We make buildings consume less
consume less energy, less manhours, less resources and we ensure building management and owner tranquility.
Broken sensors, volatile energy prices, limited visibility into energy consumption patterns, malfunctioning equipment, HVAC in unoccupied spaces, leaving lights on, the building is on a holiday schedule during non-holiday days, the list continues. This may continue for years and often you discover too late.
The status quo is insufficient
Building automation systems offer little assistance. Little interoperability or use of open standards don't allow for aggregation of the data. Collection and analysis are infrequent, costly, time consuming, and often inadequate in detail.
Pangia changes this paradigm. "After the fact" becomes "proactive" and your buildings maintain their energy efficiency. A persistant energy savings of 10-50% may be achieved with a payback of 3-24 months.
An open software as a service energy analytics platform
You could think of us as a "Google Analytics for buildings." We integrate various building management systems for automatic data collection, warehousing, diagnostics, and cont. commissioning.
Pangia will enable you to monitor, analyze, continuously commission, and control your building.
A beta version of Pangia is slated for release in early Fall.
Easy to install
Pangia is vendor-neutral, can practically integrate any sensor that emits a digital signal (including wireless sensors) in any building, is realtime, plug and play, and doesn't necessitate the installation of additional hardware on-site.
A fully integrated solution
The analytics are not confined to a portfolio level view of your buildings. Pangia can give you insight and analytics at the building, floor, room, equipment, and sensor / component level.
Use the future of building management today
Want to have an early look at Pangia's backend? StreamFS is a storage system for sensor data streams. It is a core service in the building operating system architecture. StreamFS allows published data streams to be queried historically and in real-time, while also storing and managing their metadata.
In buildings, there is a fundamental relationship between systems and spaces. StreamFS captures this relationship by constructing a resource hierarchy that names measurement instruments relative to their context. This allows us to bring together systems and spaces through the instruments within them. Furthermore, StreamFS keeps track of changes in the hierarchy over time. It is also designed to simplify data acquisition and exploits the naming structure for simpler, context-dependent queries.
Download and test StreamFS here
Who uses StreamFS?
Case Study: UC Berkeley
The building:
- 9 Story Engineering Building (classroom and lab space)
- Size: 206,154 sq. ft.
- Year built: 1950
- Energy bill prior: $1M
The results / findings:
- 30% energy savings
- ~$300,000 in yearly energy savings
- Unmonitored steam pipe and usage
- HVAC usage in unoccupied spaces
Building Commissioning: A Golden Opportunity for Reducing Energy Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Lawrence Berkeley National Labs)
A meta study focused on the impact of building commissioning on energy use in buildings. Research findings include reduced energy usage of 10-50% as well as large non energy impacts such as reduction in change orders, increase equipment life, increased air quality, and increased thermal comfort. Also "It is noteworthy that virtually all existing building commissioning projects were cost effective by each metric." Note: Lawrence Berkeley National Labs uses our backend, StreamFS, in some of their research efforts.
Why Energy Matters (John Straube, Ph.D.,)
The argument for why reducing the operational energy use and increasing durability should be prime concerns.
Fostering Sustainable Behavior (Doug McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D.)
How to foster sustainable behavior in your initiatives using a community based social marketing approach.
Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Economy (McKinsey)
This report is for business leaders, policymakers, and other interested individuals who desire a fact base for a discussion on how to best pursue additional gains in energy efficiency within the U.S.economy.
If you would like to pilot your buildings, provide us data, solicit our services, or ask for additional information, please email info[@]greenpangia.com.