Amit K Gupta
Territory Head – UK & Ireland Secure
In central London neighbourhoods, like Victoria, the energy transition is a daily reality for residents facing rising energy bills and ageing building infrastructure.
Across London, around 1 in 10 households is estimated to be in fuel poverty.1 Buildings account for around 37% of London’s total energy consumption,2 while heating homes contributes to nearly 18% of the UK’s greenhouse-gas emissions.3 In Westminster, home to Victoria, energy demand is substantial, with the borough consuming almost 7,900 GWh of energy annually across residential and commercial buildings.4
Providing smarter energy solutions
Addressing these challenges requires more than clean energy generation — it demands smarter ways to measure and manage consumption. With nearly four decades of experience in the UK energy sector, Secure supports utilities, housing providers and building managers with intelligent heat and smart metering solutions. By capturing precise consumption data, these systems improve billing accuracy while giving residents greater visibility and control over their energy use.
Despite increasing digitalisation, only around 2.8% of UK households are currently on Time-of-Use tariffs, limiting both cost savings and grid flexibility.5 Smart metering provides the foundation to address this gap, enabling consumers to shift usage to lower-cost and lower-carbon periods.
Enabling smarter grids
Beyond individual consumption, smarter grids require integrated, real-time data. Secure’s solutions combine bulk power monitoring, scheduling and power quality data into a unified platform, eliminating silos and enabling holistic grid visibility. Advanced analytics, Demand Side Management monitoring and deviation accounting support accurate forecasting, compliance and efficient grid operations.
Actionable dashboards, alarms and power quality insights allow utilities to move from reactive management to proactive decision-making. This data-driven approach improves reliability, optimises asset utilisation and strengthens overall grid resilience.
Improving efficiency and sustainability
Intelligent control technologies further enhance efficiency. Secure’s Radbot, an advanced thermostatic radiator valve, can deliver up to 30% energy savings by optimising heating without requiring behavioural change — particularly valuable in social housing and multi-occupancy buildings.
As regulations such as Awaab’s Law place greater emphasis on safe and healthy living conditions, accurate monitoring and efficient heating systems are becoming increasingly important.
This data-driven approach improves reliability, optimises asset utilisation and strengthens overall grid resilience
Industry collaboration is also accelerating progress. Through initiatives like the BEAMA 2050 Connected Climate Commitment, Secure is working with partners to advance energy-efficient technologies to enable smarter, more sustainable buildings.
Ultimately, achieving net zero will depend not only on how energy is generated, but on how intelligently it is used. By combining accurate data, intelligent controls and actionable insights, smarter grid and metering solutions enable better decisions, stronger energy security and a more sustainable future.
[1] Greater London Authority. Economic Fairness – Fuel Poverty. London Datastore. https://tinyurl.com/mrvn58r2.
[2] DESNZ. (2025). Fuel Poverty Factsheet 2025. https://tinyurl.com/48jkukep.
[3] NAO. (2024). Decarbonising home heating. https://tinyurl.com/2vv2rdft.
[4] GLA. London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory (LEGGI) – Data Explorer. https://tinyurl.com/3ubn3eeb.
[5] Ofgem. (2026). State of the market report: energy retail market highlights. (2026). https://tinyurl.com/mrh9754b.
