If you take a close look at many commercial electrical bills, you’ll note something called a “demand charge”. This is a fee the utility charges you based on the maximum amount of power your facility required during any 15-30-minute interval over the last billing period. Essentially, this is a fee the utility imposes on […]
It’s hard to believe, but we first introduced our platform to the commercial market a decade ago. Since then, we’ve been working hard to continuously improve our solution, learn even more about the challenges our customers face with their businesses, and refine and further develop our system to meet those challenges head-on. The beauty of […]
In the hospitality industry, the customer experience is obviously critical. Part of the customer experience in dine-in facilities is their physical comfort, and part of our SiteSage solution helps to ensure consistently comfortable restaurant temperatures through our enterprise-wide control and diagnostics of heating and cooling systems. However, as restaurants rebuild their revenue streams in […]
Packaged rooftop units (RTUs) are essential to most commercial operations. They are vital to every cool ice cream shop on a hot day, warm coffee shop on a cold one, and now (more important than ever) the increased ventilation required for restarting business mid-pandemic. Because of RTUs’ key role in delivering a great customer (and […]
With all the COVID-related challenges in retail and food service these days, we’re all looking for ways to controls costs. While it may be a bit tedious to wade through, there are some changes to the federal tax code that may provide some relief. We’ve come across some updates to the CARES Act that […]
According to the 2019 Connex Retail Facilities Maintenance Industry Benchmarking Report, the cost of repairs and maintenance is closely related to the age of the building. Connex surveyed a wide variety of multi-site retailers and found that the average R&M budget per store nearly doubled for stores aged 11-20 years-old, when compared to stored aged […]
Connex, the industry association for facilities professionals at multi-site retailers, recently released their 2019 Retail Facilities Maintenance Industry Overview Benchmarking Report. The report does a great job of highlighting the health of the industry, pointing out where the industry is currently challenged, and detailing what the future holds. While there is plenty of useful information, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Out of site, out of mind… You might think for a minute that I really meant to write “sight”, however when you are in charge of the care and maintenance of a large portfolio of small facilities, the word “site” fits, and the expression can be quite literal. Many customers pondering the benefits of energy […]
