Energy intelligence platform (Joulix)

Energy intelligence for a multi-site manufacturer, with live monitoring, forecasting and AI optimisation in one role-based platform on Azure and Databricks

The challenge

The client, a plastics manufacturer with twelve plants in five countries, had energy data scattered across meters, SCADA tags and spreadsheets.

Peaks were found after the demand charge, anomalies after the shift, and every plant reported differently. The client needed one role-based platform where data is governed once and decisions reach the people who can act, inside the systems they already use.

The solution

Built a React and TypeScript portal on FastAPI with role-based dashboards and configurable widgets, fed by Azure Data Factory and Event Hubs into Databricks Delta Lake, with Unity Catalog gold data products behind every screen, API and Power BI report.

Implemented GBM and LSTM forecasting, anomaly detection, reinforcement-learning optimisation and Azure OpenAI briefings, with approvals, work orders and tickets flowing into SAP PM and SAP Service Cloud under a full audit trail, and live telematics for forklifts, tractors and mobile compressors with charging kept off-peak.

Measured impact

12

Plants in five countries in one portfolio view,

3412

Streaming assets landing 48M events a day in governed data products,

4

Roles with scoped access and actions