The customer had already installed an energy management system (EMS) in all their locations. Swarm Logic integrated seamlessly with the EMS to provided added savings on top of those already achieved from the EMS.

Deploying Swarm Logic helped the stores lower electric demand and associated utility demand charges. In fact, the retail pet stores achieved annual reductions of 16% in peak demand and 17% in consumption.

The customer started achieving these results almost instantaneously after deployment, all while maintaining the consistent environment needed for store shoppers and animals. Swarm Logic also enabled the customer to take advantage of demand response programs, which generate a revenue stream and help offset energy costs.

By capturing operational data from Swarm Portal, Encycle’s Customer Success team found that several sites had HVAC units that were compensating for others that were unable to meet
desired set-points. Encycle collaborated with the customer's facility management team to easily deploy control methods tailored to each site's requirements in order to mitigate the impact of equipment issues such as under-performing units.

Encycle’s Swarm Logic technology provided a synchronized staggered startup function that allowed cooling to occur gradually rather than forcing all HVAC units to work all at once at the start of business. During peak demand hours, Swarm Logic enabled the facilities’ units to operate as a networked system, responding more efficiently to changing conditions such as outdoor temperature and building occupancy, thereby apportioning energy consumption more logically.