Beyond BMS: patented AI-powered building energy management
ecoSEMS® monitors every major load in your facility, forecasts demand with machine learning and automatically shifts, shaves and stores energy so you never pay for a peak you didn’t need. Deployed installations show 25–32% total energy cost reduction; the device alone cuts building costs 15–30%.
“ Pioneering the way with patented AI-powered building energy management. ”
Beyond BMS, smart AI energy is here
ecoSEMS goes further than a traditional building management system, combining advanced analytics and energy-saving strategies to transform how a facility buys and uses power. It uses real-time data analytics to continuously monitor and adjust energy usage, and deployed customers report 25% or better cost savings.
- Sees a demand peak coming and prevents it, instead of reporting it afterwards
- Learns your schedules, weather and production so savings grow over time
- Installs alongside the controls you already own; nothing is ripped out
Unlock energy savings: the device that reduces your building costs by 15–30%
One wall-mounted controller connects to your utility meter, sub-meters, HVAC, refrigeration, compressed air, lighting, solar and storage. It runs the ecoSEMS AI locally, so optimization continues even if the internet connection drops, and reports to a secure cloud dashboard you can open from any device.
- Plug into what you have: BACnet, Modbus, LonWorks and direct I/O to PLCs and refrigeration controllers.
- Set the limits, keep the control: your operations team defines the process boundaries; ecoSEMS optimizes inside them.
- Pays for itself in demand charges: most sites see payback in under two years before any solar or battery is added.
ecoSEMS surpasses a traditional BMS in every area that touches the bill
A building management system was designed to keep equipment comfortable and running. ecoSEMS was designed to keep your utility bill low, and it does that on top of the controls you already own.
| Capability | Traditional BMS | ecoSEMS® |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Keeps equipment running to a schedule and setpoint | Runs equipment to the lowest total energy bill inside your comfort and process limits |
| Demand charges | Reports peaks after the bill arrives | Forecasts the next peak and prevents it in real time |
| Intelligence | Fixed rules written at commissioning | Machine-learning forecasts from weather, occupancy, production and tariff data that improve every month |
| Tariff awareness | None | Knows your utility’s demand, ratchet and time-of-use rules and optimizes against them |
| Solar & storage | Separate systems, separate dashboards | Dispatches batteries and solar as part of the same optimization (ecoDMT™) |
| Demand response | Manual curtailment | Automatic enrollment and dispatch in utility and ISO programs for new revenue |
| Compliance | Trend logs on request | Continuous, audit-ready logging for FDA 21 CFR, FSMA and building-performance reporting |
| Existing controls | Replaced or locked to one vendor | Kept. ecoSEMS is vendor-agnostic and sits alongside your BAS/BMS |
Why demand charges are the first thing we attack
On most Midwest and Northeast commercial tariffs, 30–60% of the electric bill is not energy at all. It is a demand charge, billed on the single highest 15- or 30-minute interval of the month, often with a ratchet that carries that peak into future months. A compressor rack, chiller and packing line starting together for one afternoon can set your bill for a year. ecoSEMS sees that coincidence coming and prevents it.
Demand ratchets
Many C&I tariffs bill the greater of this month’s peak or a percentage of the prior 11 months’ peak. One bad interval follows you all year.
Capacity pass-throughs
PJM and ISO-New England capacity prices are passed to commercial customers on supply charges or by the utility. Your share is set by your peak-hour load.
Time-of-use windows
Utilities are moving to on-peak periods (typically 2–7 pm summer weekdays) with energy prices two to four times the off-peak rate.
Coincident loads
HVAC, refrigeration, compressed air, EV chargers and process equipment do not coordinate themselves. Left alone they peak together.
Rising base rates
Rate cases across DTE, Consumers, AEP, ComEd, PSE&G, Con Edison, Eversource and National Grid are compounding 5–15% increases on delivery charges.
Compliance logging
FDA, FSMA and city building-performance laws now require documented facility conditions and energy reporting, which is manual work without a platform.
What ecoSEMS does
- Real-time energy monitoring of the utility meter, sub-meters, solar, storage and major equipment at one-minute resolution.
- AI-enhanced predictive analytics that forecast the next day’s load and peak window from weather, schedules and production data.
- Smart load management: staged starts, setpoint nudges and pre-cooling that keep operations inside your process limits while flattening demand.
- Automated demand optimization dispatching batteries and solar against forecasted peaks and time-of-use price windows.
- Demand-response participation in utility and ISO programs (PJM, MISO, NYISO, ISO-NE and utility programs such as Con Edison CSRP and Mass Save ConnectedSolutions) for new revenue.
- Compliance documentation: continuous logging of temperature, humidity, pressure and runtime data that supports FDA 21 CFR, FSMA and ASHRAE 90.1 / benchmarking reporting.
How a deployment works
Most sites are live within weeks, and the platform starts paying back before any solar or storage is installed.
1. Free energy model
Send 12 months of bills and interval data. We model your peaks, tariff exposure and what control, storage and solar each save.
2. Site survey & integration plan
We map loads, controls and metering, and confirm BAS/BMS, PLC and refrigeration-controller integration points.
3. Install & commission
The ecoSEMS device and sensors go in with no disruption to production. Baselines are established before optimization is switched on.
4. Optimize, verify, expand
Savings are measured against the baseline monthly. Storage and solar are added when the model shows they beat the next-best use of capital.
ecoDMT™ demand management technology
ecoDMT™ is the demand-management engine inside ecoSEMS. It manages site load against your solar production and battery state of charge in real time, so that exported solar never masks a demand peak and stored energy is discharged exactly when the tariff punishes you most. Customers with existing solar have added 15–30% to their annual savings by adding ecoDMT alone.
ecoSEMS questions
Does ecoSEMS replace my building automation system?
No. ecoSEMS is vendor-agnostic and sits alongside your existing BAS/BMS, PLCs and refrigeration controllers. It reads their data and issues supervisory setpoints inside limits you define, so your operations team keeps full control.
What does ecoSEMS cost and how is it paid for?
Pricing depends on site size and integration scope. Many customers structure it as a shared-savings or subscription agreement so the platform is paid from the demand charges it eliminates. The free energy model produces a site-specific payback before you commit.
Can ecoSEMS help with FDA or FSMA compliance?
ecoSEMS continuously logs the facility conditions that regulated operations must document, such as cold-room temperature, cleanroom pressure and humidity, and equipment runtime, and produces audit-ready reports. It supports your quality system; it does not replace it.
What data do you need for the free energy model?
Twelve months of electric (and gas, if relevant) bills, and interval data from your utility portal if available. A one-line diagram and equipment list help but are not required for the first pass.
Which utilities and demand-response programs does ecoSEMS work with?
ecoSEMS is tariff-aware for major utilities across the Midwest and Northeast, including DTE, Consumers Energy, AEP, FirstEnergy, Duke Energy Indiana, ComEd, Ameren, We Energies, Xcel Energy, MidAmerican, Evergy, Con Edison, National Grid, NYSEG, PSE&G, JCP&L, PECO, PPL, Eversource, Rhode Island Energy, Green Mountain Power and Central Maine Power, and it can enroll qualifying loads in PJM, MISO, NYISO and ISO-NE demand-response programs.
ecoSEMS will help you with the right solution for your energy needs.
Tell us about your facility and an engineer will schedule a demo and a free energy model.
