Company
BuildingIQ
Design for Commercial Energy Efficiency
We’re all familiar with an office space or conference room which is too hot or too cold without knowing who to contact to solve the issue. BuildingIQ offered a platform to improve the energy efficiency of large, complex commercial buildings and place the control of reporting HVAC issues with building occupants. Through the use of BuildingIQ’s mobile app, building occupants directly communicated their feedback on the temperature of any room within the building. This user comfort feedback was available in real time to building managers to rapidly identify issues from incorrect thermostat setpoints to incorrect balancing and faulty HVAC hardware.
Mobile App User Comfort Input Screen
The user launches the app, selects the conference room, selects whether the room is too cold, just right, or too hot, and submits their level of comfort. An intuitive color scheme (blue for too cool and orange for too warm) was used throughout the app to instantly convey comfort levels.
Mobile App User Room Comfort Ratings Screen
Provided a single screen summary of all user-submitted room comfort ratings.
Mobile App Comfort Overview Screen
A screen that provided building managers with a single screen overview of the user comfort feedback for all of the rooms in the building. Each square represented a room within the building. The UI allowed a building manager to quickly determine whether issues were room specific (e.g. incorrect thermostat setting) or a larger HVAC issue.
Mobile App Comfort Overview Screen - Room Comfort Details
Tapping on a square reveled the historical comfort ratings of a particular room including last rating, number of ratings, and rating distribution.
BuildingIQ Product Summary
BuildingIQ has gained a leadership position in the smart buildings market and currently connects more than 1,350 commercial buildings worldwide with over 140 million square feet under management. Their product enables building managers to quickly respond to changing weather patterns, variable energy costs, and a building’s thermal properties.