One building.
One intelligence.
The whole-building energy autopilot.
ORLA learns how building systems interact. It anticipates future needs and autonomously coordinates equipment — as one system.
The intelligence
is in the interaction.
A modern building contains many smart systems. But the best decision for each device in isolation is not necessarily the best decision for the building.
Kitchen → HVAC
Heat from breakfast preparation changes the actual heating demand of nearby spaces.
PV → Hot water + BESS
Surplus generation can prepare hot water or charge a battery — depending on what will be needed next.
EV → Building power
EV charging can coincide with HVAC start-up. Coordinating loads can avoid a shared peak.
How should the whole building operate, considering what happens next?
Sense now. Predict next. Decide together.
ORLA sits above existing BMS, EMS and device controllers. It brings local data, forecasts and owner constraints into one decision loop.
Sense
Zone temperatures, occupancy, equipment, energy, weather, prices, PV generation and battery SOC.
Predict
Future zone needs, temperature changes, power peaks and the cost of preparing the building.
Decide
Which resources to use, when and how intensely. Evaluate consequences across the whole system.
Coordinate
Execute within comfort, process and safety limits. Learn from the outcome.
You define the boundaries. ORLA chooses the strategy.
There is no need to switch the building between savings, comfort and flexibility modes. ORLA adapts the trade-off to weather, occupancy, prices, thermal state and stored energy.
COMFORT
Prepare spaces before they are needed.
SAVINGS
Reduce the cost of the whole system.
PEAK
Coordinate demand ahead of the peak.
BATTERY CARE
Use building flexibility before the battery when it makes sense.
SELF-CONSUMPTION
Give local generation its greatest value.
FLEXIBILITY
Offer only a demand change the building can deliver.
One winter morning. Hundreds of connected decisions.
Explore how a hotel’s context changes. This is an illustrative scenario, not a record from a deployment.
The building wakes up
It is cold outside. The kitchen will start shortly.
Comfort / predictionHVAC starts heating according to its schedule.
ORLA prepares the required zones while accounting for heat gains that will arrive later.
HVAC + BESS. The first pair that changes the whole system.
HVAC provides substantial flexibility and access to thermal mass. BESS provides rapid response. Coordinating both helps decide not only when to use the battery, but whether it needs to be used at all.
The same response. Less battery work.
ORLA BESS Extender is a capability of one autopilot: using building-side flexibility to reduce unnecessary battery throughput.
Illustrative allocation for a 100 kW reduction. The slider shows a response split, not a site forecast. Effects on throughput and battery lifetime require M&V.
Flexibility comes from understanding the building.
ORLA evaluates the current state and future consequences. Only then can it share a dynamic flexibility envelope with an EMS, VPP or aggregator.
Learn the building. Validate decisions. Enable autonomy.
Control moves to ORLA in stages, after validation and within agreed boundaries. Existing automation retains its safeguards and fallback role.
Connect data
Link BMS, meters, controllers and sensors.
Learn
ORLA learns the dynamics of the actual site.
Shadow mode
Evaluate decisions without affecting equipment.
Bounded autonomy
Enable selected resources after validation.
Expand
Add resources and optimisation objectives.
Keep the infrastructure. Add the intelligence.
ORLA complements existing BMS, EMS, local controllers and OEM systems. The integration scope is matched to the equipment and interfaces at the site.
Local decisions.
Optional cloud.
Sensing, prediction, decisions, control and fallback can run inside the building. Reporting, portfolio monitoring and external integrations can use optional services.
One product. Many places to create value.
Buildings and portfolios
Cost, comfort, power peaks and PV/BESS coordination.
Hotels
Guest comfort, HVAC, hot water and occupancy forecasts.
Retail and refrigeration
Repeatable sites and processes with their own inertia.
EMS, integrators, OEMs
Autonomous intelligence above existing automation.
You have smart devices. Time for a smart building.
Start with a free assessment and an agreed pilot. We will identify the available data, resources and operating boundaries.
HomeMind develops and validates ORLA through pilots. Integration scope and outcomes depend on the site. Scenarios and numerical examples are illustrative.