Using IoT and Remote Monitoring For Optimised Facilities Maintenance
Digital innovation is driving powerful change for businesses. Remote monitoring IoT solutions empower precision facilities maintenance that streamlines operations, reduces the risk of equipment and system failures and costly downtime. These systems collect data around key metrics, which are remotely visible to maintenance professionals.
Whenever deviations in trends and undesirable readings take place, alerts inspire action. We like to say “we know before you know” – because we’ve picked up on problems and rectified them before clients were even aware of the problem. It also removes the need for many manual processes, which equates to resource optimisation and savings.
From temperature monitoring in vital server rooms to leak detection, the application of IoT sensors is tailored by our team of maintenance professionals around your facility’s operational requirements and objectives. Whether they detect issues over weekends or in unoccupied buildings, there are extensive benefits for landlords, business owners,tenants and facilities managers. This blog focuses on the main advantages of these innovative solutions for facilities maintenance.
Immediate Interventions
Maintenance issues don’t keep office hours. Expedited action through live building monitoring and alerts has tremendous potential to reduce downtime, prevent exorbitant costs in repairs and resources, and mitigate the structural damage that comes with delays. This is especially the case with critical systems and machinery.
Over time, the data collected can be used for trend analysis. Our team of maintenance professionals interprets data over time and picks up on early warning signs of potential issues. This early fault identification also reduces the risk of downtime.
Data-Inspired Condition-Based Maintenance
Optimal facilities maintenance combines strategic planning around different equipment and systems. This combines reactive, planned preventative and predictive maintenance, and condition-based maintenance.
The data from live building monitoring and remote monitoring solutions are especially useful in devising these strategies. Particularly in the case of condition-based maintenance, these live building monitoring solutions move away from traditional calendar-based approaches. This allows maintenance engineers to schedule maintenance around actual usage of critical machinery, so your hardest working machinery receives the maintenance it needs to keep your operations running smoothly.
This brings additional benefits such as enhanced efficiencies and reduced risk of systems failure that could lead to operational disruptions, backlogs, costs, and reputational damage.
Ease of Reporting For Improved Tenant-Landlord Relationships
Remote insights into critical systems mean landlords and facilities managers can interrogate the status of critical building systems as required. Data-level reporting equates to simplified dispute resolution, evidenced performance, and easy reporting. This is achieved without manual checks and processes, which come at a cost for landlords and business owners.
Evidenced Contractual Performance and Compliance
At Voltix Services, IoT data processes and client portals are an effective way to gauge the implementation of maintenance protocols. While sensors give engineers insights for high-level execution of our services, our clients are equally empowered to know the status of their maintenance priorities through our client portal. This is especially useful for compliance peace of mind and reporting.
Optimised Utilities Management (and Savings)
Understanding consumption is the first step to reducing consumption. For resource preservation and sustainable energy management, our smart meters and submetering solutions monitor and report on consumption. From there, we can advise on areas of potential savings that align with evolving regulations and environmental prerogatives.
Consolidated Reporting For Multi-Site Ops
For multi-site operations, these data insights are accessible from a centralised, remotely accessible dashboard. This removes the traditional challenges around distance and manual processes for maintenance.
Ensure Safety and Security
The data from IoT sensors can safeguard the safety and security interests of every building and business. By ensuring high maintenance standards around machinery and building systems, you’re empowered to take action against health, safety, and wellness risks associated with equipment operation and even simple building occupancy (e.g. water hygiene and legionella and the assurance that machines are in good, safe working order).
These sensors have the potential to support safety measures such as fire safety. They also enhance security efforts – with scope for immediate alerts around unauthorised or unusual activity.
Contact Voltix Services for Innovative FM and Remote Monitoring Solutions
Our live building monitoring solutions translate into innovative facilities maintenance for businesses of all sizes. Contact Voltix Services today to find out more about our tailored services and remote monitoring solutions for future-proof facilities maintenance.