Barnes & Noble
This major mid-box chain dominates its market niche in the U.S. with brick-and-mortar stores in every state. Its retail locations feature multiple floors, unique shopping sections, and cozy nook cafés, with each area having different cooling and heating requirements. Like many large retailers, Barnes & Noble has a busy facility management team with multiple top priority tasks they handle with day-to-day responsibilities associated with maintaining over 600 stores that average 26,000 square feet.
The retail chain had already taken several steps to improve energy and HVAC performance by partnering with a leading smart thermostat OEM and a national HVAC maintenance vendor. Encycle teamed with the OEM to bring new savings opportunities forward with the seamless integration of its data-driven Swarm Logic® software to their smart thermostats and deliver significant energy savings while providing better visibility into the operational performance of the retailer’s HVAC assets.