Industries and Sectors
Office & Large Residential Buildings
Encompass Blue for Office & Large Residential Buildings
Whether it be Greenfields or Brownfields, office and residential buildings are significantly complex with their myriad of subsystems. Older buildings are often not interactive, but newer ones are to some extent. Different retrofit measures impact office and residential building subsystems very differently. When wrongly fitted, these measures interact obstructively with the complexity of the building, often resulting in substantial energy and maintenance resource depletion.
With the growing urgency of elevating health, wellness, and safety, managing air quality management has grown in importance. Post-COVID protocols have increased the challenges faced in handling system uncertainties and technical challenges in retrofit projects, as well as new Greenfield projects.
Blue IoT’s sustainable building retrofit solution offers a cost-effective, short-payback program with minimal interruptions. This provides enhanced energy performance without compromising on excellent service levels and indoor thermal comfort levels within operating constraints. Blue IoT’s ‘Encompass Blue’ delivers the optimum solution for office and residential buildings, preventing the complex process of replacing major infrastructure entirely.
Problem That We Are Facing
- Higher vacancies with a lower yield due to COVID-19 restrictions
- High energy usage and subsequent costs
- High rate of unplanned maintenance and inconvenience to tenants
- Not adapted for remote maintenance during COVID-19 restrictions
- Data overload for Facilities Managers and Building Managers
- High impact on carbon footprint
- Infrastructure disruption due to tedious system installations and maintenance
- Staff and cleaning contractors leaving the entire HVAC system running
- No interoperability between building systems
- Lack of data visibility and access
- Remotely ensuring accurate people-counting due to COVID-19 protocols
- Inadequate airflow management with growing concerns during COVID-19
- Concerns regarding the spread of the COVID-19 virus
- Complaints from tenants about discomfort and poor environmental controls of the existing HVAC system
- Difficulty achieving a high WELLS rating for the building
How Encompass Blue Can Help
Encompass Blue can deliver energy savings of 20% to 50%, thus optimising profits
Predictive maintenance can substantially reduce the costs and inconveniences of unplanned maintenance
Data interpretation by domain expert engineers
Contribute to carbon neutrality
Wireless sensors and controllers allow for minimal implementation time and on-site disruption
Allows HVAC to work during set times as well as based on movement
Interoperability with other systems that utilise open APIs, allowing for a collaboration of data
Full visibility of all aspects of the HVAC system with remote accessibility from any device, anywhere and anytime
Automation for accurate people counting and proximity measuring
Strong IAQ and airflow management with tight monitoring of pressure differentials across different zones
Improved health, wellness & safety
Investment & ROI
- Typically a two to three-year payback including capital and ongoing subscriptions, with significant recurring savings.
- Increased space utilisation with substantial savings on rental/employee cost per sq ft far exceeding utility savings.
- Compelling business case for C-Suite with actionable insights.
Encompass Blue by Blue IoT is the world's first IoT smart cities platform suite, which delivers world-leading savings of 20 to 50% of total energy use, maintenance costs, and the subsequent carbon footprint.