Entech, via Innolab Studio
Making a building's energy bill controllable
An energy control system for multi-unit buildings that trims heating and cooling costs without anyone touching a thermostat.
- Company
- Entech, via Innolab Studio
- Role
- Product Designer
- Timeline
- 18 weeks
- Platform
- iOS, Android
- Skills
- Product Design, Design System
Entech helps owners of multi-unit residential buildings cut utility costs by managing heating and cooling intelligently. The hardware, a network of sensors and smart thermostats, was solid; the software that owners and property managers actually touch needed to make all of it legible from one place. That software is what I designed.
- 25-40%
- Energy savedacross managed buildings
- 1 app
- One placesensors, boilers and thermostats
The hardware was never the problem
Sensors are easy to read, buildings are not
A boiler reports a temperature. A leak sensor reports wet or dry. Multiply that by every unit in every building in a portfolio and you have thousands of true facts and no idea what to do on a Tuesday morning.
I designed for the person, not the equipment. The question the software answers is not what is every sensor saying, it is what needs me today.
One building
Per unit, without walking the building
Heating, cooling and per-unit temperature sit on one screen, so a manager can see the flat that is running cold without knocking on the door, and change it without going to the basement.
Leaks and alerts
The call-out you did not have to make
Leak detection is the part that pays for itself, and it only works if an alert reaches the right person before the ceiling does. Alerts are ranked by what they cost if ignored, not by when they arrived.
Across a portfolio
Ten buildings, one screen
An owner with one building wants detail. An owner with thirty wants a shortlist. The same product has to do both, so the portfolio view is a filter down into the building view rather than a separate product.
