Bootstrapped Industrial IoT: The Tradeoffs We Made Building GridPulsr
Building an industrial IoT platform without VC funding changes every architectural decision. Astrid Lindqvist on protocol choice, hardware partnerships, and owning your roadmap.
Technical articles on compressed air systems, thermal efficiency, EU ETS data requirements, and demand peak management written by the GridPulsr engineering team. Aimed at plant engineers and energy managers, not executives. Jargon used correctly, not avoided.
Building an industrial IoT platform without VC funding changes every architectural decision. Astrid Lindqvist on protocol choice, hardware partnerships, and owning your roadmap.
A practical guide to what each EU framework actually requires in terms of metered energy data, and how manufacturing plant teams should prepare for 2026 reporting cycles.
Running multiple compressors without a staging strategy can cost 20–35% more electricity than necessary. Continuous load data enables optimal compressor sequencing.
Shift change periods in manufacturing facilities create predictable spikes in HVAC energy waste. Quantifying these peaks enables targeted scheduling changes.
Compressed air system leaks silently drain electricity budgets in discrete manufacturing facilities. Continuous pressure monitoring changes how quickly losses are found.
Steam trap failure is one of the highest-loss single points in process plants. Combining continuous monitoring with ISO 50001 measurement plans creates defensible evidence.
Electric arc furnaces and reheating furnaces have distinct load signatures. Understanding these curves at 1-second resolution reveals idle heat loss and scheduling inefficiencies.
Capacity charges on EU industrial electricity bills are determined by peak 15-minute intervals. Continuous load monitoring lets facilities shift or curtail to avoid expensive demand peaks.