Energy transparency for sustainable supermarkets

Improving Efficiency and Sustainability in the Retail Industry with SENTRON Digital

The retail industry faces growing pressure to operate sustainably, reduce energy consumption, and comply with increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. Siemens’ SENTRON Digital ecosystem delivers a comprehensive and scalable solution designed to meet these challenges - helping retailers enhance efficiency, transparency, and sustainability across their operations.

Comprehensive Energy Transparency

SENTRON Digital combines measurement, communication, and intelligent data visualization to give retailers complete insight into their energy usage. Measurement and communications-capable SENTRON components fully comply with calibration law and accurately record energy data at all relevant points, including in-house generation, offsetting, and third-party consumption. This ensures precise, legally compliant energy accounting and allocation, which is essential for cost control and regulatory compliance.

Smart Data Management and Visualization

The SENTRON Powercenter 3000 and SENTRON Powermind applications organize, analyze, and visualize energy data in a user-friendly way. Customizable dashboards display key metrics such as peak loads, consumption patterns, and time-stamped data for each consumer. This transparency allows retailers to identify and prevent costly peak demands, directly reducing overall energy costs.

Actionable Insights for Cost Savings

Interactive Sankey diagrams clearly illustrate energy flow and distribution across buildings, departments, or multiple retail locations. These visualizations enable quick comparisons - such as between stores, or between working and non-working days - helping to identify inefficiencies and hidden savings potential. By pinpointing high-consumption equipment or processes, retailers can take targeted action to optimize systems like lighting, air-conditioning, refrigeration, and office operations, leading to measurable energy and cost reductions.

Flexible and Scalable Implementation

As a plug-and-operate solution, SENTRON Digital can be deployed quickly and flexibly - either in individual locations or gradually across an entire retail network. The system adapts to each retailer’s specific needs, offering scalability in both scope and duration of use. With in-app purchases and flexible subscription options, customers can extend functionality as needed and cancel at any time, ensuring maximum adaptability and cost-effectiveness.

Support for Certification and Compliance

Beyond operational improvements, SENTRON Digital establishes the foundation for a certified energy management system in accordance with ISO 50001. It simplifies compliance with energy efficiency standards and provides the documentation and transparency required for audits, certifications, and sustainability reporting.

Sustainable Value for the Retail Sector

By integrating digitalization, intelligent monitoring, and advanced analytics, SENTRON Digital empowers retailers to make informed, data-driven decisions. The result is a tangible reduction in energy consumption, lower operating costs, and a smaller carbon footprint - all while enhancing operational reliability and supporting corporate sustainability goals.

In essence, SENTRON Digital transforms energy data into actionable insights, enabling retailers to optimize performance, reduce costs, and strengthen their commitment to sustainability - today and in the future.