Use a Load asset to model energy-consuming or energy-producing devices (like buildings, solar panels, or other equipment) so you can simulate and analyze their behavior.
What is a Load asset?
A Load asset represents any major device or system that consumes or produces energy. Typical examples include:
A primary building or multiple buildings
Large equipment or machinery
Energy-producing assets such as solar panels
For production assets, such as solar, you can upload historical data with negative values to represent energy generation.
Ways to define a Load asset
When you configure a Load asset, you must choose one of the following options:
Datastream
Design Load
1. Datastream
Use a Datastream when you have historical measurement data available.
Upload historical data with 15-minute intervals, ideally covering a full year.
The system will automatically train an AI model on this data to detect patterns such as:
Seasonality
Weather effects
Typical daily and weekly behavior
This option is best when you have real-world measurements and want accurate, data-driven modeling.
2. Design Load
Use Design Load when you don’t have historical data, but you know the expected consumption or production.
You can define a Design Load using one of these formats:
kW per day
kWh per day
kWh per year
You simply specify the expected energy consumption (or production) per day or per year, and the system will generate a synthetic dataset based on these values.
Generating a dataset from Design Load
When you generate datasets, you can fine-tune how the load behaves over time with the following options:
Load Data Interval
Choose the output data interval:Hourly
15-minute intervals
Workday Pattern
Select a preset daily consumption pattern for workdays, or
Customize your own pattern to match how the load behaves on typical working days.
Non-Workday Pattern
Select a preset daily consumption pattern for non-workdays (e.g. weekends), or
Customize your own pattern.
Define Work/Non-Workdays
Specify which days of the week count as workdays and which count as non-workdays.
Region & Holidays
Select the region where the asset is located.
Define holidays to adjust the simulated behavior on those days for a more realistic load profile.
These settings let you create realistic consumption or production profiles even when you don’t have any measured data.
Report overview for a Load asset
Once your Load asset is configured (via datastream or design load), the system generates a report overview.
Load graph
Data from datastreams and designed loads will be shown separately in the report.
The load is displayed in a graph as kWh per 15 minutes, allowing you to visually inspect how the asset behaves over time.
Total Production
If the uploaded or generated data contains negative values, this indicates energy generation (for example, from a solar asset).
In this case, the system calculates and displays the Total Production, showing the total amount of kWh produced during the selected period.
Total Consumption
For consuming assets, data is represented by positive values, indicating how many kWh have been used.
The system calculates and displays the Total Consumption, showing the total kWh consumed during the selected period.
This overview helps you quickly understand whether an asset is mainly consuming or producing energy and how much over a chosen timeframe.