Semester or summer break.
Your HVAC doesn't know the difference
HVAC drives roughly 50% of a university's energy budget. Most systems are sized for peak — full lecture halls, packed labs, every seat filled. But a near-empty auditorium still gets conditioned like it's full. A library at midnight runs the same airflow as noon. Winter break looks like move-in week to your air handlers.
R-Zero fixes that by conditioning your buildings for who's actually in them, not who might be.
Reduces HVAC
energy 20–40%
No capital
approval required
Works through your
existing BMS
Senses real-time headcount
Every path to efficiency runs through capital.
Except this one.
4-8 weeks
Physical AI on your existing BMS, No capital request, no approval chain. Verified results in 4–8 weeks, paid from shared savings.
1.5-3+ years
Slow, competitive, and rarely full scope. When funding arrives, it comes with reporting requirements and restrictions
3-5+ years
Years out, never guaranteed, competing with deferred maintenance and new construction. Energy waste continues while waiting.
Never
Energy budgets grow, something else gets cut. The maintenance backlog gets longer every year.
What's your priority?
20–40% HVAC energy reduction, paid as a share of verified savings — it hits your P&L only after it pays for itself.
How it works
Sense
Zone-level sensors count actual real-time headcount directly in classrooms, labs, libraries, and admin buildings. No lagging CO₂ estimates, cameras, personal data, or student privacy concerns.
Optimize
Connect calculates outdoor air volume per zone using occupancy, weather, and BMS signals. ASHRAE 62.1-compliant at all times.
Act
Setpoint adjustments write to your BMS via BACnet gateway with continuous commissioning reads. The loop runs autonomously through semesters, breaks, and everything in between.
Save
Every adjustment is logged. Energy savings, occupancy trends, and air quality data flow into Connect, giving your team a verified picture of performance.
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4-8 weeks from discovery to documented results
R-Zero runs the entire deployment in coordination with your controls contractor. Sensors install during breaks or off-hours — ceiling-mounted, unobtrusive, no construction. Zero disruption to classes, labs, or campus operations.
Install
Wireless sensors deploy across your building in days. No downtime, no disruption.
Configure
Software connects to your existing BMS and establishes control sequences.
Audit & validate
Energy baselines are set. Every result measured against agreed data.
Rapid results
AI-powered ventilation goes live. Verified savings delivered.
R-Zero is paid from the savings it creates
No upfront cost,equipment purchase or capital funding.
R-Zero is paid as a share of verified energy cost reduction — verified in your utility bills, not estimated. If the savings aren't there, you don't pay. R-Zero monitors performance continuously — if savings drop, it's our problem, not yours. Start with one building and scale as results prove out.
