Changes to the operation of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems in buildings nationwide will play a key role in the reopening of American businesses. In May, The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) issued a series of recommendations aimed to curb the spread of COVID-19 once customers return to stores. ASHRAE’s epidemic […]
At the end of the year, most of us are doing a lot of looking back and planning ahead. One thing every multisite operator should do is look back on equipment performance and plan ahead for equipment repairs and replacement. One move we see many of our customers making – and now is a great […]
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 […]
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 […]
Have you ever driven past a store with a dark parking lot and assumed that it was closed and moved on? That’s a nightmare for gas stations and convenience stores, and one of our customers smartly relies on SiteSage to make sure their signs, pole lights, and canopy lights are always on when they want […]
Like many convenience stores, our customer was expanding their freshly prepared food offerings and adding cooking equipment to their 24/7 operations. They installed at least 2 rapid-cook ovens at each of their stores; but before SiteSage had no visibility in to the cost of operating those ovens and specifically the electricity usage of leaving them […]
Over the next few months, we’ll be publishing what we call Spotlights: mini case studies showing how a customer used SiteSage to their best advantage, whether to save money, gain control over their equipment, reinforce desired staff behaviors, or achieve granular insight into their operations. We hope that some of these Spotlights offer a new perspective […]
Powerhouse Dynamics CEO Martin Flusberg has written a post exclusively for Convenience Store News about energy savings at convenience stores and other 24/7 operations. Here’s an excerpt: There are opportunities to save despite running a 24/7 operation. On many occasions, I have heard from people responsible for 24/7 operations — typically, convenience stores and restaurants — that […]
Partnership Deploys SiteSage™ System in Pilot Energy Management Initiative at Select Convenience Stores in New England Boston, Mass., October 3, 2014 – Powerhouse Dynamics announced today that Global Partners LP is participating in a pilot program to evaluate the SiteSage enterprise energy and asset management system at a select number of Alltown and Mr. Mike’s […]
High energy bills are a problem faced by convenience store chains across the country – with 24 hour operations requiring constant lighting, heating/cooling, and refrigeration, energy costs can feel out of control in these small facilities. We talk a lot about energy use here at Powerhouse Dynamics, but even for us, the statistics on convenience store energy […]
