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# OpenBlue Central Utility Plant Reviews
**Vendor:** Johnson Controls  
**Category:** [Energy Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/energy-management)  
**Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 1
## About OpenBlue Central Utility Plant
Johnson Controls has introduced the next generation of Central Plant Optimization (CPO) software, which uses up-to-the-minute data to help operators make smart decisions for both design and operations. This scalable software looks forward over a seven-day time horizon to optimize cooling, heating and power generation in a holistic way. It reviews a myriad of ever-changing inputs every 15 minutes and updates dispatch decisions to minimize utility costs and maximize potential utility program revenues where they are available.




## OpenBlue Central Utility Plant Reviews
  ### 1. My review on OpenBlue

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Vikas B. | Sourcing Manager - IT Procurement, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2022

**What do you like best about OpenBlue Central Utility Plant?**

A kind of a revolution for your company or a small Village for heating/cooling, also for electricity generation. The best thing is, this software use real time data to reduce power consumption and operational cost.

**What do you dislike about OpenBlue Central Utility Plant?**

The least helpful part is you should have trained people to manage this tool. Also the company should add more and more in-built training videos for end user. At present no suggestion on improvement.

**What problems is OpenBlue Central Utility Plant solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It solves problems like your power consumption and cooling by working on real-time data. Also, this is very cost-effective as compared to the other alternatives available in the market.



- [View OpenBlue Central Utility Plant pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/openblue-central-utility-plant/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-18+11%3A59%3A57+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=cb25c055-bf91-4682-87b9-c5605b0cc7d9&secure%5Btoken%5D=aee68c4ae41f90981b9dd129af7a7f1748a3e96e2cce6162bfb2d515d9a6732c&format=llm_user)

## OpenBlue Central Utility Plant Features
**Platform Basics**
- Interoperability

**Platform Content**
- Automation
- Messaging

**Platform Data**
- Dashboard
- Alerts and Notifications
- Visualization

**Platform Interoperability**
- Pre-Built Connectors
- API
- Hardware

**Agentic AI - Energy Management**
- Autonomous Task Execution
- Multi-step Planning
- Cross-system Integration
- Adaptive Learning
- Proactive Assistance
- Decision Making

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