About us

Company Introduction:
Bravo Controls Ltd. is a manufacturer of controls equipment for the HVAC industry. We got our start back in 1969 as the RobertShaw dealer for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Later we developed our own equipment, first introducing our ‘T3’ Bacnet controllers way back in 1995. The system has matured over the years and is now a full featured, user programmable controller suitable for basically any size building. The strong point of our equipment is that it is easy to learn and the pricing is extremely competitive. We are an outlier in the commercial HVAC business in that all our products are open source and posted on github:  https://github.com/temcocontrols . How’s that for being open & easy to do business with.

Contract Manufacturing Design Services
We began in Vancouver, Canada, but now conduct most manufacturing and product development in Shanghai, China. There are many great manufacturing resources here. We can design products for our clients or we can take a customer’s design and just do the manufacturing and testing. We have done work with many famous brands over the years: Belimo, Carrier, Siemen’s, Trane,  Taco, ACI, Thermokon, Sauter… pretty much all the big names have had projects going on with us at one time or another. Our team of  ~10 engineers can assist OEM’s in applying existing products or designing new ones to your specs. Often a new project will start out using one of our existing products and as the volumes ramp up we help our clients customize and optimize for the application.

Thanks to our low overhead and good base of existing technology the engineering work can often be absorbed in the first order of a few hundred pcs or so. In addition, longer-term development projects can be quoted based on your specific requirements, and they always come complete with full source code as well as intellectual property rights, ensuring transparency and long-term value

The People Behind Bravo:
Maurice Duteau, the Owner and General Manager of Bravo Controls, graduated from the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of British Columbia in 1984. Has extensive experience in the HVAC controls industry
-Two years as Energy Conservation Engineer for the New York State Energy Advisory. This is what got me first interested in building automation.
-Over ten years in the controls contracting business: bidding, programming and commissioning projects.
-Took over the Temco Controls from the founder 1995.
-Over twenty years of electronics design, development and manufacturing experience.

-Proud father of two young kids with my Wife and business partner, Shirley.

-Avid ultra marathon runner and long distance bike trekker.

-Here’s my linkedin page where you’ll see recommendations and links to many controls industry veterans: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maurice-duteau-1058154/

Shirley Gu is the production manager and over all fixer. She has rich experience in the electronics manufacturing industry and works closely with our local Shanghai subcontractors on everything from plastic injected parts, stamped metal, cast metal, cables & harnesses, keypad assemblies, and especially electronics sourcing & assembly.

What we do:

With a dedicated engineering staff of 10, our team of electrical and software engineers is fully prepared to not only assist in applying existing products but also to seamlessly develop new ones as needed.

Around 15 production staff assemble products, conduct testing, and manage shipping. For larger projects, we rely on trusted subcontractors who help us ramp up quickly and efficiently. We have been working with many of them for twenty years or longer. We handle small-volume projects in-house, so feel free to contact us for smaller needs.

Closing Remarks:
Typically, Bravo serves independent contractors or manufacturers who, moreover, compete confidently with the industry’s biggest names. Therefore, our family-owned company grows organically through word of mouth and web search, supported by an easy-going approach. We look forward to doing business with controls contractors, distributors, equipment manufacturers and building owners both large and small. Moreover, we ship globally, and in addition, we make it easy for our clients to do business with us.