Comfort shouldn’t go out the window.

In Alberta’s older apartments, owners can pay for more heat while residents still struggle to get comfortable.

We’re building PENGA: predictive heating software that uses weather forecasts and building temperatures to help decide when heat is needed—and when enough is enough.

Cold outside doesn’t mean cold inside.

Alberta weather can change faster than a building responds. Walls stay warm. Sunny apartments heat up. Exposed corners lose heat.

A controller relying on outdoor temperature alone misses those differences.

So the window becomes the thermostat.

With shared heating, turning up the heat for a cold apartment can make a warm apartment hotter.

Opening a window brings relief. Without useful indoor feedback, the heating can keep coming.

The resident gets relief. The waste continues.

Some costs never reach the gas bill.

When extra gas costs relatively little, fixing uneven heating can be difficult to justify through fuel savings alone.

But residents still live with the discomfort. Operators still answer the calls.

We believe affordable housing should feel comfortable, too.

The building already holds part of the answer.

Buildings store heat. Understanding how long that warmth lasts could help us use it better.

PENGA’s approach combines that understanding with the forecast and temperature feedback.

Anticipate the cold. Check the response. Adjust the heat.

Start with the building you have.

Our founding pilot pairs temperature measurements with building analysis to find where heat may be wasted and what deserves attention next.

We handle the setup with your operator. Your existing heating controls stay in place during the pilot.

Check my building’s fit

Better timing. More possibilities.

Learning when a building needs heat opens another possibility: choosing how to supply it.

With suitable equipment and energy plans, future systems could coordinate boilers, heat pumps and stored warmth around comfort and cost.

That’s our longer-term direction. Understand the building first. Make each improvement useful.

See how the pilot works →