Site Controls grows with energy management (Austin)

Technology being developed by an Austin company to enable customers to lower energy costs is catching on as both a smart-grid and environmental product.

Site Controls LLC, an energy management company founded in 2003, developed its Site-Command device for energy management to enable clients to remotely control utilities for chain stores and chain restaurants. In addition to reducing operating costs, the product enables clients to work with utility companies to reduce power loads when it’s most critical to do so.

Site Controls LLC is capitalizing on the increased demand for energy management tools by tripling its marketing budget this year and focusing largely on full-service restaurants and non-U.S. customers, CEO Dan Sharplin said. He said revenue doubled from 2008 to 2009, but he declined to talk specifics.

“We’re going to keep doing what we’ve been doing and build brand awareness,” he said.

Site Controls said it monitors more than 300,000 of its clients’ end-use devices. The company, which employs about 80 workers, doesn’t disclose its annual revenue.

Site-Command is a hardware device equipped with Site Controls’ proprietary software.

Read the full story in the Austin Business Journal.