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BERTBrain Software
Device-Level Energy Monitoring and Control, in One Place
BERTBrain organizes every BERT controller in your portfolio, runs the schedules that switch idle equipment off, and reports the energy and savings behind every decision—from a single outlet to an entire campus.
BERTBrain in Action
A 30-second tour of a BERT demonstration system: device control, scheduling, system health, consumption reporting, and savings reporting.
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See the Savings, Not Just the Settings
The savings report compares measured consumption with an expected baseline for the same period, then breaks results down by building, group, or device.
What BERTBrain Does
BERTBrain is plug load management software built around measured data. Every controller reports the load it serves, so schedules, reports, and savings all start from the same numbers.
Name and Locate Every Device
Assign each Smart Plug and hardwired controller a meaningful name and physical location (campus, building, floor, room, zone, or workstation) so anyone on your team can find and manage an individual outlet without a separate floor plan or spreadsheet.
Group the Way You Operate
Build groups by location, by device type (computers, displays, printers, AV, lab equipment, or your own categories) and by department, tenant, cost center, or project. Groups can overlap, so the same device can sit in a building schedule and a department report.
Schedule Devices and Groups
Daily, weekly, or custom recurring schedules for a single device or a whole campus. Adjust for holidays, seasons, and special events. Threshold and temperature logic is available where the equipment calls for it.
Report, Benchmark, and Quantify Savings
Consumption reporting by day, week, month, year, or a custom period for any device or group. Savings analysis compares kWh and cost against a before-control baseline, and benchmarking compares buildings, floors, departments or device classes to surface outliers.
Watch System Health
BERTBrain continuously monitors device connectivity, control response, and communications, and flags issues before they create gaps in control. Real-time alerts are available in cloud deployments.
Keep Working Offline
Schedules and essential settings live on each controller, so approved control continues if the internet or network connection drops. Data synchronizes when communications return.
Flexible Building Loads
From Conservation to Flexibility
The same controls that cut wasted runtime make your plug and process loads a flexible, measurable building resource.
Conserve
Schedules built from each device's measured baseline switch off what isn't needed. Controlled devices can save up to 50% after hours, and whole facilities typically see 7–10%. Your savings depend on how many devices we control, what they are, and when your building is empty.
Report Carbon
Measured kWh savings, device by device, can be converted to avoided emissions using public EPA factors for your region.
Flex
Choose which devices, categories or buildings participate, using flexible presets that can respond to utility or aggregator events. Device-level metering shows the before-and-after impact.
BERT has been specified in grid-interactive building projects, and it interoperates with a range of building automation systems through BACnet/IP (BERT Connect) and BERT Rest.
Planning a grid-interactive, microgrid or solar-plus-storage project? Tell us about it →
Set Up for You
You're Not on Your Own
BERTBrain can do a lot, and you don't have to set any of it up yourself. BERT plans, configures, and commissions the system with your team, so it arrives ready to work and your staff know how to run it from day one.
We Plan It With You
BERT works with your facilities and IT teams to confirm which equipment to control and how the system will connect to your network, before anything ships.
We Configure Every Device
Every controller is set up and tested at BERT's staging facility before it ships: named, located, grouped, and loaded with the initial schedules you've reviewed.
We Install, Verify, and Commission
BERT or a BERT-authorized installer puts plug-in controllers in place and confirms each one is communicating. Hardwired controllers are installed by your licensed electrician, with BERT handling configuration and commissioning. After a measured baseline period, BERT uses that data to recommend an operating schedule, then activates the schedules you approve and tests them.
We Train Your Team and Stay Close
Your administrators get an orientation and a complete record of every device: where it is, what it controls, and how it's scheduled. After handoff, BERT support is still a call or an email away.
Prefer to hand off the day-to-day as well? Ongoing monitoring and schedule optimization come with Smart Energy Suite and are available as a managed service with a capital purchase.
Reporting That Stands Up to Review
Plug load savings have to be defensible—to a facilities director, a utility program, or an ESCO's measurement and verification team. BERTBrain records a pre-control baseline for each controlled device and keeps measuring after schedules begin, so reported savings trace back to metered data.
- Device-level measurement, accurate to ±3%
- Before/after baselines at the device and group level
- Export-ready reports for utility incentive and ESCO review
- Unlimited server-side data storage
Planning Ranges, Not Promises
BERT customers can see up to a 50% reduction in energy use on the devices BERTBrain controls, by switching them off when they are not needed. Every project is baselined and measured, so your savings reflect your own equipment, schedules, and occupancy.
Platform Specifications
| Deployment | Cloud-connected or on-premises |
|---|---|
| Host hardware | BERTBrain Gateway; no customer-provided server or virtual machine required |
| Interface | Web browser (HTTPS) |
| Access control | Role-based user accounts |
| Cloud security | AES-256 encrypted |
| Data storage | Unlimited server storage; 14-day rolling log at each controller |
| Reporting | Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and custom periods |
| Updates | Automatic (cloud); manual (on-premises) |
| Alerts | Real-time (cloud); limited (on-premises) |
| Integration | Standalone by default; optional BACnet/IP (BERT Connect) or REST integration when separately scoped |
| Compatibility | Backward compatible with existing BERT deployments |
From the current BERTBrain data sheet. Features that need separate configuration, licensing, or services are defined in project documents.
Built for the People Who Run Buildings
Facility and Energy Managers
One view of every controlled device, schedule, and savings result across buildings, without touching the BAS.
IT Teams
An owner-approved network architecture, role-based user accounts, outbound-only internet connections from the gateway, and a choice of cloud or on-premises hosting.
ESCOs and Partners
Measured baselines and savings reporting across a customer's portfolio, for project development and measurement and verification, and flexible, metered loads for grid-interactive projects.
Questions About BERTBrain
Where does BERTBrain run?
BERTBrain runs on the BERTBrain Gateway and can be deployed cloud-connected or on-premises, as approved for each project. Users reach it through a web browser over HTTPS.
Who can use BERTBrain?
Your organization's authorized facilities, energy and IT staff use BERTBrain directly, with role-based access, and they don't need building automation system programming privileges. BERT supports them, and no one else gets access without your organization's authorization.
What happens to schedules if the network goes down?
Approved schedules and essential settings are stored at each controller, so control continues when cloud or network connectivity is unavailable. Each controller also keeps a 14-day rolling log of measurement data.
Does BERTBrain work with our building automation system?
BERTBrain normally runs standalone. Optional BACnet/IP integration through BERT Connect, or REST integration, is available when separately scoped for a project.
Let’s See What Your Buildings Could Save
Tell us about your facilities and we will size the opportunity: device counts, control hours and a savings range you can take to your team.