Posted by Luke Fishback

PlotWatt is an energy analytics company that reduces utility costs for your quick-serve restaurant (QSR). PlotWatt dissects your store’s raw energy data to provide easily actionable solutions that make your business thrive – how does this happen?

When you sign up with PlotWatt, we send a certified electrician to install a PlotWatt-compatible energy monitor. This monitor collects second-by-second electricity usage data and transmits that data to PlotWatt’s cloud-based energy analytics engine. The software uses patent-pending algorithms to map the energy data from your store(s). This gives a comprehensive view of what happens at each of your restaurant(s) – from how employees turn on appliances at the start of the day to which appliances are being left on each night.

You may wonder how PlotWatt takes granular energy data from QSRs and uncovers discrete patterns for each different store. The answer is pretty cool. Each appliance has a unique energy signature, like a human fingerprint. Around here we call that a WattPrint. The PlotWatt software breaks down the data, and it analyzes the collection of WattPrints unique to your restaurant.

PlotWatt’s energy map of your restaurant reveals “problem areas” in your energy use. That means that PlotWatt sees when your employees shut down early or when your store has one group of appliances on more than necessary. The software uncovers these patterns, and PlotWatt crafts easy-to-follow, low cost/no cost suggestions that nip these issues in the bud. While PlotWatt’s primary focus is saving money, PlotWatt’s software also works to detect malfunctioning appliances and enforce standard operating procedures set by the parent company, franchise, or owner.

After you implement our recommendations, you start improving your business right away. These recommendations often save our QSR customers 10-20% on their energy bills and help protect their brand and customer experience. At PlotWatt, we do the data crunching, and you learn the best ways to help your business thrive.

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