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Categories/IoT & Connected Hardware/Roby
Roby

Roby

Founded by Ben Ries & Jay Hsueh in 2017

Automate building HVAC schedules using room calendars

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You can use Roby to automatically control heating, ventilation, and air conditioning schedules across your commercial buildings. The application links directly with your room reservation calendars and your building management system to switch unoccupied spaces into energy-saving modes when meetings end or rooms sit empty. By eliminating heating and cooling in vacant offices, you lower facility energy costs, reduce operational runtimes, and extend the lifespan of HVAC equipment. Facility teams can track runtime reduction metrics without changing existing booking habits or adding extra maintenance work.

What Roby does

Connect calendar systems to building automation serversSet HVAC units to unoccupied temperature setpointsMonitor HVAC operational runtimes across office zonesEstimate potential kilowatt-hour energy savingsRun pilot testing sessions on BMS control logicGenerate runtime reduction reports for facility managersConnects room calendars directly to building management systemsRuns locally on existing BMS servers without new hardwareSwitches unused meeting rooms into unoccupied mode automaticallyTracks total HVAC runtime hours to calculate energy reductionsMaintains normal temperature schedules during scheduled meetingsDecreases equipment wear to prolong HVAC machinery lifespan

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