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DLV Energy combines facility assessment, engineering review, intelligent controls, professional implementation, commissioning, performance evaluation, and portfolio reporting to help organizations improve qualifying rooftop and chilled-water systems.
Explore the Complete ProcessEvery facility and HVAC system is different. Final eligibility, scope, savings projections, pricing, and performance methodology require project-specific review.
DLV Energy does not begin by assuming that every rooftop unit or chiller should receive the same solution. The process begins with the facility, equipment, controls, operating schedule, energy profile, comfort or process requirements, and the client’s technology and financial objectives.
This evidence helps identify where RTU-SC, GCOP, the AI Intelligence Platform, or a combination may be appropriate. The objective is to focus engineering and investment on qualified opportunities.
A disciplined sequence turns facility information into informed decisions, commissioned systems, and evidence-based expansion.
The process starts with an introductory conversation to understand the client’s facilities, HVAC portfolio, operating concerns, business priorities, and energy objectives.
DLV Energy gathers the information needed to identify possible retrofit opportunities. Photos, nameplate images, control screenshots, sequences of operation, and utility information may support qualification.
Submitted information is reviewed to identify compatible equipment, required controls, integration pathways, risks, and data gaps.
Packaged-unit and fan compatibility, electrical needs, compressor staging, sensors, ventilation, operating limits, thermostat or BMS logic, network architecture, and metering.
Controller and BACnet/IP compatibility, available objects, writable setpoints, allowable LCHWT range, load profile, staging, critical spaces, metering, plant sequence, and security.
Data availability, gateway and BMS requirements, dashboards, users, reporting, retention, remote access, and cybersecurity approval.
Available information supports moving toward project development.
Additional data, repairs, controls changes, or site verification are required.
Present equipment or operating conditions do not support the proposed solution.
Declining an unsuitable application protects both DLV Energy and the client.
For qualified opportunities, DLV Energy prepares a preliminary assessment using available equipment, operating, utility, and financial information.
Based on available facility assumptions and calculations.
Based on validated meter or equipment data.
Based on an approved post-installation methodology.
The recommended path depends on portfolio size, project complexity, available data, and client objectives. Pilot success criteria must be agreed upon before installation.
A plan may define selected equipment, baseline period, Evaluation Mode, metering, scope, network requirements, commissioning criteria, reporting frequency, evaluation duration, responsibilities, and the expansion decision.
Installation follows the approved scope, equipment configuration, electrical requirements, controls design, network plan, and site-safety procedures.
May include a controller, variable-speed drive, pressure and temperature sensors, current transformers, optional IAQ sensors or meter, gateway, network connection, programming, and local dashboard.
May include an optimizer controller, BACnet/IP connection, approved chiller points, optional water or space sensors and power meter, gateway, dashboard, setpoint-reset logic, and Evaluation Mode.
May include equipment mapping, facility organization, user roles, trend and reporting views, approved alerts, portfolio grouping, and data validation.
Planning may consider occupied or clinical hours, guest comfort, retail or production schedules, security and roof access, weather, shutdown windows, IT change control, and contractor coordination.
Final equipment and component selection varies by project. Installation duration depends on equipment count, electrical work, controls complexity, site access, network approval, operating restrictions, and commissioning requirements.
Installation is not complete until the system is tested, configured, and validated under actual operating conditions.
Sensors, pressure, temperature, superheat, fan limits, drive operation, compressor stages, thermostat or BMS coordination, schedules, alarms, Evaluation Mode, and energy data.
BACnet points, setpoint read/write, LCHWT limits, capacity, water and zone temperatures, fallback behavior, Evaluation Mode, meters, and baseline strategy.
Units, timestamps, labels, grouping, dashboard accuracy, trends, permissions, calculations, alert rules, and approved remote access.
Optimization must remain within the limits established during engineering and commissioning.
After commissioning, operating and energy information is reviewed using the agreed evaluation approach.
For qualifying RTU-SC and GCOP projects, Evaluation Mode may alternate optimized operation with approved baseline-style operation to support comparison under similar periods.
Weather, occupancy, load, schedules, equipment staging, maintenance, and facility operation can affect comparisons. The final methodology must be agreed before results are represented as verified savings.
Status, trends, alarms, and commissioning.
Estimated or measured behavior and comparison periods.
Financial opportunity, payback, portfolio strategy, and sustainability indicators.
When a pilot meets agreed technical and financial criteria, DLV Energy can help evaluate expansion across additional equipment, facilities, regions, or business units.
Assessment, qualification, engineering coordination, controls strategy, documentation, commissioning support, performance review, and reporting.
Equipment access, facility information, operational coordination, requirements, history, approvals, and feedback.
Network review, cybersecurity approval, addressing, BACnet access, firewall rules, permissions, and remote-access approval.
Site survey, electrical and mechanical work, controls wiring, safety, field testing, documentation, and coordination.
