Building Management Systems & Controls

1. Determine Your Eligibility
   Work with a building controls vendor to discuss your Building Management System (BMS) project and determine eligibility. If you or your vendor have any questions regarding project eligibility, please contact your Program Sponsor.
2. Receive Pre-Approval from Your Program Sponsor(s)
   Prior to installation of BMS, submit a completed application, Prescriptive BMS Calculator (which calculates the savings and incentives), and Required Documentation to your Program Sponsor(s) for pre-approval. If the project is served by a gas and electric Program Sponsor, all documentation must be submitted to both Program Sponsors to receive the full incentive.
   
   Required documentation includes:
   • Completed and signed application, including pre-installation signatures from customer and vendor
   • Completed Prescriptive BMS Calculator Tool
   • Proposed Sequence of Operations

   Once Program Sponsor review is completed (which may include a pre-inspection site visit), a pre-approval letter will be issued.

3. After Installation is Completed
   Once the installation has been completed, notify your Program Sponsor(s) and provide the final required documentation, including application with post-installation signatures, Prescriptive BMS Calculator (if changed from pre-approval), final control drawings indicating equipment and final Sequences of Operation, trend data report, and system screenshots as system is operational and final invoice.

   
   Incomplete applications or missing information may delay processing.

• Must be providing control to a building area larger than 5,000 square feet and less than 200,000 square feet
• Must be an existing customer of Berkshire Gas, Cape Light Compact, Eversource, Liberty Utilities, National Grid, or Unitil
• Replacement of existing building management systems require pre-approval from your Program Sponsor
• Only the installation of a new BMS on existing equipment, the replacement of an existing system greater than 10 years old, or the expansion of an existing system to control additional equipment is eligible for incentives. BMS must be installed in an existing building on existing equipment. The replacement of an operating BMS on equipment less than 10 years old or existing control points or a software upgrade is not eligible for incentives. The installation of a BMS on new equipment is not eligible for incentives.
• A BMS should include a central operator's station including a central processing unit, PC (local or remote), monitor, and printer. The operator's station should be capable of monitoring all sensors and field devices in real time. Communications shall be via modem, communications bus, wireless device, or internet connection to other microprocessor-based field services
• Once approved, install the BMS within one year

For building management systems serving areas larger than 200,000 square feet or for energy savings associated with lab and process control sequences, please contact your Program Sponsor for more information about a custom solution to savings. For existing operable building management systems needing optimization please see Equipment & Systems Performance Optimization (ESPO).