Energy Management Systems for Sustainable Site Generator Hire

Date: 08/12/25

The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics in late October 2025 make for sobering reading for the construction industry.

While overall greenhouse gas emissions across the whole of the UK economy were down by over 40% since 1994, emissions in the construction industry have risen by over 30%. What’s more, emissions have risen 16.9% over the last decade and 1.8% in the last year alone.

The construction industry was directly responsible for over 11 million tonnes of CO2 last year, a rise of 2.6 million tonnes per year over the last 30 years.

Clearly, it is more important than ever for construction companies to switch to renewable energy and to ensure that they are using that energy as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Fortunately, with Think Hire, you can do both, with industry-leading renewable energy assets and smart energy management that work together to make your site generator hire as clean and green as possible.

Fine-tune your site generator hire

With any site generator hire from Think Hire, you get remote energy management included as standard. This is much more than simply a smart meter system; it provides wide-ranging data about your energy performance in real time, during real-life operations.

This data is constantly analysed by our expert team to identify emerging patterns and opportunities for increased efficiency. These are then reported back to your team, allowing them to manage their site generator hire at its peak efficiency, cutting both costs and environmental emissions.

The energy management data from your site generator hire can also be supplied directly to key personnel, via a white label online portal, putting control in the palm of their hands, right there on site.

What are the main benefits of remote energy management?

Think Hire remote energy management of site generator hire has a wide range of benefits, including:

• Real-time energy reporting – keeping you right up to date on current energy use

• Energy forecasting – helping you plan more effectively for future demand

• Energy consumption patterns – analysing waste and identifying savings opportunities

• Energy reduction consultation – showing where you can cut consumption and emissions without cutting corners

• Best practice improvements – learning from the best in the business

• Load management and consumption – showing how to make more effective use of power through peak shaving and load sharing

• Remote management of connections – identifying and fixing connection issues remotely to reduce downtime

Why you need an energy management system for your site generator hire

Efficient management of your site generator hire is essential on so many levels:

• Saving money – Think Hire remote energy management will help you to get the maximum savings from your site generator hire, cutting fuel consumption by over 80% on most sites.

• Delivering dependable power – remote energy management constantly monitors your system to identify, and even predict potential problems and fix them fast

• Meeting deadlines – significantly reduced downtime reduces the risk of missing key deadlines and incurring expensive penalties.

• Cutting greenhouse gas emissions – above all, remote energy management of site generator hire helps your site to play its part in reducing the worrying upward trend in greenhouse gas emissions from the construction sector. 

Think Energy Panorama – the next level in energy management

To get even more from your site generator hire, you can opt for Think Energy Panorama, a state-of-the-art, AI-powered energy management system that uses the latest in machine learning to fine-tune your system to peak performance. 

Think Energy Panorama lives up to its name by providing a panoramic view of your site's energy use. This gives you full asset control like never before, reducing emissions, cutting costs and increasing efficiency to a whole new level.

Frequently Asked Questions on Construction Site Energy Management

Q. What does an energy management system do?

A. As the name suggests, an energy management system manages the distribution and flow of energy from your site generator hire, in order to identify efficiencies and savings that can help to cut costs and reduce emissions.

Q. Can I apply energy management to a temporary site?

A. Yes. All Think Hire site generator hire relocatable renewable energy assets come with remote energy management as standard. That means you can work efficiently and effectively on any site, anywhere.

Q. What kind of data does an energy management system provide?

A. EMS systems monitor energy usage to identify patterns and predict future peaks and troughs. They also monitor the functioning of the system to identify and resolve issues before they disrupt supplies. Some EMS systems apply AI and machine learning to create a programme of planned preventative maintenance that stops issues from occurring in the first place.

Q. Does an energy management system cost more?

A. All Think Hire site generator hire assets come with remote energy monitoring as standard. You can upgrade this to Think Energy Panorama for an additional cost, but we are confident that this will be more than covered by the additional savings you make.

Don’t be part of the problem – be part of the solution

As the latest ONS data shows, the construction industry as a whole is very much part of the problem when it comes to the greenhouse gas emissions that are fuelling climate change. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Your site can help to save the planet and save money on operating costs too, with site generator hire backed by smart energy management from Think Hire. If you want to become part of the solution, get in touch with our expert team today, and see how easily and affordably you could play your part in cleaning up the construction industry.

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