Have you looked into IoT systems control? Things like temp monitoring feeding into A/C draw, electricity off when people leave etc? Utilization of space is,one consideration, but a major other factor is maintenance, which comes down to optimizing running costs and minimizing wear through preventative maintenance and proactive design - IoT has a lot of potential in that space.
Great question - we believe there are a lot of potential add-on modules, especially around building control. One that is gaining a lot of interest recently is using people-counting data to more precisely control HVAC systems (most systems today rely on simple motion sensing for control). Modulating heating / cooling based on the exact count can help cut energy consumption, sometimes by as much as 30% for commercial b…
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#11I was talking with a maintenance supervisor for a large facility and he was saying that they were able to modify the amount of make-up outside air cycled into a facility based on occupation (think O2 depletion, lol). Is that something you folks have run into? Seems like if you could avoid exhausting a couple (hundred?) thousand cubic feet of cooled air per hour, you could save a good bit of money.