As the benefits of intelligent buildings become more widely publicized, many owners of smaller commercial facilities wonder what value they might receive by transforming their underperforming buildings. The answer is everything from reduced energy consumption and savings to greater productivity and comfort.
Let’s look at two JouleSmart projects — Southwest Family Dentistry and U.S.S. Chowder Pot III — for insight into the hard benefits businesses experience when they decide to upgrade their facilities with a JouleSmart solution.
Goal: Achieve demonstrable reductions in energy consumption
Going green is a goal of many small to medium-sized businesses, but the reality is that it can be difficult to achieve with existing operational systems that were never designed to be smart about energy requirements and usage.
The owners of Southwest Family Dentistry and U.S.S. Chowder Pot each wanted to reduce their business’ impact on the environment by optimizing energy consumption. To do so, they needed a solution for retrofitting their existing buildings to become intelligent about the operational systems in the building and the people who rely on them for a comfortable, safe environment.
Solution: A turnkey intelligent building solution
For each facility, JouleSmart delivered an intelligent building solution customized to the unique needs of the business. The solution includes: a centralized building management system that uses controllers and sensors to monitor and manage operational systems such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, and refrigeration. Each solution also includes JouleSmart ActiveOversight™ for facility management services and continuous monitoring of the buildings’ performance.
“JouleSmart’s solution has reduced some of our largest operating costs by almost 30%, providing a significant boost to our bottom line.”
Value Delivered: Reduced energy usage and environmental impact
Once the facilities were transformed into intelligent buildings, JouleSmart ActiveOversight began to optimize the operation of the buildings’ systems. Both businesses immediately began reducing their environmental impact, which translated into reduced operating costs.
| Value | Southwest Family Dentistry | U.S.S. Chowder Pot III |
| Carbon reduction | 100 tons
Equivalent to 5,587 gallons of gasoline |
Equivalent of more than 3,000 trees
Eliminated more than 300,000 miles of vehicle |
| kWh reductions | 77,183 | 64,084 |
| Annual energy cost savings (post-contract) |
$13,437 | $10,187 |
| 15-year cumulative savings | $95, 375 | $150,000 |