SimplControls

Building Automation, Control, and Energy Management

Watch this video for a brief overview of SimplControls

Ideal building types for SimplControls

Coffee Shops
Commercial Office Space
Restaurants, QSR and Fast Food
Schools, Colleges and Universities
Retailers
Convenience Stores
Residential Apartment Buildings
Gyms and Social Clubs
Hotels and Hospitality
Retirement Communities
Hospitals and Healthcare Clinics

What is SimplControls?

SimplControls is a collection of sensors, thermostats, switches, software and communications modules that work together to reduce energy consumption and the peak power load of a commercial or residential building. At the core of the system is SimplMeter, a two channel, 3-phase power and energy measurement system that measures power consumption and production of a building in real-time. With this information and a knowledge of various electrical equipment in the building, SimplControls uses its AI engine to manage electrical power loads in order to keep maximum power to an optimal level.

Commercial-Grade Thermostat

Lighting and Misc. Appliance Controls

System Calculations and Internet Connectivity

Space Heater Controls

Real-time Power and Energy Measurements

Traditional suppliers of building automation systems, generally supply systems that are designed for medium and large buildings ranging from 20,000 sq. Ft. and higher.

For customers that operate in smaller buildings, site automation, energy and peak power management has been unaffordable. Expensive equipment and more importantly, costly installation procedures are the root cause.

SimplControls is a modular approach that is entirely wireless, reducing the cost of the equipment and installation by more than 50%.

SimplControls is the first product in the market to bring the benefits of an affordable building management system to small buildings using a 100% wireless system.

Peak Power Management

Utility companies charge for peak power consumption. They divide each month into approximately 3,000 buckets which are called 15-minute intervals.

EVERY MONTH, YOU ARE CHARGED FOR THE LARGEST BUCKET. This is commonly referred to as demand charges on the monthly electricity bill.

For a typical company, demand charges account for 20% to 60% of the monthly electricity bill.

We design, build, and manage a SimplControls system with $0 investment from you. You save 10% to 20% on your electricity bill and pay us as your savings roll in.

Reduce Solar’s Payback Period

Most commercial solar customers are negatively impacted by demand charges. Solar does a great job of reducing energy costs. However, peak power remains unchecked and since in most case it constitutes 25% to 60% of the electricity charges, the impact of solar on reducing the electricity bill is diminished.

SimplControls manages HVAC, refrigeration and water heaters, to name a few, and reduces demand charges by up to 20%.

In addition, when SimplControls is installed as part of the solar installation, it qualifies for the federal tax credits; which are currently 26%.

Combining all these factors results in a reduction of the payback period by 20% to 40%.

Reduce Maintenance Costs

When a building electrical load is shed as part of the peak power management process, the building power level is decreased by a certain amount.

This decrease in power level is recorded in our database and is assigned to the particular unit that was shed.

The running average of the power consumption for each of the electrical loads that are managed by the system is computed and stored in our database on a continuous basis.

During the system setup, we assign an upper band around the running average power consumption and report to the master user or the maintenance staff if the upper band is exceeded.

This provides the system owner the ability to perform preventative maintenance which would lead to avoiding unscheduled, and often expensive, repairs.

Manage Your Locations as Fleets

Most of our customers manage multiple locations in various regions of the US which may have different operating hours, temperature bands and lighting levels required inside or outside the store.

Each time a store is set up and SimplControls is commissioned, it is important to be able to include any single store as part of a larger fleet of stores.

The ability to set and manage store operating hours or parameters by managing an overall regional set of stores is what we refer to as “Fleet Management”.

Corporate managers, are able to manage a large fleet of locations using consistent setting and parameters.

SimplControls Benefits

Reduce demand charges by 10% to 20%.
Reduce corporate-wide energy costs by controlling all electrical loads at store-level or as a fleet of stores.
Improve payback period for your solar system by 20% to 40%.
Manage multiple locations as a fleet; improve control over assets and expenses.
Provide actionable information for preventative maintenance.
Set location-level and fleet-level operating parameters for HVAC units, lighting units and other electrical loads.

Control key electrical load appliances during operating hours and after hours.
Automate HVAC controls at location or levels and fleet levels.
Automate lighting controls at location or fleet levels.
Store all operating parameters and the resulting operating data in a readily-available database to fine-tune operations.
Provide these insights to everyone in your organization as you see fit.
Add controls to additional electrical loads using Simpl’s proprietary wireless system requiring no additional commissioning.

SimplControls Advantages

Wireless sensors, switches and controller means no conduit runs or expensive electrical work
Easy, low-cost installations performed in hours, not days
Online system design
Intelligent, software-based self-commissioning
Universal sensor device for temperature, humidity, light intensity and door sensing

Dynamic power measurement using SimplMeter, a dual-channel, revenue-grade power measurement element. The real-time capabilities of SimplMeter is responsible for the dynamic demand management
Out-of-the-box integration with solar and battery systems
Uses an integrated tariff table to decide when a load should be turned off based on dollar savings
Real-time view of the savings generated by the system
4G or Wi-Fi Connectivity with mesh technology