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Turn Unmanaged Appliances Into Measurable Energy Savings

BOSS helps commercial buildings, campuses, public facilities, utilities, and energy partners reduce electricity waste by making plug-in appliances visible, controllable, measurable, and grid-interactive.

Many buildings still have hundreds or thousands of devices operating outside traditional building automation systems. Window A/C units, PTACs, vending machines, water coolers, dehumidifiers, air purifiers, office equipment, and other plug loads often run when spaces are empty, energy prices are high, or the grid is under stress.

BOSS brings these overlooked loads into one secure energy management platform.

With BOSS, organizations can reduce energy use, participate in demand response, manage peak load, verify savings, and create a practical path toward virtual power plant participation.

One Integrated Solution for Appliance-Level Energy Management

BOSS combines smart load control, secure connectivity, and the Atmospheres® software platform into one integrated solution for energy savings and demand-side control.

The solution is designed to help customers:

• Reduce electricity waste from unmanaged appliances

• Control devices by schedule, location, building, floor, room, or device type

• Monitor power demand and energy consumption

• Participate in demand response and grid efficiency programs

• Verify savings with device-level energy data

• Improve operations through alerts, reporting, and visibility

• Prepare buildings for future virtual power plant and transactive energy opportunities

Instead of replacing major building systems, BOSS targets controllable appliance-level loads that are often ignored, difficult to manage manually, or not connected to existing automation systems.

Energy Savings

Energy savings begin with visibility and control. BOSS helps identify where appliances are consuming electricity unnecessarily, then uses scheduling, automation, and control strategies to reduce waste during unoccupied hours, weekends, holidays, and other low-use periods.

Common controllable loads include: window A/C units, PTACs, vending machines, water coolers and fountains, dehumidifiers, air purifiers, refrigeration equipment, office equipment, plug-in heaters, other appliance-level loads

By turning devices off when they are not needed, and measuring the results, BOSS helps customers lower electricity costs without requiring major capital upgrades.

Demand Response

BOSS enables buildings to participate in demand response by making appliance-level loads controllable.

During a demand response event or grid emergency, selected devices can be reduced, cycled, or turned off based on customer-approved strategies. This gives utilities and grid operators access to flexible load while helping customers create potential revenue or incentive opportunities.

For building owners and operators, demand response becomes easier because BOSS provides centralized control, measurement, reporting, and automation.

For utilities and energy partners, BOSS helps aggregate smaller loads that are typically difficult to reach but meaningful at scale.

Appliance-Level Control

Most buildings already have controllable energy assets hiding in plain sight. BOSS gives facility teams the ability to control plug-in appliances across one building or many locations from a centralized platform. Devices can be organized into virtual groups by building, floor, room, equipment type, operating schedule, or other user-defined categories.

This makes it possible to:

• Shut down entire groups of appliances after hours

• Adjust schedules across multiple buildings

• Control high-energy devices during peak demand periods

• Respond to seasonal operating changes

• Reduce manual work for facility teams

• Identify equipment that is consuming more energy than expected

BOSS makes appliance-level control practical at scale.

GHG Reduction & ESG Reporting

BOSS helps organizations reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing unnecessary electricity consumption and providing measurable, device-level energy data. By turning previously unmanaged plug loads into visible, controllable energy assets, BOSS provides data that can support sustainability initiatives and ESG reporting.

• Reduce energy consumption by automatically shutting down equipment during unoccupied periods.
• Lower GHG emissions by reducing unnecessary electricity use and peak demand.
• Measure and verify savings with real-time power and energy consumption data.
• Track performance by individual device, group, floor, or building.
• Support ESG reporting with documented energy-reduction data and trends.
• Build a measurable sustainability strategy around actionable, behind-the-meter energy data.

BOSS helps organizations to meeting GHG reduction targets and ESG reporting.

Virtual Power Plant Readiness

BOSS starts with practical building savings. The same connected appliances can also become part of a larger virtual power plant strategy.

A virtual power plant aggregates distributed energy resources and controllable loads so they can support the grid. BOSS helps make appliance-level loads grid-interactive by connecting them to a secure platform that can measure, control, and dispatch load when needed.

This creates value for multiple stakeholders:

• Building owners can reduce operating costs and participate in incentive programs

• Utilities can access flexible demand without waiting for new generation or transmission infrastructure

• ESCOs and channel partners can add measurable load control to customer projects

• Grid operators can benefit from distributed, responsive capacity

• Data centers and other high-load customers can support programs that offset peak grid stress

BOSS turns everyday appliances into flexible energy assets.

Measurement,  Verification, and Analytics

Energy savings only matter if they can be measured.

BOSS provides device-level energy data that helps customers understand how equipment is performing before and after control strategies are implemented. This supports baseline analysis, savings verification, demand response reporting, operational improvements, and ROI evaluation.

Atmospheres® provides visibility into:

• Energy consumption

• Power demand

• Device status

• Operating schedules

• Load reduction

• Historical trends

• Alerts and exceptions

• Savings opportunities

This data helps facility teams make better decisions, prove results, and prioritize future deployments.

Secure IoT Energy Network

Energy control requires secure connectivity.

BOSS is designed with secure communications, controlled access, and dedicated connectivity in mind. The solution supports remote control, data reporting, scheduling, and automation while helping isolate energy devices from unnecessary exposure.

The BOSS approach is especially important for buildings, utilities, public-sector facilities, and partners that need scalable energy control without adding unnecessary cybersecurity risk.

Security is not an add-on. It is part of the BOSS energy management architecture.

Proven in Real Buildings

BOSS has demonstrated appliance-level control and energy savings in commercial, municipal, education, and large-facility environments.

In commercial building deployments, schedule-based shutdown during unoccupied periods has demonstrated energy savings in excess of 50% for targeted plug loads, with simple paybacks under one year and, in some cases, as short as four months for high-consuming equipment.

In New York City, BOSS connected legacy window A/C loads across older office space and reported energy savings, demand response revenue, reduced energy use, avoided CO₂ emissions, and additional load under management.

These results show the practical value of making overlooked appliances measurable, controllable, and grid-interactive.

Who Benefits

Building Owners & Facility Managers
Reduce wasted energy, improve visibility, control appliances remotely, and make better operational decisions.

Municipalities & Public Agencies
Lower energy costs, support carbon reduction goals, and modernize older buildings without major infrastructure replacement.

Schools & Universities
Control appliance-level loads across campuses, classrooms, offices, and common areas with dynamic schedules and long vacancy period​_s.

Utilities & Grid Operators
Access flexible behind-the-meter load that can support demand response, peak load management, and grid reliability.

ESCOs & Channel Partners
Add measurable appliance-level control, energy savings, and demand response value to customer projects.

Telecom & Connectivity Partners
Support secure IoT energy services that create new recurring service opportunities.

OEMs & DER Manufacturers
Prepare for embedded connectivity, secure control, and future participation in distributed energy markets.

Start With a Free Assessment

Find out which appliances in your building can be controlled, how much energy may be wasted, and where BOSS can help create savings, demand response value, and grid flexibility.