Productization
Small retail · Segment hub

Comfort, light, and energy that hold up across thousands of small-format sites.

Productization for small-retail chains — apparel, beauty, and specialty banners (clothing, cosmetics, accessories, and similar). Small store footprint (500–8,000 sq ft), simple building infrastructure, no refrigeration load, and customer comfort as the primary operational objective — customers spend significant time browsing, making climate control critical. Keedian covers three asset domains: HVAC (RTUs and store HVAC — the dominant asset class), Lighting (interior, exterior signage, back-of-house) and Energy (site-wide electric and gas). Built for chains where in-house facilities support is limited, store staff are operations people (not facilities), and internal expertise on building systems is generally low.

Expected impact across the portfolio
  • Energy savings — Up to 30%, combined across HVAC, Lighting and Energy
  • Avoided truck rolls — Up to 60% fewer reactive dispatches across unattended sites
  • Asset lifespan — Up to 20% longer useful life on HVAC and lighting fixtures
  • Customer experience — comfort and ambience consistency across every site

Portfolio ceilings — expected (pending validation). Per-product quantitative ranges live in each product page's Expected outcome row.

Small retail format
In progress

In-Mall Tenant catalog being defined.

The in-mall tenant catalog is in scoping. The boundary depends on the lease structure and which equipment the tenant operates directly — typically the products that apply are Lighting (tenant-controlled fixtures inside the leased space), Energy (sub-meter visibility on the tenant's consumption), and a limited HVAC scope where the tenant owns individual zone equipment.

Refrigeration is not applicable to small retail in either format. The Keedian operating model — Essential / Managed / Optimized tiers, Agentic Operations, and the same SLA — does not change with the format.

00 Products

Pick a product.

Each Keedian product targets a specific asset in your store. Click a card to open the product page.

Two formats: standalone (own building, full catalog) and in-mall tenant (reduced catalog, since the property operator controls common HVAC and infrastructure). This page covers the standalone format. Use the toggle at the top to preview the in-mall scope.

01 HVAC Comfort & Optimization

Executive summary

Impact: Up to 15–30% HVAC energy savings, 45–60% fewer truck rolls, and 10–20% longer RTU life across small-format unattended stores at the Optimized tier — with measurable wins already at Managed. Per-tier ranges in the Expected outcome row below.

What it solves: Comfort complaints that translate directly to lost sales, runaway HVAC energy spend, premature RTU failures driving emergency service calls, schedule and setpoint drift no small-team owner can manually police, and the cost of dispatching vendors without remote triage.

Main value drivers
Customer experience Energy savings Avoided truck rolls Asset lifespan
01b Optimization Metrics

The metrics you'll want to optimize.

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.

HVAC · Operational signal
Runtime

Average compressor hours per day while actively running. The baseline signal for operational health — flags equipment running too long (degraded efficiency or capacity issues) and too short (scheduling or data problems) before the pattern becomes a larger issue.

Full detail → Metrics Catalog
HVAC · Equipment performance
Cooling ΔT

Temperature difference a cooling stage develops across its heat-transfer surface — return vs supply air on an RTU or AHU, chilled-water return vs supply across a chiller's evaporator, or entering vs leaving water on a cooling tower. Measures how effectively the equipment moves heat. A declining or persistently low ΔT is the earliest remote signal of degradation — fouled coils or tubes, low flow, or a failing charge — often visible weeks before a comfort failure or breakdown.

Full detail → Metrics Catalog
HVAC · Operational discipline
Setpoint Compliance

Percentage of time the thermostat setpoint matched the agreed corporate policy. Measures whether the system is being operated as configured — independent of whether the physical outcome was reached. Most reliable signal of override patterns at the site level.

Full detail → Metrics Catalog
HVAC · Comfort outcome
Temperature Compliance

Percentage of time actual space temperature was within the expected range during evaluated hours. Measures the physical outcome — whether the equipment is delivering the required comfort. Correct setpoints with poor temperature compliance is the clearest signal of an equipment or capacity issue.

Full detail → Metrics Catalog

Each 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 →
02 Structure

Three accumulative tiers.

Each tier adds capabilities on top of the previous one. You never lose functionality by upgrading, and you can start at any tier.

