyber-physical systems. Most organisations are still structured as if they were not. Everyone talks about technology slowing decarbonisation. Better sensors. Better analytics. Better AI. But across the building portfolios we work with, technology is rarely the constraint. The real barrier is organisational. Buildings have quietly become
Energy Optimisation
Energy transition discussions often focus on large infrastructure projects. Gigawatt-scale solar farms. Grid-scale batteries. National policy frameworks. But meaningful progress also comes from smaller, data-driven experiments. Over the past year LDS created a practical experimental environment called the LDS Test Bed — a real-world platform where we