BUILDING AUTOMATION IN Providence
Energy Costs
23.17¢/kWh
2024 Narragansett Electric (Rhode Island Energy) commercial bundled average · EIAU.S. commercial average (2024): 12.75¢/kWh
High electricity costs make upgrading older building controls a practical operating-expense opportunity.
Utility-territory average for bundled commercial customers; individual property tariffs are separate.
Building Requirements
Providence’s Building Energy Reporting Ordinance (BERO) requires annual benchmarking. Buildings of 50,000+ sq ft began reporting in 2025; those of 20,000–49,999 sq ft began in 2026.
Benchmarking makes inefficient properties more visible and supports modernization decisions.
BERO is an energy-reporting requirement. Rhode Island’s adopted energy code also shapes qualifying new construction.
Potential Incentives
Rhode Island Energy offers Energy Management Systems retrofits, monitoring-based commissioning, and building analytics or targeted systems optimization through commercial retrofit programs.
Project scope, savings documentation, and pre-approval determine incentive awards.
EIA Table 7 reports 2024 revenue per kWh for bundled commercial utility customers, excluding separate third-party supply. The U.S. reference covers all commercial customers and provides context rather than an exact like-for-like comparison. These historical averages differ from current tariffs and individual building bills.
Existing Building
Modern building automation can help reduce unnecessary heating, cooling, ventilation, and lighting use while giving your operations team a clearer picture of building performance. IBIS can explore a wired, wireless, or hybrid approach based on what is already installed and the disruption your property can tolerate.
For Providence owners, high electricity prices and accessible control-oriented incentive pathways create a meaningful reason to revisit aging systems. Focus on practical improvements with limited disruption and improved day-to-day oversight.
Explore RetrofitCoordinate occupancy-aware controls, schedules, zone settings, and monitoring around your project design.
Evaluate connections to existing plant and equipment. Bisly Aurora wireless can reduce new cabling in suitable spaces.
Coordinate supported systems through one building-management interface.
New Construction
Specify an integrated building automation platform early so HVAC, lighting, metering, and other supported systems can be designed as a coordinated whole. The Bisly wired portfolio is the preferred starting point for new construction, with flexibility for project-specific requirements.
Integrate control and monitoring from the initial design, with durable operating efficiency as the objective.
PROVEN PERFORMANCE
Bisly is updating lighting and HVAC controls across a roughly 22,000 m² former bank headquarters for multi-tenant offices. The project remains in progress.
Explore IBIS project examplesTell us about your property, planned project, or building operations priorities. We'll explore how Bisly can help.
Electricity: EIA 2024 commercial bundled utility averages. National reference: 2024 all-commercial average. Regulations and programs depend on property and utility territory. Reviewed 2026-10-25.