Component
EssentialVisibility
ManagedAgentic Operations 24/7
OptimizedAgentic Operations + intelligence
Customer promise
"I can see and operate my entire HVAC fleet from one place — consistent conditions, consistent standards, across every location."
"Keedian actively monitors my HVAC 24/7, takes action when it matters, and dispatches only when remote action isn't enough. My locations stay comfortable, my standards are enforced, and I don't have to chase issues."
"Keedian optimizes my HVAC continuously — comfort is maximized, energy is captured, and problems are caught before they affect the store."
Expected outcome
Illustrative ranges, pending validation — actual results depend on your current baseline (equipment age, existing controls, climate, and utility rate structure). Energy figures are savings on HVAC energy use, not the total utility bill.
  • Energy savings: 5–10%
  • Avoided truck rolls: Foundation
  • Asset lifespan: Foundation
  • Customer experience: Faster identification of comfort issues
  • Energy savings: 10–20%
  • Avoided truck rolls: 30–50%
  • Asset lifespan: 5–10%
  • Customer experience: Comfort complaints resolved faster, fewer left unresolved
  • Energy savings: 15–30%
  • Avoided truck rolls: 45–60%
  • Asset lifespan: 10–20%
  • Customer experience: Proactive comfort — issues caught before customers complain
Data Enabler
Pick the model that matches what you already have
Model A — Keedian Direct
  • Per RTU: smart wireless thermostat, supply air temperature sensor, return air temperature sensor
  • One connectivity gateway per site (covers all monitored RTUs; shared with Refrigeration, Lighting, or Energy if those products are also contracted)
Model B — Keedian Connect

See full description below ↓

Model C — Hybrid

See full description below ↓

Same Data Enabler as Essential.
You keep the model you chose. The managed service is delivered the same way regardless of model.
Managed's Data Enabler, plus:
Model A:
  • Outdoor air sensor (temp + humidity) per site
  • Pressure / refrigerant-charge sensor per RTU (enables advanced FDD and refrigerant leak detection)
  • Additional optional sensors evaluated per site profile — CT clamp per RTU for direct kWh sub-metering (enables rigorous IPMVP M&V), filter differential-pressure, economizer damper position feedback, fan motor current / vibration monitoring, air-curtain integration, CO2 / DCV ventilation control
Models B / C:

