# System Smart LLC

> System Smart LLC is an energy consulting firm and residential property company serving Connecticut and North Carolina since 2014. It designs energy concierge programs, studies microgrid and distributed energy feasibility, assesses building energy use, and operates Smarter Living, a set of energy-upgraded rental homes. President: Michael S. Uhl.

Key facts:

- Legal name: System Smart LLC. Founded 2014. Website: https://systemsmartllc.com
- Service area: Connecticut and North Carolina. No public street address or phone number; contact is by email (system.smart.llc@gmail.com) or the online scheduling link.
- Co-founder of HomeEnergy ConneCT (2020, with Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven): a no-cost energy concierge for Connecticut residents. 1,500+ residents served and $5M+ in braided funding deployed for home energy upgrades. Profiled in Connecticut PURA's 2024 study of energy concierge programs; selected for U.S. DOE Communities LEAP technical assistance with NREL.
- Consulting services: energy concierge program design; microgrid and DER feasibility; building energy assessments (ASHRAE Level I and II); program data and software (calibrated building energy simulation, data integration, workflow automation); funding strategy that braids utility, state, federal, green bank and private resources; Connecticut energy policy and regulatory input.
- Selected work: Galloway Township, NJ community microgrid feasibility (NJ BPU, 11 MW); Camden County, NJ industrial microgrid feasibility (NJ BPU, 11 MW+); 100% clean energy study for a 30-unit condominium association in Bethany, CT; microgrid feasibility for a four-building nonprofit campus in New Haven, CT.
- Smarter Living: energy-upgraded rental homes in Connecticut and North Carolina (heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, insulation and air sealing, solar and storage where installed). Current residents submit service requests through their Apartments.com resident account.
- Michael S. Uhl: President of System Smart and co-founder and chief engineer of HomeEnergy ConneCT. Previously led microgrid design and resilience services at Hitachi America (88 sites in the U.S. and Canada, including 12 NY Prize Stage 1 studies), energy savings performance contracting at Hitachi Consulting, and building energy work at IBM. CEMI and LEED AP O+M. M.S., Johns Hopkins University; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Penn State. Board member, Capital for Change.

## Pages

- [Home](https://systemsmartllc.com/): overview, track record and contact
- [Energy consulting](https://systemsmartllc.com/consulting): services, selected projects and modeling tools
- [Smarter Living](https://systemsmartllc.com/living): rental homes, available homes and resident service requests
- [About Michael S. Uhl](https://systemsmartllc.com/about): biography, credentials, recognition and experience

## Optional

- [Privacy policy](https://systemsmartllc.com/privacy): website, rental applicant and Google API tool data handling
- [HomeEnergy ConneCT](https://nhsofnewhaven.org/homeenergyconnect/): program site at Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven
- [LinkedIn: Michael S. Uhl](https://www.linkedin.com/in/uhl-develop-abundance)
- [Book a meeting](https://calendar.app.google/RJWtWEDQnzzWkFEL7)