Easy visibility and remote control capabilties to ensure your buildings are safe and comfortable.
Critical system visibility and alerts, proactive fixes, and data to drive energy efficiency.
Delegate exclusive permissions to your tenants to enable their ability to monitor and control devices within their units.
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Poorly managed commercial HVAC equipment will inevitably result in building occupant discomfort, energy waste, equipment preservation challenges, and equipment failure costs. Solving these problems can be daunting when system data is inaccessible, scattered, and confusing to comprehend.
Thankfully, there is a solution: connect your HVAC equipment, thermostats, and related components together into Motion’s single cloud-based interface. Unlock the benefits of on-the-fly control capabilities, smart schedules, critical alert push notifications, and real-time & historical system data— all at the touch of your fingertips.
Motion is designed to streamline the management of disparate HVAC systems, regardless of the manufacturer equipment installed on-site. By layering Motion on top of your existing systems, you can tie together all of your HVAC assets into a universal platform that provides your organization with a comprehensive portfolio solution.
Receive instant push notifications for HVAC events by alarming output data from individual components within the entire system. This encourages proactive fixes and can extend equipment life cycles to stretch your dollars further.
- Condenser Loop Temperatures
- Air Temperature
- Supply Air Temperature
- Air and Water Flow
- Chiller Performance
- Boiler Performance
- Water Level Monitoring
Motion’s platform includes a secure device hierarchy that allows admin users to grant exclusive permission access to designated users based off of what that user needs to effectively manage your building systems. For example, you can give building operators access to the most critical control functions in HVAC plants, maintenance personnel access to alerts and monitoring, and tenants access to unit-specific thermostat control.
This ensures that the right people have the information they need, while preventing unauthorized users from damaging or compromising the system.
As energy prices continue to rise, it is increasingly crucial to take steps to reduce the energy costs of buildings. HVAC plants are some of the biggest energy consumers in buildings, accounting for a significant portion of total energy costs. As such, optimizing the performance of HVAC systems is essential for reducing the overall energy costs of buildings.
Motion provides a comprehensive solution for– not just monitoring– but actually controlling HVAC systems without ever being on site. By integrating with third party systems and collecting data on HVAC performance, Motion enables you to optimize HVAC operations for improved efficiency, reduced energy costs, and risk mitigation.
Cooling towers are a critical component of many buildings, but they can be difficult to monitor. The fans in cooling towers operate under varying load conditions and often only run at peak load for short periods. This can lead to degradation of performance over time and eventual failure. With remote cooling tower condition monitoring, you can ensure that your cooling tower is operating properly and avoid potential problems down the road.
Motion’s remote monitoring capabilities allow you to monitor and alarm a variety of cooling tower properties, including:
- Water Level High/Low Alerts
- Make-up Water Usage
- Fan Speed and Status Monitoring
- Pump Speed and Status Monitoring
- Basin/Sump Heat Monitoring
- Fan and Pump Start/Stop Control
A chiller is one of the most critical pieces of equipment in a building, so it is important to ensure that it is running at peak performance. Motion enables building operators to remotely monitor and alarm various chiller properties, such as:
- Condenser Loop Temperatures / Pressures / Flow
- Chilled Water Loop Temperatures / Pressures / Flow
- Refrigerant Temperatures / Pressures
- Compressor status
- Start / Stop Control
- Demand Monitoring
- **Any Additional BACnet/Modbus Points Available
In addition to ensuring that the chiller is running smoothly, monitoring can also have some other benefits, such as cost savings. By being able to predict when a chiller will go down or when it is running at less than peak performance, building operators can avoid unexpected expenses.
When it comes to monitoring and controlling electrical motor applications, VFDs can help users save energy by varying frequency and voltage. Electric motors will operate based on demand rather than continuously to reduce costs. Motion helps users monitor and control various aspects of their VFDs, including:
- Motor status monitoring
- Temperature
- RPM’s
- Torque
- Voltage
- Amperage
- Start/Stop control
- Speed monitoring and control
- Pressure monitoring
- Motor status monitoring
By continuously monitoring the performance of the motor, trends can be identified to indicate when maintenance is required or potential problems exist so they can be mitigated before they result in unscheduled downtime. Maintenance records can also be maintained electronically to improve reliability. By keeping a close eye on these factors, building operators can drive even further improvements in energy efficiency.
