Lighting Schedule & Optimization for convenience stores: three accumulative tiers (Essential / Managed / Optimized), a Data Enabler with three models that adapt to whatever lighting control you have today, product-specific add-ons, platform-wide add-ons, and a Custom advisory layer. Built for chains where store labor is lean, footprint is small, and a circuit left on after close or a sign running at mid-day is no one's job to catch — but adds up across thousands of near-identical sites.
Each product has its own Essential / Managed / Optimized structure, its own Data Enabler, and its own set of product-specific add-ons. This document covers Lighting Schedule & Optimization. Platform-wide add-ons and the Custom layer apply across all four products.
Asset class: Walk-in coolers and freezers, beverage reach-ins, grab-and-go cases, ice machines, prepared-food refrigeration.
Pain points: Beverage product loss, ice machine downtime, prepared-food safety, refrigerant compliance.
Product 2 · AvailableAsset class: Rooftop units (RTUs) and store HVAC serving sales floor and back office.
Pain points: Customer and staff comfort, HVAC energy spend across distributed footprint, comfort complaints in lean-labor sites.
Asset class: Lighting circuits serving the sales floor, canopy and exterior signage, and back-of-house / cooler areas (~3 controllable circuits per site).
Pain points: Lights left on after close, canopy and signage running at mid-day, schedule drift, lamp-out calls handled one at a time, and lighting energy spend that is small per site but meaningful across thousands of sites.
Asset class: Site-wide energy consumption (electric, gas) — combines data across all assets, including fuel forecourt where in scope.
Pain points: Portfolio-wide visibility, outlier site detection at scale, savings capture across thousands of locations.
Candidate products under evaluation: Foodservice Equipment Reliability (where the C-store sells prepared food) and Fuel Systems Monitoring (regulated under EPA UST rules; pending Engineering confirmation).
Impact: Lighting is new for the c-store segment and has no anchor customer, so every figure is expected (pending validation), not a benchmarked result. Expected schedule discipline at Managed — roughly 1–3% of total site energy, higher on the lighting load itself — by reverting off-schedule circuits; Optimized adds burn-hour-driven lamp-life planning, expected ~2–4% energy plus group-relamp savings, across thousands of small-format sites. Per-tier ranges in the Expected outcome row below.
What it solves: Sales lighting left on after close, canopy and signage running at mid-day, dark spaces no one is watching, lighting energy that drifts off schedule across thousands of similar sites no central team can manually police, and lamp-out calls handled one at a time without remote triage.
These are the operational metrics the product monitors. What changes across tiers is who acts on them — you (Essential), Keedian's Agentic Operations (Managed), or Keedian plus continuous tuning (Optimized) — and, where the data layer adds instrumentation, which signals become available.
The core metrics are summarized below. Full methodology, thresholds, diagnosis steps, and escalation criteria are in the Metrics Catalog.
The percentage of time each lighting circuit's on/off state matched the agreed schedule for its space. The primary discipline indicator for lighting — unlike HVAC, where comfort can excuse non-compliance, lighting run against schedule is almost always pure waste.
Full detail → Metrics CatalogThe percentage of time circuits were actually on, averaged across the spaces in scope. Where Schedule Compliance asks whether the lights followed the rule, utilization asks how much they were actually used — most useful for spaces with no fixed schedule, where it exposes a stuck sensor or a failing circuit.
Full detail → Metrics CatalogAverage hours per day each circuit was on — the absolute version of utilization. Kept as its own metric because it drives lamp-life prediction (LEDs are rated in hours) and utility-rebate validation (efficiency rebates are conditional on minimum burn hours).
Full detail → Metrics CatalogEach metric includes definition, detection logic, diagnosis steps, recommended actions, escalation criteria, and prevention controls. Thresholds are reference values to be calibrated per client.
View Metrics Catalog →Each tier adds capabilities on top of the previous one. You never lose functionality by upgrading, and you can start at any tier.
Add-ons activate on top of any tier and any Data Enabler model. Each is either Domain-specific (within a product domain) or Transversal (across any contracted product). Open an add-on for its hardware, value levers, and pricing — or browse the full add-ons catalog.
