LoweConex, the leading provider of the Centralised Intelligence Platform Conex OS, has announced millions in savings delivered across energy, maintenance, and capital decision-making for thousands of retail stores throughout 2025 and early 2026.
Since 2024, the company has experienced rapid growth, with the platform adopted by retailers including Aldi UK & Ireland, Midcounties Co-operative, Poundland, Zero Zone USA, and Charles Tyrwhitt. Conex OS provides a unified data layer across building management systems (BMS), refrigeration assets, and HVAC systems, enabling portfolio-wide visibility and optimisation.
Working alongside its parent organisation, Lowe Group, LoweConex also supports the installation of IoT-enabled rental refrigeration across leading grocery retailers in the UK. This technology has now been deployed across a large portion of the UK grocery estate since 2017.
LoweConex will be attending Retail Technology London (V28), Retail Technology Sweden (C42), and Shoptalk Europe, and welcomes conversations with retailers interested in learning more about the platform and its global case studies.
Discover how brands around the world are using Conex OS to enhance maintenance, energy efficiency, and capital investment outcomes across their estates.
Supporting Aldi UK & Ireland with centralised asset monitoring
LoweConex works with Aldi UK & Ireland to drive asset monitoring and control in Aldi stores.
The partnership supports Aldi’s sustainability goals to be fairer, greener, healthier, and better every day, delivering strong availability and the best in fresh for their customers.
The initiative utilises the Conex OS platform and a bureau team to manage day-to-day activity of critical assets and will deliver significant energy savings whilst maintaining food safety.
By introducing sophisticated automation between existing building management and maintenance software platforms, the solution enables Aldi store colleagues to spend more time with customers on the shop floor.
Conex OS delivers detailed analysis and control as a market leader in food retail asset management and will revolutionise the way Aldi uses data to drive their commitment to both colleagues and customers to be the nation’s favourite place to shop.
Ian Lowry, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LoweConex comments:
“Aldi exemplifies the innovative spirit that LoweConex was built to support.
“This collaboration will deliver outstanding results in the connected asset space and confirms LoweConex as the leading vendor in food retail asset management, especially across the refrigeration class.
“We’re honoured to begin our partnership with Aldi and are excited to see how they leverage LoweConex to drive even greater impact in their stores.”
Leading sports fashion brand powers 39 stores for free
A leading sports fashion brand has worked with LoweConex for years, connecting well over 400 stores in its UK estate.
Utilising a mixed approach connecting to BMS in larger sites and IoT gateways for smaller store locations, the retailer centralised HVAC performance data from every location within Conex OS.
In 2025, that retailer reduced energy waste by 3,520 MWh, saving enough consumption to power the equivalent of 39 stores completely free.
Commenting on the partnership, a senior stakeholder said: “Our business has wider business and environmental commitments to optimise and reduce the energy and carbon consumption of our stores.
“LoweConex has played a key role in this work, helping us not only to understand the energy consumption of our estate, but unlocking mass control that has generated significant energy and carbon reductions and cost savings across our diverse property portfolio.”
The Midcounties Co-operative
The Midcounties Co-operative works with LoweConex to enhance energy and maintenance outcomes across their entire portfolio. The convenience grocer operates a number of Co-op franchises across the Midlands of England and utilises Conex OS to centralise refrigeration data from existing building management systems (BMS) with IoT gateways connected to HVAC assets in every store.
Since implementation, the Society has shared the success of the initiative, which in early deployment had already delivered 400,000+ kWh savings, contributing to £100,000 in cost savings across half the estate.
Commenting on the partnership, Julie Sheldon of the Midcounties Co-operative said: “Conex OS provides automated dataflows from all stores to a single platform, providing transparency and enabling our team to remotely observe, analyse and control refrigeration and HVAC units at scale.
“The Midcounties Co-operative is committed to using the power of co-operation to build a fairer, more ethical and sustainable future. This partnership with LoweConex is a key part of this, helping us to make continuing progress in reducing our carbon emissions and energy usage, and ensuring our stores operate as efficiently and responsibly as possible.”
Meet LoweConex at upcoming tradeshows
LoweConex will be attending Retail Technology London (V28), Retail Technology Sweden (C42), and Shoptalk Europe, and welcomes conversations with retailers interested in learning more about the platform and its global case studies.
Reach out at info@loweconex.com to arrange an appointment.