Massive Potential17 Apr 2018 13:25
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New trials for HalcyonPRO and cloudBMS
The fourth quarter of 2017 saw several new trials for the HalcyonPRO and cloudBMS systems kick off with organisations that have multiple properties in the healthcare, hospitality and housing association sectors.
The Halcyon system for building controls expands on a prior generation of a low-cost, wireless monitoring and control platform that served the retrofit market.
�Our connectivity is �retrofitable� and unique in the sense that wireless is so cheap to install. It is around a fifth of the [cost of the] wired solution,� explained James McKenzie, the chief executive officer of PhotonStar.
The company has included additional functionality, with the ability to regulate heating and cooling, shading and power management as well as the existing lighting and environmental sensor controls.
The group�s Halcyon cloudBMS software, which remotely connects multiple buildings, is built on a partnership with IBM�s Watson IoT platform that segues with the US technology giant�s Maximo and Tririga facilities management systems.
The partnership with IBM was not coincidental; the technology and consulting giant�s systems are embedded with around 80% of building managers worldwide that are also potential customers of PhotonStar.
Being able to remotely control the whole building ecosystem across multiple sites can lead to huge energy savings.
Significant further economies can be garnered from fixing a device before it goes wrong using what�s called predictive maintenance.
The Photonstar boss reckons the group�s service �will be able to save 80% of the trips to site.�
Meanwhile, price-cutting remains the order of the day in the traditional lighting business, to which PhotonStar has responded by focusing more on the top end of the market, where it can maintain margins more easily.