BTune is on a mission to accelerate the transition to a net zero future.
BTune was born from a bold belief: the world's existing building stock can achieve net zero through continuous optimization of existing systems, not demolition, extensive upgrades, or capital-intensive overhauls.
Building operations account for 27% of annual global emissions.
That's a problem we're passionate about solving.
BTune was created for a simple reason: to help buildings decarbonize at a global scale. But we also understand the challenges for building owners and operators to lower emissions without hurting their businesses.
That's why everything about BTune, from the way it operates to how our fees are structured, is designed to eliminate the tradeoff between environmental and business performance.
We believe in creating better buildings for a better world. We also believe that better buildings don't have to come at a cost.
Not only are energy-optimized buildings better for our environment, but they are also better for our customers' balance sheets, for the comfort and health of the occupants, for the leases of the tenants, and for companies targeting ambitious ESG and Net Zero carbon targets.
THE INSIGHT
Existing buildings can be retrofit to Net Zero.
As part of his PhD thesis, Shaan Cory audited more than 50 commercial buildings to prove that the existing building stock could be retrofitted to achieve Net Zero.
This was an important finding for the industry. Roughly 80% of today’s buildings will still be in use by 2050, the primary global deadline for achieving net zero emissions. That means that improving the performance of existing buildings is essential to decarbonization at a global scale.
It also ignited a passion to figure out the most efficient way to improve the energy and carbon performance at scale.
While working as a Building Scientist at Beca, one of Asia-Pacific's largest professional services and engineering firms, Shaan spent his days conducting energy audits and manual building tune-ups for his clients.
It was here he discovered that most buildings are wasting between 20-30% of the energy used by the HVAC system simply because controls were not optimized. What's more, optimizing the controls wasn't very complex; it just took a lot of time and effort.
Having manually tuned hundreds of buildings himself, he realized Net Zero could never be achieved through current approaches to building optimization.
THE PROBLEM
Most buildings waste energy for no reason.
THE APPROACH
What if tech could do what humans do, continuously?
To speed up his own projects, Shaan created a program that could analyze building data and quickly identify the most common inefficiencies he typically saw in most buildings. It was a step forward but still limited by the need for controls contractors to actually make the changes.
That's when Richard Adlard took notice, who at the time was responsible for the development and application of new technologies for Beca's New Ventures Accelerator.
With a background in computer science and software development, he started working with Shaan to determine a more scalable solution that could not only find inefficiencies, but actually make the changes via supervisory control.
And there, BTune was born. The initial concept was backed by Beca who provided access to expansive domain expertise and the ability to prove concept in real customer buildings.
From that earliest iteration, BTune has evolved into a comprehensive energy efficiency solution for the built environment. Our world-class tech enables our industry-leading pricing model where we bet on ourselves because we know BTune delivers for our customers.
Most importantly, we've enabled real estate owners and operators to pursue energy efficiency and decarbonization without having to make tradeoffs with building and financial performance.
We believe in creating better buildings for a better world. We also believe that better buildings don't have to come at a cost to business performance
