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Multi-site energy, carbon, and cost. Unified for retail.

With every new store, supermarket, and warehouse, energy and sustainability management gets more complex. Apollo centralizes energy, cost, and carbon into a single intelligence layer for seamless optimization and cross-site benchmarking across every location.

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Trusted by the retail leaders building a more
Profitable and Sustainable Future

Energy management breaks down as retail chains grow.

8–17% of energy spend goes to waste. 6–11% of energy efficiency gains left on the table. And with every new store, the gap only widens; new meters, new tariffs, new bills, new efficiency variables, less visibility.

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Fragmented energy visibility across stores

Scattered data across mall and street stores, different meters and different consumption patterns. Headquarters lacks a unified view. Cost control becomes reactive instead of strategic.

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Margin leakage through contracts and billing

Up to 8% error rates in energy bills. Misaligned tariffs. Unbenchmarked unit prices. Reactive penalties. Even small inefficiencies compound significantly across hundreds of stores.

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Energy efficiency blind spots across the chain

Two stores with similar size can consume vastly different amounts of energy. Refrigeration, HVAC, lighting; without normalization, performance comparisons are misleading.

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Carbon reporting disconnected from operations

Carbon reporting in retail is often manual and detached from real operational data. Operational teams lack ownership. Financial impact is unclear. Carbon goals exist but no one can measure progress against them.

From store-level challenges to chain-wide solutions

The solution starts with unified, automated control. One platform that connects every store, benchmarks performance cross-site, and turns energy into a fully optimized cost line.

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Unified, real-time energy visibility

Monitor energy consumption and costs across every street store, mall store, and warehouse in real time. All data consolidated into one view, one source of truth for management.

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Automated cost optimization at scale

Bill verification, tariff eligibility, unit price benchmarking, and reactive penalty tracking. All automated. Unnecessary energy costs prevented before they hit.

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Cross-store benchmarking with proven ROI

Every store normalized, benchmarked per m², and scored against other stores across the chain. Performance gaps of up to 500% become visible. Every energy efficiency project tracked with live ROI.

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Carbon management from real data

Automated Scope 1 and 2 carbon accounting from real energy data. Per-store, per-m², per-revenue emissions visible chain-wide. Targets tracked against actual performance.

One platform where retailers
manage energy and carbon

Whether it’s a street store without a meter or a supermarket with full SCADA infrastructure, Apollo adapts. One platform that automates cost, efficiency, and carbon management across the entire retail chain.

MULTI-SITE MANAGEMENT

Control energy, cost, and carbon across the entire retail chain

Apollo gives retail chains full visibility into energy consumption, costs, efficiency performance, and carbon emissions from one platform. Every store format connected, every metric benchmarked cross-site, every action tracked with proven ROI.

Energy Spend
42.8 GWh
Cost Drivers
$3.24 M
Carbon Exp.
12.4 k tCO2e
Enterprise Overview
100% 50% 0%
Q1 Q4
Site Deviations
Fac. Alpha
+14%
Logistics B
-8.5%
HQ Campus
+5.1%
Data Center
+11%
Tariff Optimization
$42.5K
Invoices Validated
1,204
PTF & Consumption Forecast
Baseline
Optimized
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Continuous Optimization
Invoice anomaly detection
Active
Tariff & contract benchmarking
Active
Reactive penalty tracking
Monitoring

ENERGY COST OPTIMIZATION

Cut retail energy costs, before they compound

8–17% energy cost waste in retail. Up to 8% billing errors. Up to 5% tariff savings. Reactive penalties compounding monthly. Across hundreds of stores, every missed optimization is lost margin.

Apollo Finwise provides full visibility and automates the entire cost control cycle across every store and warehouse.

  • Real-time monitoring across street and mall stores with or without meters, no hardware required
  • Automated bill validation, tariff optimization, and reactive penalty prevention at scale
  • Unit price and contract benchmarking against sector averages
  • Solar PV net metering with real-time ROI

ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION

Make every store measurably efficient

Up to 500% energy performance gap between stores with similar size. Without normalization and m² benchmarking, most chains can’t see it; let alone fix it.

Apollo Optiwise normalizes, benchmarks, and scores energy efficiency of every store, then shows exactly where to improve first.

  • ISO 50001-aligned regression analysis with store-level normalization
  • Cross-store m² benchmarking with store-specific KPI targets
  • Live efficiency project ROI: savings, payback, before-and-after
  • Equipment upgrades prioritized by highest impact
  • Onboarding and KPI-reward system built for high-turnover teams

Consumption

LIVE
CURRENT SHIFT TOTAL
18,450 kWh
Electricity 65%
Natural Gas 25%
Steam / Heat 10%

ISO 50001 EnPI

ALIGNED
EFFICIENCY VS BASELINE (EnB)
-12.4 %
Reference (EnB)
Actual Usage

Total Emissions

3,235,470 tCO₂e
Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May

Scope 1

96.7%
HIGHEST SOURCE
3,129,930 tCO₂e
Stationary combustion and related activities are the main source.

