As a Customer Success Manager for PhD, I’m always trying to find ways to help my customers get more out of the system and find more ways to control, automate and analyze as much equipment and energy usage as possible. I recently shared a very simple process with one of our clients who informed me […]
For most multisite operators, whether you own quick-serve restaurants, convenience stores or retail stores, a big part of 2020 planning will be centered around your operating goals. Operating goals are the driving forces of an organization’s long-term success and strategy. Whether your focus is on generating top-line revenue or bottom-line savings, SiteSage equipment and energy […]
With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving looming on the horizon, it’s not only time to prep the turkey. It’s time to prep your plan and budget if you are considering an energy efficiency and equipment management initiative in 2020. For multisite operators of small facilities like quick-serve restaurants, convenience stores and retailers, an enterprise-wide deployment […]
Last Friday marked an important day in the evolution of SiteSage. What began as a critical energy savings and facility maintenance optimization solution has become a must-have, on-premise food safety and connected equipment monitoring tool. When our customers compete in an increasingly crowded market, the right investments and forward-looking decisions can really make the difference in optimizing […]
A few weeks back I attended the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) National Key Accounts Workshop. This is a twice-yearly event hosted by the electric utility industry trade organization to address energy-related issues with national retailers, restaurant chains, and other organizations with large numbers of facilities. I was struck by an exchange between the Director of […]
Recently, the Powerhouse Dynamics team donated a morning to Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm, a local wildlife sanctuary and educational non-profit that also functions as a working farm. Mass Audubon is one of our customers: they use SiteSage to monitor energy consumption and renewable energy generation at a number of their properties across Massachusetts. Each year […]
In case you haven’t noticed, food service equipment is getting much closer to “The Jetsons”-esque technology. However, I was recently struck by a study in contrasts when I saw dangling from the side of a $10,000, top-of-the-line, rapid cook oven none other than a wood clipboard (that retails for under $2) holding a piece of […]
It’s not uncommon for multiple heating and cooling units to serve the same large space, but how do you know one unit isn’t doing all the work while the other sits on the roof and works on its tan? Even if the thermostats are programmed with the same schedule and temperature targets, they might experience […]
It seems simple enough: when your sign is lit, you’re open for business. However, everyone in the restaurant business knows that the few minutes before open and the few minutes after close can be extremely hectic for operators, and sometimes flipping light switches gets forgotten in the shuffle. One of our customers felt they were […]
What kind of value can you attribute to visibility into cooler temperature monitoring? Here’s a spotlight case study that shows how a simple alert can save time and valuable resources: One of our convenience store customers recently started monitoring temperatures in their walk-in cooler and freezers, with real time alerts. They received a SiteSage alert […]
Many restaurants think they have lighting control covered after they invest in an expensive dimmer panel/lighting control system. The primary function of such systems is to control lights to create a certain “mood” in the restaurant based on time of day, and quite a bit of programming and automation is put in place to serve […]
Lighting accounts for a significant portion of the energy usage at most retail stores. The right lighting can make your product stand out, so you certainly want your store lit up when your customers are milling about the aisles, but how about when the shelves are being stocked? It’s very common for team members to […]
