Building Automation - The Mobile Revolution

A new era of building automation has arrived. You can now see all of your facilities in its actual environment rendered in real time with true-to-life graphics equal to the gaming industry standards. Building intelligence professionals strongly agree that performance dashboards and custom visualization are top priorities to enable better analysis, well-informed decisions, and quicker action.

Today 95 percent of mobile employees have smart phones, up from 85 percent in 2010, with 91 percent using their smart phone for work – a 26 percent rise compared to 2010. With trends showing smart phone users continuing to grow exponentially, the number of applications and advancement of functionality will only continue to revolutionize the way we use these devices. Our fast lifestyle has forced mobile devices to become a primary source of data consumption and task completion. With the increasing capabilities of smart phones, the building automation industry is positioned to greatly benefit from mobile management and monitoring applications. Recognizing the benefits of Building Automated Systems (BAS) mobility, DGLogik Inc. has created DGLux Mobile. This application allows for interaction and consumption of all applications and dashboards created on the DGLux platform. Utilizing BAS visualization technology designed specifically for mobile devices allows you to be more flexible with managing your building performance. With the many mobile devices available on the market, functionality across all smart phones and tablets is a crucial component for proper utilization. As a native app for Android and iOS, DGLux Mobile users are able to consume any dashboard or application at any place, at any time. With the ability to access your Building Management System (BMS) on the go, facility managers and building owners have the power to make actions and adjustments from anywhere in the world regardless of whether they are sitting in the office in front of a computer or walking their dog in the park.

Imagine having the knowledge of your previous energy consumption habits including historical perspective, the ability to recognize problem areas immediately and the confidence in the optimal deployment and utilization of your assets in a single mobile interface. By linking all of your building automation systems into one mobile interface, you can interact with and manage any asset (lighting, HVAC, ect) through intuitive and simple to use controls tailored to your deployment, policies and processes. Now, through BAS Mobility, you can manage your assets from anywhere, at any time, ensuring a level of optimization and control simply not achievable before. With mobile BAS technology available, you can now optimize your building performance beyond any standards of the past.

Current technology is shattering the previous limitations of accessibility and real time visualization. Previously an intelligent device, such as a light switch, would only provide data to a simple spreadsheet to be analyzed and acted on at a later time. Now, through realistic and real-time visualization, light switches, among hundreds of other devices, can be turned on, up, down or off – through simple controls at your fingertips. BAS mobility will revolutionize the way building managers operate and conserve. Described as an “X Factor,” I expect that once exposure of this state-of-the-art technology increases, all will embrace the benefits of BAS visualization and mobile accessibility. Although few companies have implemented this level of building intelligence visualization, the functionality and performance for those that have integrated are unparalleled to competition.

Imagine the impact that could be made if BAS mobile applications were required to be properly utilized across all fortune 500 corporate building portfolios. According to the New York Times in 2009, Scientists at a federal laboratory reported that if power plants and infrastructure were to monitor electrical use over a 20-year period they would save $70 billion and avoid the need to build the equivalent of 30 large coal-fired plants. The long-term results of conserving energy would create an astonishing impact on our carbon footprint.

Building automation product manufacturers are realizing the need for mobile capabilities and this functionality has been appearing in the media more than ever due to the public consciousness of our responsibility to be green citizens. Steve Jobs, a legendary innovator and former CEO of Apple, said, “The biggest innovations of the twenty-first century will be the intersection of humanity and technology.” Using innovative BAS solutions, like DGLux Mobile, to save energy for a sustainable world is a perfect example of this combination. We need create a movement for adopting BAS Mobility to lower our energy consumption.

It is difficult for any manager, engineer, operator or executive to view spreadsheets of your building systems data, attempt to analyze a pool of numbers, and extract solutions for a building automation system. If you examine any effective mobile application that is easy to understand and is user friendly, you will see they all have one thing in common. They all have intuitive functionality and brilliant design. Your BAS visualization should not be any different! To maximize your building performance, it is undeniably necessary to have an understandable, singular user interface with actionable buttons on your mobile device. By making all building intelligence become mobile in an easily comprehensible format, you will successfully be more efficient than ever.

By adopting BAS mobility, you will transform your building performance, which is typically under-utilized and invisible, into a powerful asset. By properly linking all of your building devices into a singular user interface accessible from any web, desktop, or mobile device, you are guaranteed to cut costs and save energy. Cross platform BAS Visualization will change the way we analyze our data and monitor our building intelligence. It is only a matter of time until this BAS mobility will be implemented across all major building portfolios. There is no reason not to keep up with the current technology in the Building Automation industry and take advantage of mobile flexibility. Take monitoring to the next level. Become better informed, more intelligent and faster reacting with your building automation solutions through mobile visualization.

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