Commercial Demand Response Project Success Stories

Demand Response METER-IT™ Installations
Mad Dash’s METER-IT™ service has been utilized in thousands of demand response installations nationwide. This service is utilized by the majority of the major Curtailment Service Providers (CSPs) operating in NY, NEISO, and PJM. Mad Dash’s responsibility begins at customer sign up and commissions with end-to-end testing of the recorder(s), the auto control and the head-end software, leaving the CSP with a fully operational quantifiable portfolio.

Major Midwest Utility Load Response Enhancement Program
This utility is replacing its antiquated DR system with solid state, web-based hardware. Its objectives include customer notification of reliability events and automatic dispatching of load via existing building automation systems (BAS) and/or transfer switches and generators. By leveraging the METER-IT™ process, Mad Dash is providing field management services including customer surveys, audits, installation, and end-to-end testing of all systems.

Major Midwest Grocery Chain
A major midwest grocery chain contracted with Mad Dash to install power meters and relay modules on the ATSs at approximately 90 locations. Responsibilities included scheduling coordination, installation work, testing, and final commissioning.

National Box Store Building Automation Integration
Mad Dash provided integration, installation, and end-to-end testing of dual channel relays terminated directly to existing building controls at 130 sites throughout California. Energy reductions came from temperature and lighting set-backs.

National Dollar Discount Chain Stores
Mad Dash provided teams of field engineers to install building controls for a chain of national discount stores. The project involved 150 locations over a four-month period. Mad Dash’s utilization of field management software proved valuable in keeping crews on track and on time. The installations included control of HVAC functions, lighting control, and refrigeration monitoring.

Agricultural / Hardware Chain Supply Stores
For a project involving 500 locations of a nationwide agricultural supply chain, Mad Dash provided teams of field engineers to install building controls over an eight-month period. HVAC, lighting controls, and refrigeration monitoring were among the technologies they installed. Mad Dash’s field management software kept the crews and the project on schedule.

National Drugstore Chain
Mad Dash provided teams of field engineers to install building controls for a chain of national drugstores throughout New York, Connecticut, and Virginia. This project involved 100 locations over a two-month period. The installations included control of HVAC functions, lighting control, refrigeration monitoring, and interconnection to ADT Alarm systems.