See full description below ↓

Platform Capabilities
  • Site and portfolio dashboardsReal-time and historical visibility into the assets and metrics included in scope, with live alarms where applicable
  • Cross-site benchmarking with outlier detectionSee which locations drift from the fleet
  • Ticket workspaceAlarms auto-filter into a managed queue that you and your team work yourselves: triage, resolve remotely, or dispatch on each ticket
  • Conversational AI AssistantNatural-language questions on your data plus automated anomaly detection across the fleet
  • HVAC Ad-Hoc CommandChange setpoints on demand or push operating schedules across the HVAC assets and aggregation levels included in scope
  • And moreRole-based access, alarm history, data export, web and mobile parity
  • Everything in Essential
  • SLA tracking and service performanceLive SLA compliance against contractual targets per priority level
  • Standard CMMS integrationOut-of-the-box connectors for Fexa, Corrigo, ServiceNow and others; custom field maps or workflow adjustments may apply depending on your configuration
  • And moreClosure evidence on every ticket, weekly ops digest, post-incident reviews
  • Everything in Managed
  • Real-time Demand Optimization AgentCycles equipment within comfort bands to flatten demand peaks against your utility's rate model (kW demand-charge avoidance)
  • HVAC predictive metricsDashboards with advanced and predictive health metrics and early-warning indicators (roadmap — coming later) for the HVAC assets and metrics included in scope, evolving toward forward-looking views of failures and performance drift across the portfolio
  • IPMVP-compliant Measurement & VerificationSavings vs contracted baseline, exportable for executive and ESG reporting
  • And moreCross-site benchmarking with savings ranking, custom optimization rules, executive briefing reports
Managed service scope
Identical regardless of Data Enabler model (A, B, or C)
No managed service.
  • You and your team manage alarms, tickets, and remote commands yourselves from the dashboards
24/7 HVAC operations:
  • Real-time alarm and ticket monitoring — Alarms and tickets generated from the assets and metrics included in scope are monitored, triaged, and worked by Keedian agents in real time, in accordance with the agreed operating procedures and escalation paths AI
  • Reactive site requests — Sites can reach Keedian on any channel; our AI evaluates each request and opens a ticket when one is warranted — a fault, a setpoint-change request, or a question — feeding it into the same triage-and-resolve workflow AI + Human
  • Reactive CMMS intake — Tickets triggered by the customer's CMMS are ingested and routed into the same triage-and-resolve workflow, with our AI evaluating and enriching each one AI + Human
  • Remote resolution first — Every ticket gets a remote-resolution attempt by Keedian Ops before a truck roll is scheduled, with the avoided truck rolls counted toward the Managed-tier ROI report AI
  • Field dispatch when needed — Keedian Ops creates the work order, hands off to the customer's CMMS, and tracks resolution against SLA Human
  • Root cause analysis on close — Every closed ticket includes a documented root cause and the corrective action taken, feeding into recurring-failure detection AI
  • Recurring-failure detection — Sites or units with repeat tickets are flagged for replacement or vendor escalation, with the recurrence pattern surfaced in the monthly executive report AI
Operations + intelligence:
  • Everything in Managed, plus
  • Predictive ticket origination (roadmap — coming later) — AI and multi-variable FDD logic use the assets, metrics, baselines, and predictive signals included in scope to open and work tickets for emerging fault patterns before a conventional alarm or customer report AI
  • Proactive setpoint command — Keedian Ops issues approved setpoint and schedule changes directly through the platform on your behalf; you review and approve from the audit log AI + Human
  • Additional HVAC FDD coverage — Analytics-driven fault detection on Runtime, Cooling Delta T, Setpoint Compliance, and Temperature Compliance is fully worked by Keedian Ops, aligned with the advanced and predictive metrics dashboards in Platform Capabilities AI
Reporting
  • Portfolio compliance report% of sites in compliance for each HVAC optimization metric (Runtime, Cooling Delta T, Setpoint Compliance, Temperature Compliance) for the period, with monthly trend per metric
  • Site compliance reportPer-site averages for Runtime and Cooling Delta T with compliance flag, plus % of time each site was in Setpoint and Temperature compliance, all with monthly trends
  • Alarm and ticket volume reportMonthly HVAC alarms, tickets generated, and alarm-to-ticket conversion rate across the fleet
  • Top alarm and ticket sourcesRanked list of sites and devices generating the most alarms and tickets
  • Everything in Essential
  • SLA & MTTR performanceSLA compliance against contracted targets per priority level, combined with Mean Time to Resolution by priority for fleet and per-site, with monthly compliance and resolution-time trends
  • Reactive ticket activitySummary of reactive tickets received (phone, CMMS, customer-initiated) categorized by type, plus the cross-analysis of reactive vs proactive tickets including the % of tickets Keedian proactively initiated
  • Avoided truck rolls reportTickets resolved remotely without dispatch, with estimated cost savings
  • Managed-tier ROI reportEnergy savings proxy (weather-normalized) plus avoided truck rolls, monetized
  • Comfort complaint summaryBy site, by month, with resolution time and root cause distribution
  • Everything in Managed
  • Predictive alarm and ticket reportAlarms and tickets generated proactively by predictive models, with prediction accuracy and lead time before operational impact
  • Optimized-tier ROI reportManaged ROI plus Equipment Lifetime Extension (predictive maintenance impact) and Demand Optimization savings adjusted by the site's utility billing model (kW demand-charge avoidance)
  • Quarterly improvement opportunitiesOperational, CAPEX, and other recommendations from the AI agents, ranked by expected impact
  • IPMVP M&V quarterly reportFormal Measurement & Verification per IPMVP protocol vs contracted baseline; backed by per-RTU CT sub-metering when deployed, modeled from runtime + nameplate otherwise; exportable for executive and ESG reporting
  • Outlier deep divesQuarterly analysis of bottom-quartile sites with root-cause analysis and recommended interventions
SLA
  • 99.5% monthly platform availability (UI, API, alerting)
  • SLA by event priority (P1–P5)
  • Monthly compliance reporting
  • SLA from Managed
  • Specific SLA for failure anticipation and energy savings capture
Pricing
HW provision, installation, and integration are one-time; subscription is recurring. Preliminary, subject to review.
Model A · Direct
  • HW provision base (gateway): Price per site
  • HW provision per HVAC Asset (ex. RTU) (sensor pack): Price per HVAC Asset (ex. RTU)
  • Installation & commissioning: Price per HVAC Asset (ex. RTU)
  • Subscription: Price per site per month (Up to 3 devices)
Model B · Connect
  • No HW provision, no installation
  • Integration: Free or paid — depends on integration scope (open-protocol BMS is typically free; proprietary or custom integrations are quoted at SOW)
  • Subscription: Price per site per month (same as Model A)
Model C · Hybrid
  • Integration: Same as Model B — free or paid based on integration scope
  • Subscription: Price per site per month (same as Model A)
Model A · Direct
  • Everything in Essential
  • Subscription: Price per site per month
Model B · Connect
  • Subscription: Price per site per month (same as Model A)
Model C · Hybrid
  • Subscription: Price per site per month (same as Model A)
Model A · Direct
  • Everything in Managed
  • Subscription: Price per site per month
Model B · Connect
  • Subscription: Price per site per month (same as Model A)
Model C · Hybrid
  • Subscription: Price per site per month (same as Model A)
02a Add-ons

