energycloud.ai

What It Is

Energy Cloud Inc. is a cleantech and building energy-efficiency management company serving commercial, multi-tenant, hotel, school, research, and industrial buildings. It offers the Energy Cloud Ai cloud platform, the gMeter submetering system, and Hummingbird HVAC products. Rather than a pure SaaS product, it is more of a combined solution built around meters/IoT hardware, a cloud-based energy management platform, and energy-saving services.

Core Capabilities

gMeter is the main platform. It can measure electricity, water, gas, BTU, as well as environmental variables such as temperature, humidity, and light levels. Power monitoring supports building-level, panel-level, and even circuit-level data, with a sampling frequency of 3–15 seconds. This can be used to identify operating patterns of equipment such as air conditioners, compressors, and fans. The platform supports uploading data to Energy Cloud’s cloud data center, allowing managers to view facilities across multiple locations from a computer or smart mobile device. For alerts, it can send SMS/email notifications based on baseline thresholds, system issues, or outages. The Hummingbird fan controller can be used to improve energy efficiency in packaged air-conditioning systems and also supports demand response.

Pricing and Deployment

The public website does not disclose plans, subscription fees, hardware pricing, or implementation costs. It only states that the gMeter platform typically has a payback period of under 3 years and offers free consultations. Deployment is clearly cloud-oriented: devices connect via WiFi, Ethernet, wired networks, or cellular networks and send data to Energy Cloud’s cloud infrastructure. No self-hosting information was found.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths lie in the breadth of metering coverage: electricity, water, gas, and BTU. It can also convert resource metrics such as kWh, gallons, and heat into monetary values, making it suitable for cost accounting. Second-level and circuit-level monitoring are also better suited than traditional monthly or 15-minute interval data for identifying waste. The downside is limited disclosure around enterprise software features: team permissions, audit logs, APIs, third-party integrations, and compliance certifications are not clearly specified, so procurement decisions would require further confirmation with the vendor.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is best suited to property owners, hotels, schools, industrial facilities, and facility management teams with real budgets for building hardware retrofits and energy-efficiency projects. It is less suitable for users who only want a lightweight SaaS dashboard. Access from China, payment methods, and local services are not disclosed, so these remain unknown. In China, comparable options include Acrel energy management solutions; internationally, alternatives include Schneider Electric EcoStruxure, Siemens Desigo, and Johnson Controls OpenBlue.