Carrier, Encycle to provide IoT-based energy management

Carrier Connect Wi-Fi thermostats can now interface with Encycle’s cloud-based Swarm Logic energy savings technology, focused on improving the efficiency of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems using IoT-enabled services.

The interface connects Carrier’s thermostat into Encycle’s networked, cloud-based system that can result in HVAC energy consumption and demand savings of 10 to 20 per cent, along with real-time remote access and simple control over a building’s temperature and humidity.

Working in tandem with Carrier’s Connect thermostats, Encycle’s Swarm Logic software dynamically synchronises HVACs rooftop units (RTUs), enabling them to operate most efficiently in response to changing conditions such as outdoor temperature and building occupancy levels. RTUs become part of an IoT-based closed-loop system that coordinates their activity, and distributes energy consumption more logically among the individual RTUs without the need for additional hardware or equipment in most cases.

“This collaboration is an exciting opportunity for us to work with Encycle, a technology company focused on helping commercial and industrial customers maximise their energy savings potential, while also meeting their environmental sustainability goals,” said Mark Jones, Business Manager, Carrier Controls.