Buddy Ohm real-time resources monitoring platform

Buddy Platform has announced a solution for monitoring the consumption of electricity, gas, water, steam and solar power generation, called Buddy Ohm.

The product helps measure the consumption of these resources in buildings, government facilities and public infrastructure, helping managers and occupants get a clearer view of the financial and environmental cost of these facilities.

The monitoring solution comprises IoT-class hardware, secure and scalable data infrastructure, an operations portal, occupant-facing dashboards and mobile accessibility. The platform uses open hardware and software protocols, meaning users have full access and control of their resource data.

The Ohm base unit is installed in proximity to meters or submeters and utilises industry standard connectors to monitor electricity, solar, water, steam, gas and other natural and built environment elements. Ohm can wirelessly connect to other sensors, allowing for a network of sensors across city and building landscapes. Ohm connects directly to The Buddy Platform via the cellular network, eliminating troublesome Wi-Fi environments and reducing lapses in connectivity. This capability also means Ohm can be deployed in places where connectivity is a challenge.

The Buddy Platform connects a constellation of devices to translate raw data into valuable insight. This scalable and secure platform is the heart of Buddy Ohm, enabling the processing, streaming and storing of key resource data, with powerful real-time capabilities like a rules engine and alerts.

Through the operations portal, building managers and owners have a simple, easy-to-understand overview of how their facilities are consuming resources (or, in the case of solar, generation). The dashboards, meanwhile, offer real-time access to data in an easy-to-understand format.

Real-time push notifications are sent out  when anomalies are detected or predetermined thresholds are met, meaning operators can act now rather than looking backwards at historical events.