Customer Background
For over three decades, this award-winning Canadian building automation leader has pioneered sustainable solutions for healthcare, education, leisure, and commercial sectors. Operating in 80+ countries, they continue to elevate building performance and champion global energy efficiency.
Customer Need
The customer aimed to enhance their sustainable building automation with a state-of-the-art network sensor. Our solution, a next-gen sensor with a user-friendly touch interface and NFC application, seamlessly gathers and transmits data to multiple platforms. Softdel’s 20 years of experience in smart products and expertise in BACnet made us the trusted partner of choice.
Softdel’s Solution
- Softdel adopted a comprehensive development approach, covering hardware, electronics, and software for the next-generation network sensor.
- To deliver an intuitive experience for building occupants, a user-friendly HMI was developed incorporating a display module and touch interface.
- The network sensor integrated the five most crucial sensors - Temperature, Humidity, IAQ, Occupancy, and Proximity.
- The network sensor featured NFC connectivity, allowing installers to configure and customise the display from any NFC-enabled mobile device.
- Softdel included provisions for firmware updates, and implemented an external input for enhanced zone monitoring, such as window or door contact, object identification, temperature averaging, or other dry contact sensor information.
- The solution was further enhanced with data aggregation capabilities, facilitating seamless gathering of sensor data and transmission to third-party applications and Building Management Systems (BMS) for better building operations.
- Softdel conducted extensive testing including integration and functional testing to validate the performance and ensure reliability of the network sensor.
Standards and Technology
Communication Protocols: BACnet MS/TP, NFC, CAN
Tools: GitHub and JIRA
Programming Language: C
Benefits
- Advanced control strategies: When paired with an application controller, the sensor unlocks multiple possibilities by supporting sophisticated control strategies like demand control ventilation and energy-saving mechanisms based on occupancy patterns, ensuring efficiency and sustainability.
- Enhanced occupant experience: The intelligent sensor is meticulously crafted to create a more responsive and adaptive environment, elevating the occupant experience through cutting-edge technology.
- One step closer to green certification: The network sensor enabled data collection and insights necessary for the assessment of environmental performance crucial for green building certification requirements.
