The Energy Anomaly

Mission: Identify and eliminate energy outliers before they drain profits

In the world of retail operations, energy waste isn’t always obvious, but it’s undeniably costly. Whether it’s a rooftop unit running overtime or a misbehaving damper, small inefficiencies across hundreds or thousands of stores can quietly rack up serious costs.

The problem? Most retailers don’t know it’s happening until it’s too late.

The Hidden Cost of Energy Anomalies

Traditionally, retail energy management has relied on quarterly, third party reports or basic utility bills, both of which offer limited insight and zero real-time feedback.

This means that:

• Stores consuming far more energy than expected may go undetected for weeks or months.
• Facilities teams are left reacting to issues after the damage is done.
• Corporate sustainability goals suffer from a lack of accurate, timely data.

In short: If you can’t see energy anomalies as they happen, you can’t fix them fast — and that’s costing your operations.

Mission Accomplished: The KODE OS Approach to Proactive Energy Management

KODE OS gives retail operations and maintenance teams a smarter way to manage energy: with live, normalized (standardized), and actionable insights that highlight where and why energy overuse is happening.

Here’s how it works:

1. Connect Your Meter and Utility Data

2. Normalize for Accuracy

3. Set a Smart Baseline

With normalized data, KODE OS establishes an “expected” energy consumption model for each store. Now you can spot your store outliers.

4. Visualize Anomalies Instantly

From a single dashboard, you can view all your stores ranked by energy deviation showing which locations are consuming more than they should, and by how much.

Imagine seeing that Store B is consuming 9.5% more energy than expected today. That’s the kind of insight that triggers meaningful action with real-time visibility.

5. Drill into the Details

6. Diagnose the Root Cause

With KODE OS, you’re not just seeing symptoms, you’re uncovering causes. For example:

• The operating system can show a damper was commanded to open 10%, but didn’t.
• Cooling kicked in anyway, wasting energy.

This level of detail empowers facilities teams to take targeted, corrective action… fast.

What This Looks Like in Practice

Let’s say one of your thousands of stores is consistently showing higher-than-expected energy use.

With KODE OS:

• You identify it immediately on the dashboard.
• You drill in and spot three rooftop units with active faults.
• You click into a fault and see that the economizer is enabled but not operating — the system is unnecessarily using electric cooling.

Instead of waiting three months for a report, you catch the issue that day and fix it before it becomes a six-figure problem.

This isn’t just a hypothetical: Before adopting KODE OS, one Fortune 100 global retailer was managing energy across hundreds of locations manually. Their operations team had to log in to each store’s system individually to review energy use: a tedious, time-consuming process that made it nearly impossible to catch anomalies in real time.

Eventually, through a manual audit, they discovered a single store had its interior lights running 24/7 for nearly two years. No alarms. No notifications. Just two years of continuous energy waste that went completely unnoticed.

With KODE OS in place, that scenario doesn’t happen anymore.

Now, their team has access to a centralized Energy Operations Dashboard that highlights when a store is using more energy than expected. If lighting is left on overnight or HVAC equipment is running inefficiently, they receive an alert and can investigate the root cause within minutes.

It’s not just about better visibility; it’s about catching small issues before they snowball into massive costs.

How KODE OS Transforms Energy Management Energy Management at Scale

When visibility improves, everything else follows. From faster issue resolution to measurable energy savings, here’s what changes once KODE OS is in place.

Turning Insights Into Impact

For many retailers, energy data is plentiful,  but insight is scarce. Even with access to usage trends, most teams don’t have the time or tools to act on them consistently.

That’s what makes KODE OS different. It doesn’t just give you dashboards, it gives you context, automation, and next steps.

Here’s what happens when your teams are empowered:

1. You spot issues faster: Instead of waiting weeks or months to notice a spike in consumption, you see it that day. You know which store, which system, and often, the likely fault.
2. You act with precision: Your technicians aren’t guessing. They’re walking in with fault-level diagnostics. That means less time troubleshooting and fewer wasted site visits.
3. You control costs: By catching energy waste early (especially across a large portfolio) you prevent inefficiencies from spiraling into high utility bills or equipment wear.
4. You support ESG and operational goals: Better energy management isn’t just about savings; it also drives your sustainability initiatives and helps you report performance with confidence.

Your Mission

If you’ve ever felt like your stores were using more energy than they should — but didn’t have the data to prove it — now you do.

KODE OS makes it easy to spot inefficiencies, understand what’s causing them, and take action. No more guesswork. No more waiting for reports. Just clear visibility and control, every day. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Stop letting invisible energy waste drain your budget.  Explore KODE OS →

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