Adjacent capabilities, on top of 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.

Domain-specific

Adjacent capabilities within the product domain. Hardware and pricing live on each add-on's page.

Add-onWhat it solves
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Monitoring Tracks CO2, VOCs, and PM2.5 to validate ventilation effectiveness and support employee/customer wellness reporting. Useful for compliance with stricter indoor air standards.
Air Curtain Monitoring & Control Monitors and controls entrance air curtains — on/off state, runtime, and activation compliance — so the thermal barrier is actually running when doors are open.
Restroom Odor Monitoring Tracks restroom air quality (VOC / odor index) and flags spikes so cleaning is dispatched before customers notice.

Platform-wide

Transversal add-ons that apply across any product you contract, charged once per site.

Add-onWhat it solves
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.
02b Advisory

An advisory layer, not a tier.

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 elementWhat it solvesTypeDomain
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
HVAC Retrofit — Connectivity & Savings Evaluation Connectivity and control-sequence design for HVAC retrofits, plus savings evaluation. Keedian scopes the controls and telemetry and quantifies expected savings — not the mechanical retrofit. Domain-specific hvac
RTU Replacement Input A data-driven shortlist of the RTUs that are candidates for replacement, based on runtime, failure history, and efficiency signals. Domain-specific hvac
Chiller Plant Engineering — Sequence & Savings Evaluation Sequence-of-operations design and savings evaluation for the central cooling plant. Keedian designs the chilled-water / condenser-water control sequences and quantifies expected plant savings — not the mechanical plant work. Domain-specific hvac

Pricing: project-based · scoped per engagement

02c How Agentic Operations works

A hybrid of AI agents and human operators, working as one service.

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 alarms in real time across thousands of sites, triage common HVAC false positives like short cycling and sensor drift, run fault detection on RTUs (compressor degradation, fan failures, refrigerant loss), generate setpoint and schedule recommendations driven by weather forecast, 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 comfort thresholds you set.

Human operators handle the exceptions. When a comfort complaint requires conversation with the store manager, when a setpoint change needs customer approval before acting, when a vendor escalation needs a human voice on the phone — 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.

03 Data Enabler

We capture HVAC signal wherever it lives: our thermostats, your BMS, or both.

The Data Enabler is how the operational signal enters Keedian. We respect the investment you've already made in your building automation — if you have a working BMS / EMS / smart thermostats, we connect to them. 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.

Model A · Direct
Keedian Direct

You don't have networked thermostats or a BMS — or what you have isn't producing usable data quality. Common in small retail with standalone analog or basic programmable thermostats.

  • Per RTU: smart wireless thermostat, supply air temperature sensor, return air temperature sensor
  • One connectivity gateway per site (shared with Refrigeration, Lighting, or Energy if those products are also contracted)
  • In Optimized tier, outdoor air sensor and pressure / refrigerant-charge sensor are added. Additional optional sensors available per site profile (CT clamp for kWh sub-metering, filter ΔP, economizer damper, fan monitoring, air curtain, CO2 / DCV)
  • Installation included in the setup
  • Setup: Price per site (install designed for fast multi-site rollout)
  • Per HVAC Asset (ex. RTU): Price per HVAC Asset (ex. RTU) (sensor pack; Optimized adds the charge sensor)
  • Standard recurring
Model B-Open · Connect
Open protocols

Your thermostat platform exposes data through open protocols: BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, documented REST APIs. Ecobee/Pelican with API, modern smart thermostat platforms.

