Attain for Retail

Every kilowatt accountable.

Retail buildings run long hours, serve changing demand and sit across large, distributed estates. Attain gives teams one connected view of performance and continuously aligns building operation with when and where it is genuinely needed.

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Problem

Retail estates are consistent on paper. Buildings rarely are.

Three technology layers. One better-performing building.

Every store runs a little differently. BMS generations, HVAC systems, local settings and maintenance histories vary across the estate.

Trading demand keeps moving. Opening hours, preparation, seasonal peaks and footfall change when building services are genuinely needed.

Small faults scale quickly. One poor schedule or drifting control strategy becomes expensive when it is repeated across dozens or hundreds of locations.

Portfolio averages hide local problems. Teams need to see the outlier store and the operating reason behind it.

Solution

Built for the rhythm of retail.

Match operation to trading hours

Align HVAC, lighting, ventilation and other suitable connected services with opening, preparation and closing periods.

Match operation to trading hours

Align HVAC, lighting, ventilation and other suitable connected services with opening, preparation and closing periods.

Find poor performers quickly

Compare sites, systems and periods to identify outliers that deserve engineering attention.

Find poor performers quickly

Compare sites, systems and periods to identify outliers that deserve engineering attention.

Keep optimisation moving

Use ActiveTrim to continuously optimise suitable authorised systems as weather, footfall and seasonal demand change.

Keep optimisation moving

Use ActiveTrim to continuously optimise suitable authorised systems as weather, footfall and seasonal demand change.

Reduce out-of-hours waste

Find stores and systems running earlier, later or harder than the estate requires.

Reduce out-of-hours waste

Find stores and systems running earlier, later or harder than the estate requires.

Protect comfort

Monitor environmental conditions and spot drift before it becomes a recurring customer or staff issue.

Protect comfort

Monitor environmental conditions and spot drift before it becomes a recurring customer or staff issue.

Prove the result

Track energy, carbon and operational performance against consistent baselines across the estate.

Prove the result

Track energy, carbon and operational performance against consistent baselines across the estate.

Advanced Connectivity

Different stores. One operational foundation.

Attain Edge connects suitable modern and legacy systems across a varied retail portfolio without requiring every location to reach the same technology standard first.

Primary Electricity
Gas
Water
Heating
Cooling
Packaged A/C
Critical Cooling
Small Power
Ventilation
Lighting
Domestic Services
Vertical Transportation
Catering Services
On-Site Generation
Environmental Sensors
Occupancy Detection
Workspace Technologies
Meteorological Data
Energy Grid Data
FM Systems & Tools

Built for legacy.
Ready for what comes next.

Attain is built for a reality where many of the buildings with the greatest performance opportunity are also the hardest to connect. It supports older BMS environments, proprietary controls, undocumented points and several generations of equipment added over decades.

Keep what still works

Retain functioning BMS, controls, plant and field equipment where they remain suitable.

Bridge the difficult parts

Use existing protocols and interfaces where possible, then introduce targeted gateways, integration work or additional sensing where the building genuinely needs them.

Old systems, new context

Translate, map and validate legacy data into the same Unified Data Layer as newer systems and external tools.

Unlock what comes next

Use the connected foundation for live monitoring, diagnostics, reporting, Smart Logic, the Attain App and ActiveTrim optimisation.

Smart Logic for Retail

Make local operation follow the retail day.

Smart Logic allows Attain specialists to provision bespoke functional behaviour above connected control systems without rebuilding each store's underlying BMS logic.

Trading-hour schedules

Adjust operating schedules around preparation, opening, closing and non-trading periods.

Trading-hour schedules

Adjust operating schedules around preparation, opening, closing and non-trading periods.

Demand-led operation

Use occupancy, footfall or other available demand signals to influence suitable connected systems.

Demand-led operation

Use occupancy, footfall or other available demand signals to influence suitable connected systems.

Seasonal strategies

Change control behaviour around seasonal opening patterns, trading peaks or changing weather conditions.

Seasonal strategies

Change control behaviour around seasonal opening patterns, trading peaks or changing weather conditions.

Cross-system coordination

Use live information from one connected system to influence another where control routes and permissions allow it.

Cross-system coordination

Use live information from one connected system to influence another where control routes and permissions allow it.

Cross-system coordination

Use data from one connected system to influence another where the control strategy and permissions allow it.

Cross-system coordination

Use data from one connected system to influence another where the control strategy and permissions allow it.

Estate standards with local context

Apply consistent operational principles while allowing individual stores to respond to their own building conditions.

Estate standards with local context

Apply consistent operational principles while allowing individual stores to respond to their own building conditions.

Find the fault. Understand the impact.

Diagnostics across the estate.

Fault Detection & Diagnostics continuously looks for anomalies and operational drift across connected systems.

Instead of treating every alert as an isolated event, Attain gives teams the surrounding data needed to understand what changed, how long it has been happening and what else it may be affecting.

Fault Detection & Diagnostics continuously looks for anomalies and operational drift across connected systems.

Instead of treating every alert as an isolated event, Attain gives teams the surrounding data needed to understand what changed, how long it has been happening and what else it may be affecting.

Site faults

Find abnormal equipment behaviour, communication failures and control issues within individual stores.

