Understanding energy usage – Jo Cox, CEO, IMServ

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Jo Cox, chief executive officer of ImServ, discusses how smart tracking of energy use works for businesses, how AI can help collect and manage energy data and the myths around smart meters.

IMServ is a data collection and energy metering firm. Cox, who was appointed as the group’s CEO in 2024, discusses the importance of understanding baseline energy usage to improve efficiency and reduce carbon footprints.

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0:00.0	I actually think there's some nervousness around putting a smart meter in into properties
0:13.0	because people think, well, there's a really couple of different lenses.
0:15.9	People think they're spying on them.
0:17.8	They don't trust them.
0:18.9	Is the data accurate?
0:20.0	If my bill's going to go up because of it.
0:21.6	Actually quite the reverse because what it gives is real-time data.
0:30.6	You can't understand your baseline until you understand what your usage is, right?
0:35.6	So a lot of customers don't have a really clear handle of their carbon footprint
0:40.3	because they don't have the data to hand.
0:46.3	Our government, if they are going to create an environment where we drive economic growth
0:52.3	through brand new things like data centers.
0:55.6	They've got to work with the utility sector to help them the capital investment required
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1:40.5	Hello and welcome to the UKTM podcast, a weekly chat with the movers and shakers of the UK
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1:49.9	I'm your host, Jane Wakefield, and today I am joined by Joe Cox, CEO of IMServe, an energy
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