Frequently Asked Questions

An IoT solution provider is a company or organization that facilitates the deployment of the Internet of Things.

HVAC monitoring systems continuously track the energy consumption and performance of heating, ventilation and air conditioning units within a building, generally with the purpose of alerting operators of faults and inefficiencies.

HVAC is an acronym for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. It is sometimes written as HVACR to include refrigeration.

Fault Detection and Diagnostics software (FDD) identifies anomalies in the performance of critical equipment such as boilers, chillers, motors, elevators, pumps, exhaust fans, etc.

Facilities maintenance management encompasses a range of processes required to ensure that the building systems perform as originally designed and constructed.

Equipment commissioning is the process of ensuring that all systems and components of a building are designed, installed, tested, operated, and maintained according to the operational requirements of the owner and tenants.

Energy management is the process of tracking and optimizing energy consumption to conserve usage in a building.

Energy forecasting for commercial real estate is the process of applying statistics to make predictions about consumption levels and corresponding utility costs in both the short term and long term.

Energy analytics generally describes the process of collecting electrical data and applying sophisticated analytical software and algorithms to deliver insights around consumption and time of use reductions.