An Automatic Building Condition Analysis and Advance Notification System to Solve Frequent Facility Breakdowns in Small Commercial Buildings

The Problem

Unlike large buildings, small commercial buildings lack resident facility managers, meaning severe issues like leaks or HVAC failures are only noticed after they occur. This leads to emergency repair costs that are multiple times higher than normal, severe tenant dissatisfaction, and ultimately a decline in property value.

Why Now

The recent sharp drop in IoT sensor prices and the ubiquity of wireless networks have created a perfect environment for collecting core building data at low cost. Furthermore, there is an unprecedented market demand across the real estate industry for data integration solutions that maintain asset value and increase operational efficiency.

Recommended Talent

Service Planner/PM (Defines pain points and designs product specs for data-driven notifications), Backend Engineer (Builds server architecture for stable collection and processing of large-scale time-series sensor data), UI Engineer/Web Publisher (Publishes intuitive dashboards so non-experts can easily understand complex building condition data)