Case Study: Thermal Energy Corporation achieves document search in seconds and preserves legacy knowledge with Accruent's RedEye

How TECO streamlined document management by digitizing 20,000+ engineering drawings with RedEye, preserving legacy knowledge and enhancing

Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO) is a not‑for‑profit district energy provider that has supplied reliable heating and cooling to the Texas Medical Center for over 50 years, serving 26 million square feet across 51 buildings. Despite strong operational performance, TECO struggled with more than 20,000 engineering drawings and documents spread across physical and digital locations, many not digitized, making it difficult to find current information and risking loss of legacy knowledge as experienced staff near retirement.

TECO partnered with Accruent to implement RedEye, digitizing and consolidating 20,000+ documents into a single, searchable repository with metadata, OCR and revision control. Search times dropped from days or weeks to seconds, employees and contractors gained secure access to the latest documents, and training materials and videos preserved institutional knowledge—improving efficiency and safeguarding operational continuity.

Thermal Energy Corporation

Steve Swinson

President and CEO