  • Integration through Keedian's standard connectors (already built and reusable)
  • No Keedian hardware (or minimal if specific data is missing)
  • Integration cost absorbed by Keedian
  • No setup, no per-unit hardware
  • Recurring +$3/site/month vs. Model A
  • 3-year minimum contract
Model B-Proprietary · Connect
Proprietary protocols

Your thermostat platform uses closed protocols without modern APIs and requires reverse engineering: proprietary thermostat clouds without API access, email-based reporting.

  • Custom integration built by Keedian (initial reverse engineering, then reusable across customers with the same system)
  • No Keedian hardware (or minimal if specific data is missing)
  • Integration cost absorbed by Keedian
  • No setup, no per-unit hardware
  • Recurring +$5/site/month vs. Model A
  • 3-year minimum contract
Model C · Hybrid
Partial coverage

You have partial coverage: smart thermostats on some RTUs but not all, recent acquisitions running different systems, or thermostats in a subset of stores.

  • A blend of Models A and B
  • Uses existing controls data where it exists
  • Adds Keedian thermostats where coverage is missing
  • Scoped per site based on coverage
  • Setup and per-unit charges scoped per HVAC Asset (ex. RTU) that needs Keedian hardware
  • Intermediate recurring
Why Keedian can absorb the integration cost: integrations are reusable across customers running the same BMS or thermostat platform. The first build is the investment; every subsequent customer with the same system runs at high margin. Small-retail chains run smaller fleets, so B-Proprietary integrations remain selective; the standard B-Open path covers the bulk of cases (Ecobee/Pelican with API).

System classification

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.

Model A · Direct
No BMS classification needed
  • You don't have networked thermostats or a BMS installed
  • What you have produces poor data quality
  • You prefer Keedian thermostats end-to-end
Model B-Open · +$3 / site / month
Open protocols
  • Ecobee / Pelican thermostats with API
  • Native BACnet / Modbus / MQTT systems (rare in small retail)
  • Honeywell / Resideo with documented API
Model B-Proprietary · +$5 / site / month
Proprietary protocols
  • Proprietary thermostat clouds without API
  • Email-based reporting only
  • Legacy thermostat platforms without documented integration
Exception → Custom: If an integration takes more than ~300 hours of engineering, isn't reusable across customers, or requires one-off development for a system without precedent, it falls outside Model B and is sold as Advisory work (section 02b).
05 Design notes

Why the structure is built this way.

HVAC is the primary product

For standalone small-retail, HVAC is the largest controllable line in store operating cost beyond labor and rent. Comfort failures translate directly to lost sales — a hot store on a Saturday is a measurable revenue hit. Energy Intelligence is now available; Lighting is in development. HVAC remains the most defensible first product for the segment.

Per RTU, not per site

HVAC variable pricing is per RTU because RTU count varies across small-retail formats — a single-storefront apparel store may have 1 RTU, a small-format big-and-tall may have 6+. Per-RTU pricing scales fairly with both customer value and Keedian effort.

Same operating model as Grocery and C-store

The Essential / Managed / Optimized tiers, the Data Enabler model selection, the Agentic Operations split between AI agents and human operators, and the SLA structure are identical across the three retail segments. The differences are in scale (fleet size, asset count per site), vocabulary (buyer persona), and a few segment-specific add-ons.

Standalone today, in-mall to come

This page covers the standalone format only. The in-mall tenant catalog is in scoping — typically Lighting and Energy with a limited HVAC scope, since the property operator controls common HVAC and core infrastructure. The toggle on this page lets readers see what's coming.

Owner-operator buyer in Essential

Essential tier in small retail often lands with a Store Operations Manager or Regional Manager rather than a VP of Facilities — small chains rarely have a dedicated facilities function. The product page and Sales talk track lead with operational outcomes (comfort, store visits, energy line) rather than facilities-team workflow language.

Shared gateway across products

If a customer contracts both HVAC and a future Lighting or Energy product under Model A, the connectivity gateway is shared (one per site). The setup fee is not duplicated — only added once.

06 Document meta

About this document.

Product HVAC Comfort & Optimization (1 of 3)
Segment Small retail — chains with distributed small-format sites
Status Draft for internal review
Version v1 · May 2026