By Healthcare Facilities Today

BOSTON — Powerhouse Dynamics announced today a major expansion of the remote equipment control functionality of its award winning enterprise energy and asset management system. In addition, the company reported that the system has been renamed SiteSage™, replacing the eMonitor™ name under which it has been known. SiteSage is designed for multi-site operators of small commercial facilities, such as restaurant, convenience store, and specialty retail chains.

“With the new SiteSage Controller, the ability to control equipment has been extended beyond HVAC to any equipment, including lighting,” said Jason Roeder, Director of Energy Products and Services for Powerhouse Dynamics. “As with the entire SiteSage system, the Controller applies an extremely intuitive graphical approach to equipment control. With the unique ability to set multiple schedules of varying types per piece of equipment, this new capability represents a significant advance in control flexibility and dramatically expands SiteSage functionality.”

SiteSage allows customers to centrally control HVAC and other equipment via an intuitive web interface and mobile apps. It also remotely monitors equipment and uses sophisticated analytics to diagnose performance issues, enhance maintenance, and identify savings opportunities. SiteSage makes it simple to benchmark energy usage and equipment performance across facilities, allowing multi-location companies to identify and share best practices, optimizing performance across the chain. As the system was designed specifically for smaller facilities, despite its sophistication it features low cost, easy installation, simple operation, and minimum imposition on staff time.

The new Controller can manage multiple zones, each supporting multiple circuits, and control both single phase equipment such as lighting and 3-phase equipment such as exhaust fans.

“The new Controller functionality pushed us to the name change we had been contemplating,” said Powerhouse Dynamics CEO Martin Flusberg. “We wanted to ensure that the name reflected the multi-faceted nature of our rapidly evolving product. SiteSage is about proactive and intelligent energy management and control, and the new the name signifies that the system is very much part of the movement to smart buildings.”

About Powerhouse Dynamics

Powerhouse Dynamics is a privately held technology firm focused on using cloud-enabled controls and analytics to deliver energy and operational efficiencies to its customers. Thousands of locations, including restaurants, convenience stores, retailers, and others, use its SiteSageTM platform to reduce operating costs by centralizing control, analysis, and management of energy-consuming equipment. Engineered specifically for smaller facilities, SiteSage features powerful analytics delivered via a simple online and mobile interface. The system continuously improves efficiency by controlling major loads, monitoring power consumption and performance of individual pieces of equipment, and tracking gas and water usage. Advanced analytics deliver actionable intelligence via diagnostics and alerts, and SiteSage’s enterprise-wide benchmarking helps identify stars and underperforming assets. To learn more about how Powerhouse Dynamics’ customers maximize energy and equipment maintenance savings with minimal staff effort, visit www.powerhousedynamics.com.