The ultimate partner for ductless mini-splits

The Ultimate Partner for Ductless Mini-Splits

Inverter mini-splits are some of the most efficient heating and cooling equipment on the market. Utilities fund rebates for them, and contractors sell them on lower energy bills. But the rating only describes what the equipment can do. How it is controlled decides what it actually does. One setting can cost a mini-split up to a third of its efficiency. In a 2024 U.S. Department of Energy study, National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers found that changing only the fan speed made the same unit run 8 to 32% less efficiently. Their conclusion: poor controls waste energy, hurt comfort and drive up utility bills.

The equipment is not the problem. The handheld remote is, and the Boldr Smart Controller takes it out of the picture.

It completely replaces the remote. Once The Smart Controller is installed, the original remote can go in a drawer for good. Every setting the homeowner needs lives on the wall-mounted controller and in a free app.

It works with virtually every ductless system. Any brand of mini-split, ceiling cassette, window or portable unit that uses a remote with a display is compatible, so one controller covers every ductless job.

It needs no wiring. The Smart Controller snaps into a dock (or an optional hardwired power mount) and commissions over Bluetooth, with nothing to run to the indoor unit.

Here are the three biggest places the remote loses efficiency, and how Boldr wins it back.

Off, then full blast. Occupants switch units off when they leave and crank them to the lowest setpoint when they come back, forcing the compressor to its least efficient speed. Boldr keeps the system on a steady schedule, so the room is already comfortable when they walk in.

No setback. Most remotes hold one setpoint around the clock, even though the U.S. Department of Energy estimates a 7 to 10°F setback for eight hours a day can save up to 10% a year on heating and cooling. Boldr schedules build that setback in, and homeowners can adjust it from anywhere in the app.

Empty rooms, full power. In a multi-head home, units keep conditioning rooms nobody is using because nobody walks over to turn them down. Boldr's presence sensing shows which rooms are occupied, and room-by-room control lets homeowners turn down the rest from their phone.

Every mini-split is sold on the promise of lower energy bills, and the Pro who installs it owns that promise. When the bills do not drop, the homeowner blames the equipment, and often the installer who recommended it. Adding The Smart Controller to every ductless job is how the efficiency the contractor sold actually shows up on the customer's bill.

The efficiency is already built into the equipment. The control is what decides whether anyone gets it.

See how Pros add the Smart Controller to every ductless job. Become a Boldr Pro or book a demo with the ProTeam.

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