Energy management isn't a new idea for mySmart - it's actually where we started. In 2001, alongside our very first lighting control work, energy management was part of our original core offering. It just took 25 years, and a couple of name changes, to come back around to the centre.
For most of that time it was the quieter counterpart to the lighting control story - running for years as mySmart EnGauge, especially in facilities like aged care with a genuine need for it, but an add-on rather than a headline. buildIQ, our current platform, has since retired EnGauge and taken its place: energy management back where it started, just built for 2026 instead of 2002.
The EMS story
Built for what's coming, not just what's here.
2001
Energy management from day one
As CTI Australia gets going, energy management sits alongside lighting control as part of the
original core offering - not an afterthought bolted on later, but part of the plan from the
start.
2002
"Power Intelligence"
CTI Energy Management gets its first real branding - aimed at organisations of every size
looking to reduce energy usage through innovative, cost-effective methods across existing and
new premises.
From our own files, 2002
"Power Intelligence. With today's increasing energy costs, CTI Energy Management can help
your organisation big or small, reduce your energy usage. CTI Energy Management is achieved
using innovative and cost effective methods for both existing and new premises. Our existing
clientele and installations range from government and larger corporations through to small
and medium business all with the same environmental and financial motivating factors."
2010
mySmart EnGauge arrives
Still trading as CTI, the energy management offering is rebranded mySmart EnGauge - a platform
for the secure capture, storage, analysis and reporting of energy data across a site.
2012-2017
A name that said both things
The company trades briefly as mySmartCTI - a name chosen because of EnGauge and lighting
control together, the two halves of the business the name was actually trying to capture.
2017 onward
Lighting control takes the spotlight
As mySmart, the public focus shifts to lighting control - but EnGauge doesn't go away. It keeps
running quietly in the background for years, especially in sectors with a specific ongoing need
for it, like aged care.
