Plan the event across stores.
Manage requests and event schedules, choose participating stores and see each store’s status during the event.
Adaptive Load Shed
Supermarket demand response that respects your case temperatures.
Schedule load-shed events across participating stores, override any store at any time, and watch pre-chill, defrost and HVAC activity through the event and the recovery after it.
Case temperature limits and exclusions are agreed per store before the first event.
What you get.
Stores stay in control.
Override a store’s participation when you need to. Follow the configured pre-chill, dynamic defrost and HVAC activity where supported.
Measure what actually changed.
Read store electricity meters over Modbus or BACnet. Agree the baseline and measurement period before the first event, and report demand reduction and total energy separately, so the business case holds up.
How it works.
Every load-shed pilot starts with a site review of controls, temperature limits, exclusions, overrides and recovery. Utility program eligibility and payments depend on the site and the program.
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Confirm which stores and loads can take part, and their temperature limits.
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Schedule the event and watch participation store by store.
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Review the event, the recovery and the measured result.
Adaptive Load Shed: common questions
What is adaptive load shedding?
It temporarily reduces supported refrigeration and building loads during a utility demand event, then manages the recovery. Kalder handles scheduling, store participation and visibility of the control activity.
How is product temperature protected?
Temperature limits, eligible equipment, overrides and recovery are agreed with your refrigeration team before any event runs. Stores can be overridden out of an event.
Is lower peak demand the same as lower energy use?
No. Demand is the rate of electricity use (kW); energy is the total used over time (kWh). An event can shift consumption into the recovery period rather than remove it, so both are measured.
Guides for grocery refrigeration teams.
See your stores the way our alarm desk does.
A 30-minute walkthrough with someone who knows refrigeration. Bring your store list and controller types; we’ll tell you what connects and where we’d start.