Specify Backup Power
For builders, architects, electricians and interior designers planning whole-home power on high-end projects in New England.
What do we do for your project?
We design and specify the RoseWater Energy system, coordinate the electrician and RoseWater's technicians, and integrate the system with the rest of the home. Boston Backup Power is a division of Boston Automations, an authorized RoseWater dealer, so you have one team for the power system and the technology it protects.
Your licensed electrician keeps the electrical scope. If generators or solar are part of the job, we coordinate with that installer so everything is sized and wired to work together.
Who do we work with?
We work with the whole design and build team on custom homes and major renovations across eastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands, coastal Rhode Island and southern New Hampshire.
Builders
We help you plan the space and the schedule early, so power management is a line in the budget and not a change order.
Architects
We give you the footprint, clearances and specifications for the drawings, and we help you find the right spot in the mechanical room.
Electricians
You make the connections at the main panel and keep the electrical scope. We supply the system details and work with you and RoseWater's technicians on the job.
Interior designers
We help you plan for wine rooms, wellness spaces, lighting and shades that should never be affected by a power problem.
How does a project run?
A project runs in six steps, from the first look at the plans to support after the owners move in. You can bring us in at any point, but the earlier the better.
Early review
Send us the plans as early as you can. We look at the service size, the loads and where a HUB can live.
Power Plan with the owner
We sit down with the client to decide what must stay on and how much downtime they can accept.
Sizing and specification
We register the project with RoseWater's engineering team and size the system together. You get the model, footprint and clearances for the drawings.
Electrician coordination
The licensed electrician on the job makes the connections. We coordinate the details and the schedule, and we bring in an electrician we trust if the project needs one.
Commissioning and integration
RoseWater's technicians commission the system, which the warranty requires. We tie it into the lighting control, network and automation, and set up the HUB's built-in remote monitoring.
Support after handover
We stay on as the owner's point of contact. Monitoring alerts can go to the owner, to us and to RoseWater.
What do we need from your team?
How much space should you plan for?
Leave an indoor area about 3.5 feet wide, 3 feet deep and 8 feet high, with 36 inches clear in front for service. A garage or basement works well, and the HUB does not need air conditioning. The HUB40 can also go outdoors in RoseWater's weather-resistant enclosure, which helps when a town does not allow battery systems indoors.
Why does power belong in its own budget line?
Can we bring a lunch and learn to your office?
Tell us about the project
You can also call (781) 333-8003.
Questions From the Trade
When should backup power be planned in a new build?
When should backup power be planned in a new build?
Plan it during design, before the electrical drawings are final. That is when the space, the panel layout and the budget are easiest to set. More than half of RoseWater's installations are retrofits, so it can be added later, but early planning makes it simpler.
How much mechanical room space does a HUB need?
How much mechanical room space does a HUB need?
Plan for an area about 3.5 feet wide, 3 feet deep and 8 feet high, plus 36 inches clear in front for service. The HUB20 is one cabinet 84 inches tall, 28.1 inches wide and 26.25 inches deep. The HUB40 is two cabinets, each 52 inches tall with the same footprint, set side by side or stacked.
What drawings does the system designer need?
What drawings does the system designer need?
We need the electrical single-line diagram, the riser diagrams and the panel schedules. With those, we can size the system with RoseWater's engineering team and give you the specifications for the drawings.
Does a licensed electrician still do the install?
Does a licensed electrician still do the install?
Yes. A HUB connects at the home's main electrical panel, and a licensed electrician makes that connection. We do not do electrical work ourselves. We coordinate the electrician, RoseWater's technicians and the rest of the systems in the home.
Which budget line does power management belong in?
Which budget line does power management belong in?
RoseWater recommends its own line, separate from AV and low voltage. A HUB protects the lighting, appliances, HVAC, plumbing and technology in the whole house, so it works better as part of the home's foundation than as part of the AV scope.
Working With a Homeowner Right Now?
Send them to the Power Plan. It sorts what they want to keep on and gives all of us the same starting point.