Technology + Programs Designed For HVAC & Controls Contractors
Using software automation, structured sales processes and compelling reports to efficiently deliver measurable reductions in building operating budgets.
Building Performance Optimization
Using Building Data to Drive Measurable Outcomes
Technology
A suite of cloud based software applications that expedite the acquisition, organization, analysis and publication of building data throughout the entire customer life cycle. Easy access to a common platform with a single user interface optimizes shared building data to drive improvement through the entire customer life cycle.
Dashboard & Report Templates
Building data analysis throughout the customer lifecycle is published to a library of financial-based reports and dashboards. Emphasis is on "speaking" to financial decision-makers at each stage of the process. Reports are fully-customizable, including branding.
Programs
Our platform comes with management, sales, marketing and technical support programs to get your team up and running. From implementing a sales plan and continuous sales coaching, to providing technical support on project upgrades and building analytics, BuildingAdvice is a turnkey platform.
The Energy Services Delivery Platform
Easily Customized Stock Reports
Compelling, graphic intensive financial reporting that drives customer decisions throughout the process.
Grow Service Revenue
Benchmarking:
Using industry data sets and proprietary software, BuildingAdvice compares building performance across numerous variables. Normalization techniques are applied. Used in initial survey process. Get a Sample Report
Sensor Based Assessments:
Uses proprietary, wireless sensor arrays to uncover low/no cost measures. Shadows BMS to identify low hanging fruit. Can be run by sales team. All data pushed to cloud to automate reporting. Get a Sample Report
Indoor Air Quality:
IAQ monitors are used to provide timely responses to user complaints regarding air quality. Sensors include RH, T, CO2, CO, PM, and TVOC. One more way to become indispensable to clients. Get a Sample Report
Increase Project Revenues
Project Energy Scorecard:
Easy Button benchmarking helps Project Sales Reps quickly qualify buildings that may benefit from equipment and/or upgrades. Get a Sample Report
Project Financial Analysis (PFA):
This application automates the process of estimating financial performance of proposed equipment and controls upgrades. AI builds in the engineering and automates the creation of a financial based proposal. Get a Sample Report
SavingsTracker:
This is a fully outsourced service that collects utility bills and publishes actual energy savings generated from projects and service. BuildingAdvice builds a baseline for your buildings and pushes reports and dashboards to you to share with your clients. Get a Sample Report
Permanently Connect to Buildings
Continuously connect to gather real time data from controls systems and convert that data to to actionable measures to reduce costs, tenant complaints and extend the life of your equipment.
Real Time Building Analytics:
Dig deeply into controls data to identify opportunities with rapid pay back. This can be a significant source of measurable savings that reduces issues through analytics rather than performance failures.
Meter Monitoring:
Convert raw meter data into energy consumption insights. Which pieces of equipment are causing sudden spikes in consumption?
Equipment Report Cards:
Detect and correct mechanical systems degradation before they lead to waste or more serious failures. Exception reporting highlights under performers that could benefit from technician attention.
Programs
We wrap our technology with programs that help teams drive their value proposition into their prospects and customers. Our programs focus on management, sales and operations/technical support. Our emphasis is on rapidly and efficiently getting your teams up and running and we measure our success by your revenue and income growth.
- Management: The focus is on the overall plan. A planning template is used to expedite the process and home in on the key elements for execution. Emphasis is on ensuring alignment with the sales strategy and processes. Metrics and reporting is covered to ensure management goals are acknowledged and tracked.
- Sales: We align with sales management on preferred sales methods including process and structure. We minimize disruption and distraction from existing, preferred processes and attempt to integrate tightly. Sales training programs can be implemented on site or over the web. Focus is on service, project sales and account management. Continuous sales coaching is an important part of our service. We often act as the sales leader's "right hand".
- Technical Support: We act as an extension of your engineering and operations teams either supporting sales or the engineers themselves. Our team will help trouble shoot problems, consult on best approaches to assessing building performance issues, analyze data, build baselines and generally help drive deeper building data insights and deeper client relationships.
- Professional Services: We have energy and data analysts on staff that are available to augment your teams on special projects or on an ongoing basis. From entering and analyzing utility bill and other data to generating financial justification for project upgrades to regularly analyzing building data to drive ECMs, our team will fill the bill.
As your teams evolve, we will be there with you. Whether you're adding new sales people or new departments, we will act as an extension of your organization. Many of our partners leverage our skills to supply interim resources until emerging revenue streams are able to justify full time resources. We are here to help you build this part of your business.