You can research prior utility bills for the building and get an idea of utility costs, factor a % overage and include this in base rent. the cost for electric baseboard type of heat is probably going to required a electric panel upgrade.In my building the apartments had their own thermostats. we bypassed the thermostats, put the boiler on a separate thermostat that was in basement and controlled the heat at a set temp. this area was locked and only mgmt had access to that, the boiler also had an aqua-stat it's a temp probe that helped with the heat system.. 

The guys main thing he needed was fast internet, he was a programmer.

.$74.00 Emerson Sensi WiFi smart thermostat - https://www.amazon.com/Emerson-Thermostat-Version-Energy-Cer...This is the exact one we have in our lake house.

Right now bitcoin is 3 things, store of value, programmable money and a capital asset.

Existing boiler can still serve one-Additional Thermostats-Tenants willing to add Gas to their lease terms.

Ideally I would (if I buy it) put in two gas meters but if that's not practical, is there a thermostat that is set at 70 deg but the tenant can turn it off or on but not adjust the temperature?

I don’t want to include utilities in rent because they would have no incentive to be conservative with thermostat.

I've seen companies lay off thousands of engineers and programmers at a time, but no one walks away from infrastructure.Amazon announced three more centers in Las Vegas.

Another thing is use is an air freshening system that we can use remotely, same access sort of deal with out thermostat. 

The Zwave capability allows us to remotely programme and operate the lock via our building management/monitoring system.