Quick summary As electricity demand grows and peak periods become more expensive to serve, demand response is becoming an operating strategy: identify flexible loads, control them in ways occupants can tolerate, measure the reduction, and aggregate many small actions into…
Quick Summary Virtual power plants (VPPs) are often described in terms of batteries, solar panels, smart thermostats, and electric vehicles. But commercial buildings, municipalities, schools, and campuses have another flexible resource already in place: appliance-level plug loads. BOSS helps turn…
Quick Summary Plug loads, the appliances and devices connected to building receptacles,often sit outside traditional building automation. Yet they can represent a meaningful share of commercial electricity use when devices run overnight, on weekends, during holidays, or when spaces are…
Quick summary Demand response is often discussed as a grid program, but its practical success depends on what happens inside buildings. Commercial facilities contain many loads that are small individually but meaningful in aggregate: window air conditioners, PTACs, vending machines,…
Quick summary A VPP coordinates many small distributed resources so they can provide meaningful grid value at scale. Controllable building loads, including appliance-level and plug loads, can be part of that flexibility if they are measured, connected, and dispatchable. Demand…
Energy usage in the United States and indeed the world poses significant economic and environmental challenges. Commercial and industrial facilities account for nearly 40% of total US energy consumption and GHG emissions presenting major opportunities for improved efficiency and sustainability.…
With buildings generating over one-third of global emissions, the real estate sector is pivotal for driving decarbonization. But this transformation relies on embracing technologies that optimize energy usage. As Greg Puschnigg, CEO of BOSS Controls, notes: “Creators of sustainability solutions…
For companies that have been in business for decades, operating out of older buildings is commonplace. However, many of these legacy facilities now face rising energy costs and net-zero sustainability pressures using antiquated infrastructure. Much of the HVAC, lighting, manufacturing…
