I am particularly interested in the software implementation. I am a Mechanical Engineer, involved with high rise construction. Looking to disrupt Building Management Systems.
Overtaking a BMS has huge problems (I know, I am in that space). On one end you're talking about certified hardware for a variety of needs (hardware, especially certified to various ASHRAE/ANSI/etc specs is expensive for a small company, no two ways about it). Second is the "no one got fired for buying IBM" mentality - if you hook up with Siemens, JCI and the like, you have paid that huge maintenance contract to make the vendor fix their problem and you won't end up with an insolvent small vendor's VAV controllers which don't work.
Comments
Interesting presentation, would do better with some more details in a blog or pdf.
thanks, i'll try and write them up. any particular areas you'd like to see expanded?
I am particularly interested in the software implementation. I am a Mechanical Engineer, involved with high rise construction. Looking to disrupt Building Management Systems.
Overtaking a BMS has huge problems (I know, I am in that space). On one end you're talking about certified hardware for a variety of needs (hardware, especially certified to various ASHRAE/ANSI/etc specs is expensive for a small company, no two ways about it). Second is the "no one got fired for buying IBM" mentality - if you hook up with Siemens, JCI and the like, you have paid that huge maintenance contract to make the vendor fix their problem and you won't end up with an insolvent small vendor's VAV controllers which don't work.
Think positive, that is why you and I are on HN and our colleagues live in 30 year old specs space.