Demand Guard
Control maximum demand before it becomes a costly bill event.
Demand Guard is the WattZap Guard module for maximum-demand risk — live monitoring, forecasting and alerts, plus load-sequencing recommendations that keep billing demand under control.
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Machines start together — demand rises rapidly, crosses the contract-demand threshold and the bill exposure increases.
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Problems addressed
- Contract-demand exceedance
- Simultaneous motor starting
- Short-duration demand spikes
- Poor load sequencing
- High billing demand
- Repeatable production peaks
- Uncontrolled flexible loads
Hardware
- Three-phase energy meter
- Current transformers
- Gateway
- Optional feeder sub-metering
- Optional alarm output
- Optional load-control relay
- Optional PLC integration
- Optional machine-status integration
Software and analytics
- Live-demand dashboard
- Demand forecast
- Threshold alerts
- Peak-event history
- Load-profile analytics
- Demand-risk reporting
- Historical demand-exceedance analysis
Deliverables
- Demand-risk baseline
- Peak-event report
- Load-staggering recommendations
- Motor-start sequence recommendations
- Demand alerts
- Monthly Demand Guard report
- Verified demand-saving calculation
Commercial model
- Metering and integration setup
- Monthly subscription
- Optional consulting fee
- Optional shared-savings arrangement