BEM Controls, LLC (established 2015) is an Internet of Things (IOT) software company spun out of Virginia Tech’s Advanced Research Institute (VT-ARI) headquartered in the Washington DC metro area. The BEM Controls leadership team has extensive experience in power system and energy efficiency systems design and implementation, and software architecture – both in the United States and globally. BEM Controls’ products have been developed with more than $3 million in competitive research and development grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation and the Virginia Center for Innovative Technology.