Carbon Trend

IMPROVED
VS LAST MONTH
-12.4 %
Unnecessary consumption was reduced through automated tracking.

CARBON MANAGEMENT

Automate chain-wide carbon compliance, store by store

Most retail carbon reports are built on estimates and annual averages. Per-store, per-m², and per-revenue emission tracking across the entire chain is what turns compliance into competitive advantage.

Apollo Ecowise automates carbon accounting from real and AI-modeled consumption data across every store format.

  • Automated Scope 1 and 2 carbon accounting
  • Per-store, per-m², per-revenue emission metrics chain-wide
  • Carbon intensity benchmarking across retail sector
  • CBAM, CDP, CSRD-ready reporting
  • Decarbonization project ROI tracking
  • AI-powered reduction recommendations

EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY & ROI

Prove every impact, defend every decision

From store-level actions to boardroom accountability. Every cost saving, efficiency gain, and carbon reduction measured, attributed, and reportable.

Apollo connects operational data to executive outcomes, making every energy decision visible and defensible.

  • Chain-wide ROI tracking for every energy initiative
  • Board-level dashboards across cost, efficiency, and carbon
  • Store lifecycle management: openings, closures, m² changes automated
  • Budget forecasting from real data, not last year’s numbers
Consumption Forecast
30-day AI Prediction
Realized
AI Forecast
Month-to-Date
142.4 MWh
Projected Total
285.8 MWh

Trusted by 500+
industry leaders

What happens when every store is monitored, every bill is validated, and every efficiency gap is visible.

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facilities managed with unified energy consumption and cost data

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Energy cost advantage at Divan

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energy costs saved last year through Apollo Finwise

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Increase in operational efficiency at Medicana

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energy efficiency improvement among Apollo OptiWise users last year

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ROI at Domino’s Pizza

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Why leading retailers trust Apollo?

Real impact, measurable outcomes, and a energy strategy powered by clarity not guesswork.

Domino's Pizza

“Apollo stood out as a single platform where we can track and control our energy costs and consumption across multiple facilities; one that's easy to use for everyone, from the technical team to procurement, and from procurement to the sustainability department.”

FMCG, MidMarket

“We were able to see our company data in just a few days. Apollo identified the wrong electricity bills and also identified the great advantage on power factor correction.”

Project & Utilities Manager
Retail, MidMarket

“The platform is intuitive, packed with features, and easy to use. We have been able to monitor energy data in real-time and forecast future costs as a result. Time and resources were also saved.”

Senior Technical Operations Expert
G2 Verified

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Frequently asked questions

Apollo connects to 500+ utility providers to pull real-time consumption data for street stores automatically. For mall stores without meters, Apollo’s AI model estimates consumption using HDD/CDD data, store m², format, operating hours, and same-mall reference data from metered stores. Where infrastructure already exists (Schneider, Siemens, ABB, SCADA, ERP/SAP), Apollo integrates seamlessly.

Energy bills across retail chains can carry error rates ranging from 8% to as high as 17%. Misapplied tariffs, duplicate charges, reactive penalties, and contract mismatches go undetected when validation is manual. Across hundreds of stores, even small errors compound into significant margin loss month after month.

Direct comparison between stores is misleading without normalization. A store in Madrid and a store in London face entirely different climate conditions. Apollo normalizes consumption using location-specific HDD and CDD data autonomously, then benchmarks every store per m². Additional variables like foot traffic and transaction count can be added via SAP integration or manual input. All stores are compared on equal terms, as if operating under the same conditions. Performance gaps of up to 500% between similarly sized stores surface instantly.

Yes. Apollo’s Optiwise benchmarks across street stores, mall stores, supermarkets, and warehouses using format-specific and sector-specific reference data. Each store is normalized by m², climate zone, operating hours, and format type. This means a 200m² mall clothing store is compared against similar mall clothing stores, not against a 2,000m² supermarket. Sectoral energy intensity benchmarks are also available, so chains can see how their portfolio compares to industry averages, not just internal performance.

Yes. Mall store invoices are collected through invoice parser, read with OCR, and normalized by AI. Apollo FinWise reverse-calculates invoices into consumption data and benchmarks the result per m². When a store’s consumption deviates from its benchmark band, Apollo generates an instant alert. This process works even without a physical meter; the combination of AI-powered parsing and m² benchmarking creates a reliable detection layer for overcharges, miscalculations, and anomalies across every mall location.

Apollo’s Optiwise tracks every initiative from energy efficiency investment to proven outcome. Each project is registered with target store, project type, and expected impact. The system continuously feeds real-time consumption data, unit energy prices, and operational variables into every project. Expected savings, actual savings, payback period, and before-and-after performance are updated dynamically. Leadership sees exactly which projects delivered results, which underperformed, and where to invest next.

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