Best.Energy: Energy monitoring, wireless controls and managed efficiency services

Best.Energy combines Eniscope metering, Air sensors and controls, cloud software and managed energy-analysis services for commercial buildings and estates.

Summary

Best for
Multi-site businesses combining equipment-level readings with ongoing analysis and controls.
Less suited to
A project requiring a documented open LoRaWAN endpoint from every Air device.
Deployment
Eniscope hardware and Air devices connected to cloud software, with optional managed services.
Data in
Electrical energy plus occupancy, light, temperature, humidity and selected external inputs.
Pricing
Pricing was not established from the reviewed technical sources; request a quote for the exact configuration.

Overview

Best.Energy combines building energy measurements with connected controls and an operated energy-management service. The Eniscope Air range places the Eniscope 8 Hybrid at the centre of a system of sensors and control devices. The hardware supplies information that can be used to find unnecessary operation and adjust how equipment runs.

Its monitoring-project terms distinguish installation and commissioning from Virtual Energy Management, a service involving energy and data analysts. That is a useful separation for buyers: the measurement installation, access to software and continuing analysis are related parts of a project, but they need not be treated as a single undifferentiated hardware purchase.

Offering

The Air product descriptions distinguish equipment-level measurement from environmental sensing and control. Air Switch combines single-phase asset monitoring with switching and scheduling. Air Sense measures temperature, humidity, occupancy and light, and adds analog and pulse inputs. Air Digital provides a control role for larger equipment and supports water or gas consumption tracking.

Air Ambient focuses on air-conditioning operation, using temperature information and schedules rather than acting as a general electricity meter. Eniscope 8 Hybrid serves as the monitoring and communication hub. The ecosystem brochure presents these elements as complementary parts of an installation, allowing a building's energy readings to be interpreted alongside occupancy and environmental conditions.

Products and platforms

  1. Eniscope Services

    Cloud software service

    Software access governed by the published SaaS terms.6

  2. Eniscope Air Suite

    Sensor and control system

    Wireless measurement and control products associated with Eniscope.4

  3. Virtual Energy Management

    Managed energy service

    Analyst-led ongoing energy monitoring and efficiency support.5

Technology

Best.Energy describes the Air system as a LoRa network associated with Eniscope and identifies a proprietary API for third-party integrations. The reviewed material does not establish that each Air device is an interchangeable public LoRaWAN endpoint. The useful documented integration boundary is the Eniscope system and its software interface.

The Eniscope service terms define the software-service relationship, while the monitoring terms cover the installed project and separately triggered managed analysis. This separates connectivity from the commercial service arrangement. Scheduling and logic-based control are described within the supplied cloud-control environment, rather than as a universal local control register available on every sensor.

Markets

A Tex Plastics case study documents the use of energy monitoring in UK plastics manufacturing. It provides a concrete industrial example alongside the company's broader focus on restaurants, retail, hotels, education and commercial estates. The relevant task is to understand how equipment operation contributes to site consumption and then maintain changes over time.

The 2026 financing announcement describes Best.Energy's emphasis on multi-site businesses and its combination of hardware, cloud software and managed services. That operating model is particularly pertinent where a central team needs consistent information across many premises, while local staff continue running the equipment and carrying out interventions.

Company

Best.Energy was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Bristol, according to OakNorth's April 2026 transaction announcement. OakNorth describes funding supporting Future Business Partnership's majority buyout alongside management. This is current transaction-party evidence for the company's history and ownership development, rather than a date inferred from a product launch.

The company leadership page names Troy Wrigley as Chief Executive Officer and Simon Jennings as UK Managing Director. The business develops monitoring technology and also delivers projects and analysis services. Its UK project terms identify Best Energy Ltd as the direct delivery business, connecting that operating entity to the Eniscope hardware and managed-service offering.

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References

  1. Best.Energy current leadership (opens in a new tab)
  2. Best.Energy contact offices (opens in a new tab)
  3. OakNorth financing: founding, Bristol headquarters and ownership (opens in a new tab)
  4. Eniscope Air models and communication architecture (opens in a new tab)
  5. UK monitoring project and managed-service terms (opens in a new tab)
  6. Eniscope SaaS terms (opens in a new tab)
  7. Tex Plastics energy-monitoring case study (opens in a new tab)
  8. Eniscope ecosystem technical brochure (opens in a new tab) (PDF)

This profile does not imply a commercial relationship with Best.Energy and may contain inaccuracies.