Heat pumps are becoming more popular to sustainably heat and cool building environments, while reducing energy consumption. Monitoring these systems is key to improving HVAC performance. When heat pumps have BACnet enabled hardware, Motion enables simple insight, control and monitoring of the unit. Example data points include:
- Compressor Monitoring
- Occupied / Unoccupied Status / Control
- Entering / Leaving Water Temperature (in WSHP Applications)
- Entering / Leaving Air Temperature
- Refrigerant Temperature / Pressure Monitoring
- Setpoint Adjustment
- Condensate Level Monitoring
- Fault Monitoring
By using data from these sensors, engineers can optimize the operation of their heat pump systems to save both energy and money. As more and more organizations turn to heat pumps for their comfort needs, it is becoming increasingly important to develop effective ways to monitor and control these systems. Motion is at the forefront of this effort, providing easy-to-use tools that make it simple to get the most out of your heat pump investment.
It is becoming increasingly important for building operators to take steps to reduce fuel consumption and lower carbon emissions. One of the most effective ways to do this is to ensure that boiler systems are well maintained and used correctly. Motion offers real-time insights into the operating status of boiler systems across multiple buildings, allowing users to identify and resolve issues before they cause problems. Additionally, they enable users to monitor and control numerous boiler properties, including:
- Enable / Disable Boiler(s)
- Setback Monitoring
- Lead / Lag
- Modulation Rate
- Setpoint(s)
By taking advantage of these capabilities, building operators can make a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Motion provides a tenant-specific application built into the platform that gives tenants access to devices that are integrated in your BAS—but in a way that gives tenants only the controls they exactly need. Before Motion, giving tenants access to BAS controls was simply not possible without compromising a building’s most critical systems. But with Motion, every tenant has a unique account and specific access to only what matters to them.
With Motion, commercial tenants, residential tenants, etc. can easily receive exclusive permissions to manage thermostats, lighting, access control, etc. all from their own personal devices without ever being on premise. Giving tenants control of their own space will help tenants save money on utilities and will give them one more reason to remain your tenants.
Show your tenants you’ve invested in their ability to manage the comfort levels and energy consumed in their units from their own personal devices. This will increase the likelihood to retain those tenants, and allow you to market your amenities in a way that will drive demand to your available units.
You would never delegate permissions to tenants to manage devices or data that pertains to the overall health of your building. That is why Motion designed a robust device management hierarchy that makes it easy to share specific devices to specific account individuals.
Common tenant-specific applications include:
- Thermostat control and schedules
- Access control and schedules
- Lighting controls and schedules
- Real-time utility submeter monitoring (water, gas, electric)
By implementing real-time energy monitoring solutions, you can gain valuable insights into your building’s energy usage patterns and identify areas where you can make adjustments to optimize energy efficiency. With real-time energy and utility data, you can make informed decisions about when and how to use energy, identify potential equipment failures, and participate in demand response programs, leading to short-term and long-term cost benefits for your company.
By participating in demand response programs, building owners can reduce their energy bills and save money. Demand response programs offer financial incentives to energy users who reduce their energy consumption during periods of peak demand, which can help to offset the cost of energy use.
Motion is designed to work seamlessly with specialized power meter and submeter equipment, as well as high-energy generating systems. This makes our solution a comprehensive and holistic approach to not only monitoring energy consumption in real-time, but also controlling energy generation in real-time. With our technology, building owners can achieve better execution of demand response incentives and energy savings.
Monitoring your equipment’s energy usage in real-time can help you to identify potential equipment failures or malfunctions, which can result in costly downtime and repairs. By catching these issues early, you can save money on repairs and minimize the impact of equipment failures on your business operations.
The importance of refrigeration in various industries cannot be understated. To ensure that food, pharmaceuticals, and other perishables remain stable and usable, it is essential to have a reliable refrigeration system.
Motion detects indications of refrigeration failure and can alert users to the issue immediately. Motion also logs data of refrigeration conditions to prove and ensure compliance.
By integrating your refrigeration assets into Motion’s cloud, you will gain full autonomy over your refrigeration systems from any location. This feature not only makes it easier to keep track of everything, but it also enables you to make changes on the fly as opposed to waiting for someone to physically adjust the settings.
Motion was designed to provide solutions for various types of industry sectors, such as:
- Restaurants
- Grocery Stores
- Pharmacies
- Health Care
- Laboratories
Refrigeration plays an important role in many businesses, and keeping those systems running smoothly can be a challenge. Monitor, control, alarm, and set schedules for your temperature, humidity, etc. from the following types of refrigeration assets:
- Walk-In Freezer
- Reach-in Freezer
- Reach-In Cooler
- Walk-in Cooler
- Laboratory Refrigeration
Having this data readily available will help ensure your refrigeration needs are running smoothly and proactively detect any unexpected issues.