Final roles must be defined in the project scope.
Use this private, in-browser checklist to organize an initial assessment. Your selections are not transmitted or stored.
The process is designed to manage,not eliminate,technical, financial, operational, data, cybersecurity, and performance risk.
Compatibility review, engineering limits, commissioning, and fallback strategies.
Preliminary analysis, pilot options, agreed success criteria, and phased expansion.
Installation planning, facility coordination, and commissioned operating limits.
Validation, transparent assumptions, and clear separation of estimates and measurements.
Client-controlled approval of network access, users, connectivity, and data services.
Agreed evaluation methodology and careful qualification of results.
Poor condition, incompatible motors or interfaces, insufficient runtime, planned replacement, inadequate data, network restrictions, critical-process constraints, or existing optimization may make an asset unsuitable.
It begins with a focused discovery conversation about facilities, HVAC assets, operating priorities, available data, and decision criteria.
An equipment list, facility schedules, utility information, controls context, operating concerns, and available photos or nameplate data are useful starting points.
No. Equipment, controls, operating conditions, data availability, client requirements, and project economics all require review.
No. Packaged-unit configuration, fan motor, electrical requirements, compressor staging, ventilation needs, controls, condition, and access must be reviewed.
No. Controller compatibility, BACnet points, writable setpoints, plant sequence, safeguards, load profile, and available measurements must support the application.
Not necessarily for initial screening. Engineering may request a site survey when records, photographs, controls information, or operating data are insufficient.
Yes. They can support initial screening, although more information is normally needed before final qualification, scope, and pricing.
The team reviews compatibility, controls, integration pathways, required components, operating limits, risks, and remaining data gaps.
Preliminary analysis uses available equipment, runtime, utility, rate, load, and operating information together with documented assumptions.
No. Preliminary estimates are not guarantees, proposals, engineering studies, or utility-grade measurement-and-verification reports.
A pilot is a controlled implementation on selected equipment or at a selected facility with an agreed baseline, evaluation approach, scope, and success criteria.
No. A direct rollout may be appropriate when compatibility, data, controls, internal validation, and project economics are sufficiently understood.
Selection considers compatibility, runtime, data quality, operating representativeness, metering, site access, stakeholder needs, and expansion value.
For qualifying RTU-SC and GCOP projects, it may alternate optimized operation with approved baseline-style operation to support comparison under similar periods.
The appropriate period depends on weather, load, occupancy, schedules, equipment staging, data quality, and the agreed methodology.
The agreed approach may review meters, capacity, trends, utility data, weather, runtime, schedules, and operating differences.
Optional power metering may be included when supported by the approved scope, equipment, electrical design, and evaluation plan.
The final scope may include controllers, drives, sensors, meters, gateways, wiring, programming, dashboards, and approved network connections.
Duration depends on equipment count, electrical work, controls complexity, access, network approval, operating restrictions, and commissioning requirements.
Planning considers occupied hours, shutdown windows, safety, weather, access, IT change control, and operational constraints to manage disruption.
Roles may be shared among DLV Energy, approved HVAC or controls partners, electrical contractors, and the client team as defined in the scope.
Inputs, sensors, communications, limits, commands, fallback behavior, schedules, dashboards, alarms, and evaluation configuration are validated.
Facility-specific comfort requirements, ventilation needs, approved limits, safeguards, coordination, and operational review inform the controls strategy.
Clinical, process, and other critical requirements must be identified during assessment and incorporated into engineering, limits, approvals, and commissioning.
Integration may be available where supported points, protocols, controls architecture, permissions, and engineering review allow it.
IT may review network architecture, cybersecurity, addressing, firewall rules, BACnet access, user permissions, remote connectivity, and data services.
The approved architecture depends on the project. Local and connected components, visibility, and reporting requirements are defined during review.
Reporting may include operational status, trends, commissioning records, estimated or measured energy behavior, financial context, and portfolio priorities.
Estimates use available assumptions and calculations. Measured data comes from validated sources. Verified results follow an agreed post-installation methodology.
The client and DLV Energy can review agreed criteria, rank additional assets, plan deployment, expand reporting, and build a phased portfolio strategy.
Yes, when additional assets qualify and the client approves a practical data, installation, controls, reporting, and capital plan.
They may be combined when a facility has qualifying rooftop and chilled-water assets and the project architecture supports both workflows.
The recommendation may be to repair, replace, add data or metering, update controls, select another asset, or reassess after operational changes.
Financing or performance-based options may be discussed when an approved program or project partner is available. Availability, eligibility, pricing, and terms must be confirmed separately.
Start a facility assessment or schedule an executive briefing with the available equipment, facility, operating, and energy context.
Share your equipment, operating, and energy information with DLV Energy. Our team will help identify which assets merit further engineering review and where the strongest opportunities may exist.