Repeated patterns

Identify similar faults or inefficient behaviours appearing across groups of comparable stores.

Performance drift

See when a location begins consuming more, running longer or maintaining conditions less effectively than expected.

Energy and Carbon

See the estate. Keep the site detail.

Attain combines live operational data with Analytics & Reporting so teams can compare locations consistently and still understand why a particular store is underperforming.

Portfolio comparison

Compare stores, regions and periods using consistent performance measures.

Portfolio comparison

Compare stores, regions and periods using consistent performance measures.

Baselines & targets

Track improvement against defined starting points rather than isolated utility figures.

Baselines & targets

Track improvement against defined starting points rather than isolated utility figures.

Operational context

Connect energy use to schedules, faults, weather, occupancy and control behaviour.

Operational context

Connect energy use to schedules, faults, weather, occupancy and control behaviour.

Performance evidence

Give energy and sustainability teams clearer evidence of where savings came from and whether they persisted.

Performance evidence

Give energy and sustainability teams clearer evidence of where savings came from and whether they persisted.

The Attain App

Give each team the view they need.

The Attain App turns connected estate data into role-relevant insight and authorised interaction.

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For facilities & engineering

Bring faults, trends, site context and relevant controls closer to the teams responsible for action.

For facilities & engineering

Bring faults, trends, site context and relevant controls closer to the teams responsible for action.

For energy & sustainability teams

See energy, carbon, baselines and portfolio performance without manually assembling data store by store.

For energy & sustainability teams

See energy, carbon, baselines and portfolio performance without manually assembling data store by store.

For owners and asset teams

Access portfolio-level performance while retaining a route into the sites and systems behind each outlier.

For owners and asset teams

Access portfolio-level performance while retaining a route into the sites and systems behind each outlier.

Services

The technology is only half the job.

Every Attain deployment includes specialist engineering to assess connectivity, validate data, commission controls, investigate performance and keep improvement moving over time.

For retail estates, that can include Smart BMS work, remote and on-site commissioning, forensic energy analysis, FDD investigation, portfolio reporting and continuous optimisation.

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Why Choose Attain?

Attain is the smartest way to run modern buildings.

Engineered to deliver real operational impact, Attain reduces energy use, lowering emissions, and giving owners and tenants smarter control over their buildings.

Up to 50% reduction in energy spend

Real savings, without disrupting building comfort.

Lower CO₂ emissions

Align with ESG goals and compliance mandates

Smart building automation

Custom automation logic that adapts to each building’s unique systems and tenant behaviour.

Centralized tenant control

The Attain app gives employees comfort, and owners control.

Expert energy support

Optimisation with support and monthly energy strategy sessions with an in-house team of experts.

Fast 5-day onboarding

From install to live savings in less than a week.

ROI in first month

Real results in the first month: Less than 6 months payback time.

Clean, custom reports

Curated personalised data and reports, not clutter.

Why Choose Attain?

Attain is the smartest way to run modern buildings.

Engineered to deliver real operational impact, Attain reduces energy use, lowering emissions, and giving owners and tenants smarter control over their buildings.

Up to 50% reduction in energy spend

Real savings, without disrupting building comfort.

Lower CO₂ emissions

Align with ESG goals and compliance mandates

Smart building automation

Custom automation logic that adapts to each building’s unique systems and tenant behaviour.

Centralized tenant control

The Attain app gives employees comfort, and owners control.

Expert energy support

Optimisation with support and monthly energy strategy sessions with an in-house team of experts.

Fast 5-day onboarding

From install to live savings in less than a week.

ROI in first month

Real results in the first month: Less than 6 months payback time.

Clean, custom reports

Curated personalised data and reports, not clutter.

Why Choose Attain?

Attain is the smartest way to run modern buildings.

Engineered to deliver real operational impact, Attain reduces energy use, lowering emissions, and giving owners and tenants smarter control over their buildings.

Up to 50% reduction in energy spend

Real savings, without disrupting building comfort.

Lower CO₂ emissions

Align with ESG goals and compliance mandates

Smart building automation

Custom automation logic that adapts to each building’s unique systems and tenant behaviour.

Centralized tenant control

The Attain app gives employees comfort, and owners control.

Expert energy support

Optimisation with support and monthly energy strategy sessions with an in-house team of experts.

Fast 5-day onboarding

From install to live savings in less than a week.

ROI in first month

Real results in the first month: Less than 6 months payback time.

Clean, custom reports

Curated personalised data and reports, not clutter.

Make every occupied hour work harder.

Create an office that responds to people, cuts waste and keeps improving as workplace patterns change.

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Make every occupied hour work harder.

Create an office that responds to people, cuts waste and keeps improving as workplace patterns change.

Get Started with Attain

Make every occupied hour work harder.

Create an office that responds to people, cuts waste and keeps improving as workplace patterns change.

Get Started with Attain

Three technology layers. One better-performing building.

Built for the rhythm of retail.

Different stores. One operational foundation.

Built for legacy. Ready for what comes next.

Make local operation follow the retail day.

Attain is the smartest way to run modern buildings.

Attain is the smartest way to run modern buildings.

Attain is the smartest way to run modern buildings.

Built for legacy.
Ready for what comes next.