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Thakeham achieves 47% energy reduction with AI-powered smart sockets

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Thakeham achieves 47% energy reduction with AI-powered smart sockets

Discover how housebuilder Thakeham reduced AI energy consumption and cut carbon emissions using measurable.energy’s AI-energy management solutions.

About Thakeham

Thakeham is one of the leading housebuilders in the south of England. The company builds homes that are fit for the future and for future generations and creates communities that last. Committed to delivering net zero carbon homes, Thakeham has a sustainability strategy at the heart of its business plan and is focussed on reducing the carbon footprint of construction activities. By integrating innovations like AI-powered energy solutions, Thakeham can ensure its operations contribute to a greener, sustainable future.

Driving sustainability forward

Thakeham is leading change across the industry, incorporating net zero carbon designs, going beyond biodiversity net gain and actively reducing its carbon footprint by partnering with organisations like Planet Mark to become carbon neutral.

As part of its 2020-2025 sustainability strategy, Thakeham set a goal to enhance energy efficiency and lower carbon emissions across its operations. A key focus was to reduce energy waste at the company’s head office—a challenge that impacts operational costs and contributes to unnecessary carbon emissions.

Thakeham Head office

Embracing AI energy management solutions

To address this issue, Thakeham partnered with measurable.energy to install their AI-powered sockets throughout its head office. These sockets automatically detect and eliminate energy waste from devices plugged into them, ensuring power is only used when necessary. With machine learning energy management at its core, this system provides real-time insights into energy consumption, allowing Thakeham to pinpoint inefficiencies and make data-driven decisions to optimise energy use.

AI energy technology in action

The sockets have made a significant impact on Thakeham’s energy consumption. By reducing energy consumption, and eliminating wasted plug power, the technology has led to measurable savings in electricity costs and a substantial reduction in carbon emissions.

The real-time data and insights allow Thakeham to adopt a proactive approach to energy efficiency, aligning with its sustainability goals, particularly in effectively managing AI-driven energy consumption:

reduction in energy use

reduction in CO2 emissions

Here's how:

AI-powered sockets: The sockets use machine learning to automatically turn off devices when they're not needed – eliminating standby power drain.
Real-time data: Device-level energy and carbon reporting of all plugged-in devices across the stadium. This lets Gloucestershire County Cricket Club see exactly where they're saving energy and CO2 emissions to make smart choices for the future.

A word from Thakeham

"The measurable.energy sockets are a powerful addition to our carbon reduction plan for our head office. The ability to spot and prevent energy waste, combined with technology that can manage itself, has made a big difference for our sustainability and facilities teams. This technology is a valuable tool for businesses looking for sustainability initiatives that also lower operating costs."
— Josie Cadwallader-Hughes, Sustainability Director at Thakeham.

Setting new standards in sustainable construction

Thakeham’s dedication to delivering sustainable communities is reflected in its continuous innovation, including in the construction process. The company’s successful deployment of measurable.energy’s smart sockets at its head office is being expanding to construction sites later this year. By embedding AI energy management systems and optimising their energy consumption, Thakeham continues to lead the way in minimising environmental impact and demonstrate the art of the possible.