Adjacent capabilities within the product domain. Hardware and pricing live on each add-on's page.
| Add-on | What it solves |
|---|---|
| Emergency Lighting Compliance | Auditable monthly self-test reporting, battery health monitoring, and code compliance evidence (NFPA 101, OSHA) for emergency egress lighting. Replaces manual monthly walkthroughs that lean store labor cannot reliably perform. |
| Exterior Lighting Photocell Control | Astronomical clock + photocell-driven control of parking-lot, canopy, signage, and facade lighting. Eliminates manual schedule updates for daylight savings, seasonal shifts, and regional variation across the fleet. |
Transversal add-ons that apply across any product you contract, charged once per site.
| Add-on | What it solves |
|---|---|
| Vendor Performance Management | Tracks vendor response time, first-visit resolution rate, and cost per ticket across any contracted product. |
| Cross-Asset Portfolio Benchmarking | Compare stores across all contracted products. Identifies outliers in consumption, failures, and operating cost. |
| BMS / EMS Integration Extension | Extend the integration to additional systems not included in the product's base Model B. |
| Custom CMMS Integration | Deep integration with your CMMS beyond the standard. |
| Data as a Service | Programmatic access to Keedian's normalized operational data for your analytics, BI, or data lake. |
| Ad-Hoc Dashboards & Reporting | Custom dashboards and one-off reports built to your spec, on top of the data Keedian already collects. |
Tailored work for needs outside the standard packaging — scoped and priced per engagement, on top of any product and any tier. Keedian owns the connectivity and data layer; the physical asset stays with you and your vendors. Browse the full advisory catalog.
| Advisory element | What it solves | Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad-hoc Solution Definition | Scoping and definition of ad-hoc solutions for needs not described in the standard tier model. | Transversal | All products |
| Field Services | On-site work on the connectivity layer — sensor calibration, gateway and smart-thermostat installation, integration validation — plus coordination of your HVAC vendor for asset repairs. | Transversal | All products |
| Sustainment | Post-deployment maintenance of the Keedian layer — sensor recalibration, firmware updates, hardware replacement, and periodic integration validation. | Transversal | All products |
| Customer-specific SOPs | Bespoke operating procedures — vendor-specific dispatch rules, regional escalation matrices, pre-dispatch approval workflows, and brand-aligned site communication scripts. | Transversal | All products |
| Custom Reporting | Bespoke executive and operational reports built to your specification on top of the data Keedian already collects. | Transversal | All products |
| One-off Integrations | Bespoke integrations with proprietary systems or clouds for which Keedian has no standard connector. | Transversal | All products |
Pricing: project-based · scoped per engagement
The Managed and Optimized tiers are delivered through Agentic Operations — AI agents and human operators working together against the same operational rules and the same SLA.
AI agents handle the routine, high-volume work. They monitor schedule compliance and circuit utilization in real time across thousands of sites, triage common lighting events like a circuit reading on outside its scheduled window, auto-revert off-schedule circuits to their scheduled state where controls allow, track cumulative burn hours to flag lamps approaching end of life, detect lamp, ballast, and driver degradation before a circuit goes dark, identify outlier sites in a fleet of thousands of similar locations, draft work orders with the suspected root cause, and verify closure with telemetry evidence. They work 24/7 against the schedules you set.
Human operators handle the exceptions. When a control fault needs a conversation with the store manager, when a schedule change needs customer approval before acting, when a relamp visit needs to be coordinated with your electrical contractor — that's the human side of the team. Operators also manage the customer relationship, refine the operating rules over time, and own the outcome reporting.
One service, one SLA, one accountability. The split between AI and human is invisible to you — you call Keedian, you read Keedian's reports, you measure Keedian against the contract. The internal mechanism evolves as the agentic stack matures; your contract does not change with it.
The Data Enabler is how the operational signal enters Keedian. We respect the investment you've already made in your lighting control — if you have a working networked lighting control system, we connect to it. If you don't, we install hardware. If you have partial coverage, we fill the gaps. The managed service, dashboards, SLA, and outcomes are identical across all three models.
The most common starting point for c-store chains. You don't have networked lighting control or panel scheduling — circuits run on manual switches, local time clocks, or standalone photocells. C-stores typically operate without site-level lighting automation, so Model A is the default path.
