The Challenge
Common energy challenges in Childcare
- Balancing comfort against running cost.
- Hot water for hygiene, kitchen and food prep.
- Lights and appliances left on outside hours.
- HVAC running before kids arrive or after they leave.
- Uneven temps across rooms, no clear cause.
What We Measure
What ESCOUT measures
- HVAC energy and run hours by zone.
- Hot water energy and heating cycles.
- Lighting and plug loads.
- Total centre consumption.
- Temperature in key rooms.
Learn
How ESCOUT learns what's normal
ESCOUT learns each room's normal heating and cooling pattern across the day and week. Pickup, drop-off, closure times, all factored in. Then it can tell routine use from avoidable waste.
Coach
How ESCOUT identifies waste, faults & decline
- HVAC heating or cooling empty rooms.
- Systems running outside hours.
- Hot water cycling overnight or on closed days.
- Rooms drifting off their set-points.
- Gear drawing power when the centre is closed.
Improve
How ESCOUT recommends practical fixes
ESCOUT recommends scheduling and zoning tweaks, thermostat set-points, timer fixes and simple behaviour changes. We start with the biggest wins first.
Repeat
How monitoring verifies the result
Monitoring shows the changes actually cut run hours while keeping comfort. You can see the results over the following weeks, not just assume them.
The ESCOUT Method
Learn → Coach → Improve → Repeat
Learn
How your site uses energy
Coach
Find waste & recommend fixes
Improve
Make changes that stick
Repeat
Verify & keep watching