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Add Plug Load Savings to the Customers You Already Serve
You own the customer relationship. BERT brings the specialized technology, application expertise, savings analysis, and implementation support to turn distributed equipment into a credible energy conservation measure.
Who We Partner With
ESCOs
National and regional energy service companies developing performance contracts.
Manufacturers' Reps
Energy, electrical, lighting, controls, and building-technology representatives.
Utility Trade Allies
Implementation contractors and trade allies delivering utility efficiency programs.
Engineers & Specifiers
Consulting engineers and MEP and A/E firms that write specifications.
Contractors & Integrators
Controls contractors, systems integrators, and electrical contractors with an energy practice.
Not Sure Where You Fit?
Tell us about your firm and the customers you serve, and we'll talk through the right fit.
Become a Partner →Reps & Resellers
Regional Partners
Independent firms bring BERT to the customers they already serve. Regional partners include:
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Ecosave
Headquarters: Philadelphia, PA
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Energy Design Engineers
Headquarters: Clarkston, MI
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Energy Tech Plus
Headquarters: Reisterstown, MD
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Engineered Representation (ERi)
Headquarters: Neenah, WI
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HBS Solutions
Headquarters: Edgewater, MD
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New England Solutions Group
Headquarters: North Andover, MA
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Sentinel Technology Services
Headquarters: Mount Vernon, NY
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Utility Management Solutions
Headquarters: Northampton, PA
BERT doesn't assign exclusive territories. Don't see your region? Talk to BERT and we'll connect you with the right partner or work with you directly.
Why Partners Choose BERT
Expand Your Offering
An energy conservation measure beyond lighting, HVAC, and traditional controls, for accounts you already serve.
You Don't Need to Be the Plug Load Expert
BERT helps qualify opportunities, select equipment and control strategies, analyze savings, present to customers, and develop proposals.
Good Business for Your Firm
A competitive margin and commission structure, plus managed services and expansion across buildings, campuses, and portfolios.
Built for Energy Performance Contracting
BERT was developed where projected savings must be defensible: energy performance contracts that face engineering review, savings analysis, measurement and verification, and guaranteed-performance requirements.
BERT has worked with leading national and regional energy service companies on performance-contracting projects.
See performance-contract results with NORESCO, Siemens, Brady Trane and ENGIE →
How a Partnership Works
Identify opportunities, make introductions, gather basic facility and equipment information, and help move the project forward. BERT supports technical development and implementation. Installation responsibilities depend on your capabilities and the project.
ESCO Partners
Trusted by Leading ESCOs
BERT works alongside national and regional energy service companies on performance contracts, where savings must stand up to engineering review.
How Partnering With BERT Works
The partner brings the opportunity. BERT brings the plug load expertise. You already have the customer relationship, in facilities, energy efficiency, electrical, lighting, controls or building technology. BERT adds a conservation measure many efficiency projects haven’t reached yet: the hundreds of devices left running or idling in standby, whether or not they have schedules of their own, that lighting and HVAC controls don't reach.
What You Bring
- Access to the customer, and the first conversation about where this measure could fit
- Basic facility and equipment information to get started
- Follow-through to help the project move forward
What BERT Brings
- Experience. Plug load management is what we do, and we've done it since 2011. That experience comes with every project you bring us.
- Superior hardware and software. Controllers and BERTBrain software built for one job: measuring and controlling the devices other systems don't reach.
- Support you can count on. Phone and email technical support are included, and BERT's team stays with you from the first estimate through installation and handoff.
- Always improving. A U.S.-based software team keeps improving the products and software.
- Help on every deal. Early estimates, audit support (on site for the right project, otherwise virtual), the final equipment list and specification worked out together, installation handled by BERT or by qualified partners with BERT's support, and training and handoff once the system is live.
What to Expect
- BERT doesn't hand out prospect lists. The best opportunities come from the relationships you already have.
- When a customer working with BERT needs more than plug load control, such as a full energy audit, a building envelope assessment, or a larger project with BERT as one part of the scope, we refer them to a local BERT partner. That can mean valuable work for your business beyond the BERT project.
- BERT doesn't assign exclusive territories. Partners succeed on the strength of the relationships and opportunities they bring.
- Bring us an opportunity and we'll protect it as yours while it moves forward. On public bids, every partner is treated equally.
- You don't need to become the plug load expert. BERT's team supports the technical work alongside you.
Getting started: tell us about your firm and the customers you serve, and we'll talk through where the fit is clearest. Become a Partner →
Partner Program
Become a Partner
Tell us a little about your firm and the customers you serve. A BERT partner manager will follow up to talk through fit, territory, and next steps.
Prefer email? Reach us at [email protected].
Resources for Engineers and Specifiers
BERT maintains a coordinated technical document set so each reviewer gets what they need.
| You Are | Start With |
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| Consulting Engineer / MEP / A/E Firm | Core Guide Specification (Section 26 09 80), Solution & Application Guide, product data sheets |
| Utility or Program Reviewer | Savings Calculation & M&V Support Methodology, project savings analysis, product data sheets |
| ESCO Project Developer | Solution & Application Guide, Savings Calculation & M&V Support Methodology, audit and savings analysis, product data sheets |
| Owner / Facility Technical Reviewer | Solution & Application Guide, product data sheets, FAQ, BERTBrain Gateway Setup Guide |
| Installer / Electrician | Standard Plug & Process Load SOW, product data sheets, installation and wiring instructions |
Data sheets and the FAQ are public, and engineers can request the Core Guide Specification below. Other guides and methodology are available to authorized partners and project participants. Partner Login · Request Access
For Specifiers
Get the Core Guide Specification 26 09 80
An editable Word specification for design professionals: controller selection, application limits, network coordination, installation, and acceptance. Architects, engineers, ESCOs, owners, and authorized partners may adapt it for project specifications involving BERT products.
Tell us where to send it. We email the file to the company address you enter. Most requests are sent right away; a few are reviewed by our team first.
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.