Ready to cut your PBSA heating bill by over half - without touching the building?
Totem gives operators room-level control of electric heating: retrofit behind the existing wall socket, about 15 minutes a room, measured savings from day one - proven at Bargate House.
Or calculate your saving firstBargate House, Southampton - 122 rooms, operated by Unilife. Reduction is measured against modelled baseline consumption for the building, from live per-room data updated weekly. We validate against your own bills and consumption before anyone commits.
You're heating empty rooms
Heating is up to 70% of PBSA running costs, all-inclusive rent removes any incentive to manage it, and rooms sit empty ~30% of the year. Totem controls it, room by room.
EPC C is coming for 2030
EPC C is due across the rented sector by 1 October 2030. For electric buildings, controls and monitoring (the Smart Readiness route) is the low-cost, non-invasive path - and Totem retrofits without touching the fabric.
Measured, not modelled
Totem shows actual before/after consumption at room level - savings you can prove and put into EPC and ESG/GRESB reporting, not an estimate.
How it works
Behind the existing socket
A qualified electrician fits a Totem Control unit behind each wall socket. ~15 minutes per room. No drilling, no rewiring.
Wireless mesh to the hub
Units connect wirelessly to the Totem Connect hub - no new cabling. Every site feeds one dashboard.
Schedules, setback, live data
Automated schedules, inter-term setback and temperature compensation - with every room's consumption logged continuously.
“The Totem system has given us the control we needed, cutting unnecessary energy waste while maintaining warm, welcoming spaces for our residents - with a payback period of under two years.”
See what Totem does to a real building
15 minutes. We'll walk you through the live Bargate data and calculate what your portfolio could save.
Book a 15-minute demo →Totem is the PBSA energy-management system at totem.systems, operated by Chaahk Limited (England & Wales, company number 12042935). Not affiliated with Totem Energy, Totem Plus or Totem Technologies.