Energy management for buildings without a BMS
Your building is running blind. Let’s make it visible.
Live energy monitoring, smart HVAC control and leak detection, installed, connected and optimized by our team. Built for commercial buildings that don’t have a building management system, with a focus today on nursing homes and senior living.
The problem
No BMS means no visibility.
Large office buildings run central plants, so they usually have a building management system (BMS) watching everything. Most nursing homes, senior living communities, schools, warehouses and smaller commercial buildings don’t. That leaves the questions that matter unanswered:
- Is the HVAC running in rooms nobody is using?
- Why is one wing always too warm and the dining room too cold?
- Is there a leak behind the laundry machines right now?
- What is really driving this month’s electric bill?
Too often, you find out when a resident is uncomfortable, a ceiling tile stains, or the bill arrives.
The solution
BOSS Energy makes your building visible.
We install wireless sensors and smart thermostats from our hardware partner Milesight throughout your building. They report over LoRaWAN, right through walls and floors, to a gateway in your electrical room and on to your live BOSS Energy dashboard.
- See energy use as it happens
- Control HVAC from one screen
- Get alerted to leaks right away
- Compare every building you own in one dashboard
What we monitor & control
One system for every space that matters.
Tap a point on the building, or choose a space below.
Your live dashboard
Your whole building, live, in one place.
Watch energy use, check every room’s temperature, adjust thermostats and get leak alerts from one BOSS Energy dashboard, on your computer or phone.
Demo Community · Live
Live
- Laundry · Leak detected 2 min ago
- Kitchen · Dry
- Mechanical room · Dry
- Resident · 10172°
- Resident · 10271°
- Dining room72°
- Activity room70°
- Admin office66°Eased back
Sample dashboard with demo data.
Multiple buildings
Own more than one building? Manage them all from one dashboard.
Put every facility, campus or store you own under one BOSS Energy account. Compare energy use side by side, spot the building that’s drifting, and manage every site from one login.
- All your buildings in one place
- Compare energy use between sites
- Spot the site that needs attention first
All sites · Energy use per sq ft
- Site ANursing home Normal
- Site BSenior living Normal
- Site CSchool Normal
- Site DWarehouse Using more than similar sites
- Site ERetail store Normal
How we save
Real experts. Your real data.
BOSS Energy isn’t software you have to figure out alone. Our specialists study your building’s energy data, both how much you use (kWh) and your power peaks (kW), and build your HVAC schedules and peak-reduction plan for you. Then we keep refining them as your building changes. It’s all part of your subscription.
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Your building
Live kWh and kW data from your energy monitoring and thermostats.
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Our team
BOSS Energy specialists study when, where and why your building uses energy.
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Your custom plan
HVAC schedules and a peak-demand plan built for your community.
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Your thermostats
The plan runs automatically. We keep reviewing and refining it.
HVAC scheduling
Heat and cool people, not empty rooms.
Offices, therapy and activity rooms, dining, the kitchen and laundry all have quiet hours. Our team sets each space back when it’s unused and brings it back to comfort before people arrive. Resident rooms stay comfortable 24/7. We can also lock setpoint ranges, so no thermostat gets left at an extreme.
Example schedule. Your plan is built from your building’s own data.
Peak demand reduction
Flatten the spike that sets your bill.
Commercial electric bills include a demand charge based on your building’s single highest spike in power use each month. One bad 15 minutes can raise the whole month’s bill, and some utilities keep a high peak on your bill for months afterward.
Our team studies when your peaks happen and plans around them, without touching resident comfort:
- 1Staggered start-upsHVAC units start a few minutes apart instead of all at once.
- 2Pre-coolingCool the building during cooler morning hours, then coast through the afternoon.
- 3Brief, small adjustmentsA degree or two, briefly, in non-critical areas during a peak. Never resident rooms.
Why LoRaWAN
A network built for buildings, not for laptops.
Every BOSS Energy device runs on LoRaWAN, a long-range, low-power wireless network designed for sensors. Here’s why it beats Wi-Fi in a busy building:
Reach
LoRaWANLong range, right through walls, floors and long corridors.
Wi-FiStruggles through concrete, stairwells and long wings.
Power
LoRaWANSensors use so little power they run for years on batteries. The gateway plugs into building power.
Wi-FiPower-hungry devices that need frequent charging or wiring.
Independence
LoRaWANIts own network. No dependence on your Wi-Fi or IT staff.
Wi-FiShares your Wi-Fi with residents, staff and passwords.
Hardware partner: Milesight
Our smart thermostats and leak detection sensors come from our hardware partner Milesight, all on LoRaWAN, installed and connected by our team.
How it works
From blind to visible in five steps.
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Assess
We collect data about your building’s HVAC system.
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Equip
You get the Milesight devices your building needs from us: smart thermostats and leak detection sensors, all on LoRaWAN.
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Install & connect
We install everything and connect it to your live BOSS Energy dashboard.
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Analyze & optimize
Our team studies your kWh and kW data and builds custom HVAC schedules and a peak-demand plan, then keeps refining them over time.
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See & control
Monitor energy, control HVAC and get leak alerts from one dashboard, with ongoing service through your subscription.
Who we serve
For every building without a BMS.
Nursing homes and senior living are our focus today, but BOSS Energy works in any commercial building that doesn’t have a building management system.
Nursing homes & senior living
Our focus today. Steady comfort for residents 24/7, savings in every space around them.
Schools
Classrooms, gyms and offices that sit empty nights, weekends and summers, with no system watching.
Warehouses
Large open spaces heated and cooled around the clock, whether a shift is working or not.
Manufacturing
Plants with heavy equipment and big power peaks, where demand charges add up fast.
Retail stores
Stores where HVAC runs before opening and after closing, and leaks go unnoticed until morning.
Owners with many sites
Facilities, campuses or store chains, all compared side by side in one dashboard.
Our guarantee
Guaranteed savings.
We stand behind our system: BOSS Energy guarantees savings for your building. Tell us a little about your building and we’ll reach out to set up a meeting.
Prefer email? projects@bossenergyusa.com