Motion can be used to monitor temperature and humidity levels, providing historical data that demonstrates businesses are operating within compliance. In addition, Motion can help businesses to prevent noncompliance by alerting them of refrigeration issues. As a result, Motion is an essential tool for any business that relies on effective refrigeration systems.
Disclaimer: may require NIST certification for sensors. Refer to your local regulatory agency.
Indoor air quality is a growing concern for a number of industries, especially during today’s post-pandemic era. Buildings are in under more regulatory pressure than ever to provide high-quality air to occupants.
Motion provides a comprehensive solution for monitoring indoor air quality, allowing users to see real-time data on temperature, humidity, CO2 levels, TVOCs, and particulate matter from compatible sensors. This data is essential for making sure that building occupants are protected from potentially harmful environmental conditions.
Common industries that are requiring healthy IAQ initiatives include but are not limited to:
- Schools & Universities
- Medical Facilities
- Laboratories
- Factories + Warehouses
- Hospitality
- Health & Wellness
- Spas
Construction activities can have a significant impact on local air quality. Particulate matter from construction sites can cause respiratory problems for workers and nearby residents. Construction site operators are responsible for ensuring that air quality remains acceptable throughout the construction process.
Motion enables construction site operators to monitor all air quality aspects, including dust particles. With Motion, you can be confident that you are taking the necessary steps to safeguard the health of your workers and the community.
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Lighting accounts for a significant portion of a company’s energy costs, and millions of dollars are lost each year in the U.S. alone because lights are left on. Motion gives users complete control of their interior and exterior lighting systems.
With Motion, users can easily configure lighting schedules and control lighting from anywhere, which is ideal for operators managing multiple buildings. By automatically turning lights off when rooms are unoccupied and optimizing light schedules, businesses can reduce their annual losses resulting from wasted electricity.
Common lighting use cases include:
- Interior Lighting
- Exterior Lighting
- Parking Garages
- Signage
- Parking Lots
A large portion of energy usage is wasted, due to inefficient lighting systems and unnecessary lighting usage. However, a smart scheduling system for lighting controls can help to reduce energy waste and lower electricity costs by managing lighting based on time of day and day of the week.
With Motion, users can easily deploy lighting schedules to optimize lighting and energy usage. By automatically turning lights off or dimming them when they’re not needed, businesses can see a dramatic reduction in their energy consumption.
Despite the advent of automation, remote lighting controls are still vital for building operators. Even when they are not present at the building, operators may need to control lighting in order to efficiently manage energy use.
Motion enables authorized users to control lighting from anywhere. Ultimately, remote lighting controls give building operators the flexibility and control they need to keep their buildings safe and well-lit when needed.
Water is one of the most essential resources on the planet, and yet it is often taken for granted. With water shortages becoming more common especially in drier climates, it is more important than ever to conserve this precious resource.
Motion provides a valuable service in this regard, enabling users to monitor their water usage and quickly identify any leaks or burst pipes. By communicating real-time water data, be sure that your water usage is being optimized and flood incidents are detected and immediately responded to.
As any building engineer knows, water damage can be catastrophic. Not only can it cause extensive damage to the property, but it can also lead to mold growth and serious health problems for tenants. Unfortunately, pipes can freeze and leaks can occur without any visual signs. This problem can lead to catastrophic water damage before the issue is discovered.
Motion can help to detect these problems before they cause extensive damage. By monitoring water temperature and water usage, building operators can be alerted to potential issues before they become serious problems. This early detection can save considerable time and money by avoiding expensive repairs. In addition, it can also help to prevent tenant complaints by addressing problems before they have a chance to cause inconvenience or discomfort.
By using Motion, you can rest assured that your property is protected from costly and potentially devastating water damage.
For many organizations, monitoring water utility submeters is a complex and time-consuming process. Motion’s remote monitoring feature enables users to monitor water consumption in real time from one location. By eliminating the need for manual readings, it saves time and money. And by alerting engineers to potential problems sooner, it increases efficiency. This feature is a valuable tool for any organization that wants to improve its water management. With Motion, building engineers can view water meter readings remotely to understand consumption trends and make sure that the water systems are running efficiently.