Case Study: McKenney’s achieves real-time operational insight and $2.5M annual energy savings with Splunk Enterprise

McKenney’s Helps Customers Optimize Operations and Save Energy

McKenney’s, Inc., a leading mechanical contractor in the Southeast, wanted to add business intelligence and historical perspective to its bdoc® building control system but faced the challenge of integrating data from thousands of disparate devices and siloed systems. The original bdoc provided real-time snapshots across many vendors and formats but lacked the timestamped historical aggregation needed for trend analysis and failure forensics.

By integrating Splunk Enterprise into bdoc, McKenney’s enabled continuous collection, timestamping and aggregation of data from tens of thousands of sensors and more than 100 buildings, delivering unified dashboards, automated energy reports and improved fault detection. The solution supported large projects like the Eglin AFB energy management system, enabled load shedding/load shifting, fostered partner integrations, reduced development costs, and is projected to save about $2.5 million annually with a payback under three years.

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