Power Strategy
Electrify your building without waiting for the grid
Heat pumps and EV chargers need more power than most buildings have. We find the capacity you already have, then fill the gap with solar, batteries and smart control before you pay for a grid upgrade.
The problem
A bigger grid connection is slow and expensive
When a building needs more power, the usual answer is to ask the local network operator (the DNO) for an upgrade. That is often the most expensive route and the slowest.
£100–350k
Typical cost of a DNO upgrade for one building, and often avoidable
6–10 months
Typical wait for grid reinforcement before the work can even start
2035
The latest connection dates some DNOs are now quoting
When you need this
Four common starting points
Most clients come to us at one of these moments.
“We’re replacing the gas boilers”
Heat pumps move the heating load onto electricity, and the connection wasn’t sized for it.
“Tenants want EV charging”
A car park of chargers can double a building’s peak demand.
“A new tenant needs more power”
A fully let, higher-spec building draws more than today’s meter shows.
“The DNO quote came back huge”
You have a six-figure quote or a date years away, and need another option.
How it works
Three steps to a costed power plan
1
Measure what you really have
We check the DNO connection, the transformer rating and the building’s actual peak use. The real spare capacity is often higher than an old connection agreement suggests.
2
Model what you’ll need
We model the building as it will be once it is electrified and fully let, with heat pumps or VRF, EV charging and all tenants in, rather than working from today’s meter reading.
3
Close the gap at the lowest cost
We compare a grid upgrade, solar, batteries and smart control, and pick the mix that gives the most value per pound of CapEx.
Closing the capacity gap
Connection limit
Today
After electrification
TI’s plan
Illustrative. The mix is different for every building, and sometimes a grid upgrade is still part of the best answer.
The power stack
Grid, solar and battery, sized against each other
We size each part against the others, never in isolation, so the building gets the power it needs at the lowest total cost.
Grid Supply
Upgrade only when it pays
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Solar PV
Power generated on site
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Battery / BESS
Stores power and trims the peaks
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Building demand
Electrified and fully let
Our own energy management system ties it together
TI’s EMS connects to the building management system and balances the grid, solar and battery minute by minute. That keeps the building inside its existing connection, and it is capacity a conventional design would have to buy from the DNO.
What you get
One costed answer, ready for CapEx planning
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Your real spare capacity
Measured on site, not taken from paperwork
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Your future demand
Modelled for the electrified, fully let building
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The best mix and what it costs
Grid, solar, battery and EMS, each costed and compared
✓
A clear funding route
Your own CapEx, or fully funded by TI
Option 1
You own the upside
Client CapEx
You fund the works and keep all of the returns.
Option 2
£0 upfront
Energy as a Service
TI funds, owns and maintains the plant. You pay per kWh.
One turnkey partner
From strategy to maintenance, one team
Strategy
The costed power plan and business case
Survey
Capacity measured on site
Design
Grid, solar, battery and EMS engineered together
Install
Delivered around the building’s occupants
Maintain
Operated and optimised over the long term
Find out how much capacity you really have
Send us your connection agreement, load data and plans for the building. We'll show you where the capacity is, where the gap is, and the cheapest way to close it.
