Facilio, a New York AI-driven property operations and maintenance firm, is collaborating with Belimo, a Swiss specialist in HVAC field devices, to enhance the buildings industry by delivering connected and sustainable environments.

Addressing the growing need for efficient building operations, Facilio and Belimo plan to help real-estate owners, operators and service providers turn IoT data into operational insights and workflows to optimise building performance and comfort in real time.

“For customers who are shifting to an agile, data-driven operating model, Facilio and Belimo will deliver a single connected operational environment, helping them gain complete real-time visibility and control of their space and equipment,” said Prabhu Ramachandran, CEO of Facilio. “We are excited to partner with market leader Belimo to significantly impact how the real estate industry transforms their property operations with data.”

Facilio’s platform harnesses IoT and aggregates hard-to-access building data to optimise HVAC systems and building performance in real time, implementing sustainability measures and elevating the tenant experience. The company works with estate owners and operators to provide real-time building performance to help them take action when needed.

“The real estate industry is engaged in creating sustainable buildings and contributing to ESG goals through digital transformation and industry collaborations,” said Salvatore Cataldi, IoT expert at Belimo. “The synergy between Belimo’s digital ecosystem and Facilio’s platform leverages available data to unlock the potential of connected buildings and address the new challenges.”

Belimo sensors, control valves and damper actuators for HVAC applications meet the evolving needs of connected buildings and provide access to the devices’ data. With system integration into the building management systems, every Belimo IoT device has an additional digital identity that offers an open interaction in a digital ecosystem. This digital identity provides a platform for implementing applications with different partners at every integration level.

With the contributions of Belimo’s IoT ecosystem, Facilio’s cloud-based platform provides:

• Remote asset performance and optimisation: Remote monitoring and control of multiple building assets, through a single-pane-of-glass interface. With automated ML-driven fault detection and diagnostics to optimise HVAC performance and energy efficiency in real time.
• Sustainability management: Provide real-time energy consumption analytics, measurement and verification, performance benchmarking, digitised electronic content management, reporting, and more.
• Automated maintenance: Customisable and automated workflows; preventive, condition-based and predictive maintenance.
• Seamless tenant and occupant experiences: An app to help tenants, owners and facility managers work remotely and access data, initiate tenant service requests, and visitor and vendor management.

Headquartered in Switzerland, Belimo develops, produces and sells field devices for controlling heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Sensors, control valves and damper actuators make up the company’s core business. Founded in 1975, the company employs around 1900 people in more than 80 countries. It has developed intelligent IoT-enabled devices for HVAC that provide data to improve efficiency of installation and commissioning, and to control, service and optimise buildings more efficiently and remotely.

Facilio is an AI-based property operations platform that helps real estate portfolios aggregate building data, optimise performance in real time, and control operations. With its hardware-agnostic IoT edge agent, it aggregates hard-to-access building data onto a single platform. Headquartered in New York, the company has offices in Padova, Dubai, Chennai and Singapore.