Your lighting control exposes data through open protocols: BACnet, DALI, 0-10V, or a documented vendor platform — Acuity nLight, Lutron Vive/Athena, Tridium. Less common in c-store than in grocery, but present in larger or newer-build chains.
Your lighting system is legacy or closed and needs a vendor gateway to reach: legacy Lutron Quantum, WattStopper/Hubbell, Encelium. Common where a one-time install was never connected to anything.
You have partial coverage: networked control on some circuits or some stores but not all, recent acquisitions running different systems, or a canopy photocell on a separate system from the in-store lighting.
Maintained by Product + Engineering. Lets Sales quote on the spot without engineering scoping. Classification is pre-assigned per system; any system not on this list requires Engineering review before quoting.
A convenience-store chain with 500 sites, averaging 3 lighting circuits per site (typical small-format c-store: sales floor, canopy / signage, and back-of-house / cooler). They choose Optimized tier. The only difference between scenarios is the Data Enabler.
No networked lighting control or panel scheduling installed — circuits run on manual switches, local time clocks, or standalone photocells. Most common scenario for c-store chains. Keedian provides the panel control and metering node end-to-end, with rollout designed for fast multi-site activation.
| Item | Calculation | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Setup per site | 500 × $0 | $0 |
| Hardware per circuit (Optimized, $0/circuit) | 500 × 3 × $0 | $0 |
| One-time subtotal | $0 | |
| Optimized subscription (Model A) | 500 × $0 × 12 | $0/year |
| Annual recurring subtotal | $0/year |
Same chain, but networked lighting control over an open protocol is already deployed across the fleet — BACnet, DALI, 0-10V, Acuity nLight, or Lutron Vive/Athena (classified as B-Open, +$3/site/month). Less common in c-store than in grocery, but present in larger or newer-build chains. 3-year minimum contract.
| Item | Calculation | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Setup per site | $0 (Keedian absorbs integration) | $0 |
| Hardware | $0 (existing lighting control) | $0 |
| One-time subtotal | $0 | |
| Optimized subscription (Model B-Open) | 500 × $0 × 12 | $0/year |
| Annual recurring subtotal | $0/year |
"We don't charge you to integrate your nLight or Vive across 500 sites — we use the lighting control investment you've already made. You only pay for the service, and the service is identical to a customer with no controls: same SLA, same operating playbook, same expected outcomes. The only difference is you start with $0 in capex."
Lighting follows the exact same Essential / Managed / Optimized structure as HVAC Comfort & Optimization. This consistency makes the offering easy for Sales to explain and for customers to understand across products on the same fleet.
Like HVAC, lighting is commandable from Essential up. An off-schedule circuit auto-reverts to its scheduled state where controls allow, rather than waiting for a site visit. Lighting Remote Command is included in Essential — the revert is the primary remediation, not the dispatch.
C-store lighting variable pricing is per lighting circuit because circuit count is what scales effort and value — a typical small-format site has ~3 controllable circuits (sales floor, canopy/signage, back-of-house/cooler). Larger formats with prepared-food areas may have more.
C-store HVAC is anchored in 7-Eleven outcomes, but lighting is new for the segment and has no anchor customer. Every outcome on this page is expected (pending validation) and framed conservatively. The page does not claim 7-Eleven lighting results — 7-Eleven anchors HVAC only.
Lighting savings are a smaller line than HVAC. Essential is visibility and foundation; Managed adds schedule discipline (expected ~1–3% of total site energy, higher on the lighting load); Optimized adds burn-hour-driven lamp-life planning (expected ~2–4% plus group-relamp savings). Avoided truck rolls is a minor, qualitative benefit for lighting — group-relamp planning and remote auto-revert — never a headline number.
Unlike HVAC, the lighting Optimized tier has no real-time optimization agent and no IPMVP measurement. The differentiator is the predictive-metrics dashboard — circuit-level health and early-warning indicators — and burn-hour-driven lamp-life planning. The pre-emptive ticketing it informs runs as a managed service.
If a customer contracts both HVAC and Lighting under Model A, the connectivity gateway is shared (one per site). The setup fee is not duplicated — only added once.