How many calls a day are you taking from tenants?
If you are the owner or building manager of a multi-unit commercial space you are very likely spending half of your day responding to questions, comments, or concerns from tenants about air quality, temperature settings, water pressure, and other similar areas in their units.
When you address their issue, are you truly addressing the cause? And how do you know? Commercial spaces like strip malls and apartment buildings are technically single, holistic buildings but due to their multi-unit nature, they tend to operate like one space with multiple, independently running little eco-systems. Treating them as such can be an inefficient use of time and resources, put unnecessary strain on mechanical systems, and become a costly exercise.
But, there is a balance to be had by wrapping each unit into one overarching control system.
When each unit in a building operates independently, building managers are faced with multiple tenant needs that are potentially related and yet tenant specific.
For example, a problem in the air ducts in Tenant A’s space could be causing temperature issues in Tenant B’s space. Because each area is being monitored independent of the other, the issue in Tenant A goes unnoticed while wasted effort is spent trying to continually correct the temperature for Tenant B.
It’s just one of any number of issues that owners have to face when their buildings operate in this system decentralized manner. Others include:
It all leads to a level of management chaos that can not only be ineffective, but financially draining as well.
Owners have two options for managing this chaos and keeping operations in the black. The first option - renovate the space to accommodate a singular tenant unit - is not realistic. The second option doesn’t require any major system or building changes, only a new way to work with them - a facilities management app.
Utilizing a facilities management mobile app, like ODIN, centralizes all BACnet-ready systems in a singular location. This is about more than collecting data in a central location though, it’s about having total system control from anywhere. With ODIN you no longer have to look at building management as a series of individual, unconnected systems. Instead you can manage and monitor systems as a singular unit.
This completely changes the way that teams work because they will have:
A facilities maintenance app provides building owners with these benefits, and more, because it can integrate all of a building’s systems into a centralized, unified interface.
One thing that a facilities management app does not do is force you into a one-size-fits-all approach to the way that your building systems operate. Each unit can still be treated as an individual zone. The app allows you to operate those zones more efficiently as part of a larger system.
It also provides you the opportunity to operate in a more focused, independent manner and with insight that enables you to manage issues before they become problems.
You want to be attentive to the needs of your tenants, but you need the freedom to perform your other daily tasks as well. A facilities management app from ODIN allows you to do both, with greater system access and control than you’ve ever had. The insight that you’ll gain with an ODIN app can help you make more effective and efficient decisions saving both you, and your tenants, time and money.
Discover how the ODIN facilities management mobile app can benefit your building.