Web-application for service management, research and optimization of energy consumption in buildings

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Our client provides services for energy management based on their specialized software and research to enable optimization of energy consumption. Their customers are some of the largest retail and hospitality chains, universities, theaters, and many more organizations with large facility portfolios. They use this solution for enterprise energy management that provides their customers with energy cost reductions.

This software developed by First Line ultimately provides the client with a centralized console, which integrates securely with a client’s existing building management equipment: heat and air conditioning systems, ventilation, lighting and others. The console integrates with the Clients database and captures instrument readings at a predetermined frequency - typically every 15 minutes. The system enables clients to manage and control capital equipment (for example, to set on/off time) and provides information about the energy consumption of the client’s buildings.

In addition to monitoring and control, the system provides data analytics services. The platform pairs actionable data with real-time building information, asset monitoring and predictive analytics to reduce energy consumption and at the same time reducing capital equipment costs to customers. Analytical studies are performed on the Microsoft Power BI platform. The technology facilitates building data cubes and automated analysis.

Challenge

Initially, our client contacted First Line Software to use their expertise to solve issues with the data uploading process. First Line Software optimized the data access layer, which improved the speed of uploading reports at a reasonable rate. First Line also conducted an analysis of the databases and prepared quality improvement recommendations for reducing the size of databases with the reconfiguration of the indices, table normalization, etc.

Product description

First Line Software has been developing a web-application for the client’s platform, so customers can view the energy data for their buildings in real-time. The application alerts the client about any trouble spots such as higher energy consumption and can be used by the client to compare different indicators themselves.

First Line Software developed the “Command and control service”, which allows for the management of several groups of devices from the unified system. Previously each device was controlled separately.

First Line Software implemented Microsoft Reporting Services, a simple analytics toolkit.

Four software development professionals from First Line Software developed the Building View solution. This solution is used to monitor the operation of energy-consuming appliances in the building. It provides real-time visibility with its console and assembles statistical analysis based on collected data. The solution was already in place but First Line redesigned and redeveloped it for their client.

Technologies

ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Power BI.

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Client References

I want to express my gratitude for all of your team’s hard work, support and extra help. We are very grateful for all that you have done for us.
Senior Project Manager, a U.S. specialty digital design and web development agency

Your quality of work is exceptional, and your flexible approach has allowed us to build and deploy a large amount of complex functionality in a very short space of time. Kudos to everyone for their professionalism and for delivering results that exceeded our expectations.
CEO, leading social media analytics provider

We have never had a better release that we can think of. And that is all because of your hard and dedicated work. So here is a big THANK YOU to everyone from all of us!
Editor, leading Scandinavian newspaper

For a software vendor like ourselves, picking the right development partner is crucial. First Line’s technical expertise and solid project management, coupled with their proficiency in Agile methodologies, have made them an integral part of our product development group.
VP Product Development, leading enterprise software vendor

Our First Line Team has been doing a great job. All of the guys check in great code, and they have a forward thinking mindset, not a feature-to-feature approach. They are also very open in terms of sharing knowledge, which is critical to running productive distributed teams.
Application Development Director, global marketing company

We've all learned a lot from you, and it is great working with you.
Application Development Director, global marketing company

The First Line team has an excellent process and we can learn from your team and improve.
Product Owner, Strategic Software Consultancy

I would like to thank the First Line development team for their dedication and high level of quality in their work. Despite being thousands of miles apart, we have been able to work quickly, effectively, and intelligently. Your team has been a major part of why we have been successful thus far.
VP Engineering, e-learning startup

First Line is a great technology partner capable of delivering complex, ‘industrial grade’ projects. They have demonstrated strong technical competence and solid understanding of the media and publishing domain. We have also been very impressed by the management team's attention to our needs and commitment to our success.
CEO, leading European digital media company

Your effort is the #1 reason that this project is going so well. I've worked with a lot of teams over the years and there are very few teams that I trust and respect. When you are given a task or feature, I never have to worry whether or not it will be accomplished on time and I never worry about the quality - you always deliver.
Architect, Strategic Software Consultancy

The team we put together in the last half of this year is one of the most productive, skilled and enjoyable I’ve ever worked on. It’s great to see the product brought to life, and I’m proud to work with all you folks.
Senior Architect, Fortune 100 company

The First Line Software team is professional, results driven, and proactive. I know that when we provide requirements for new functionality, they will not only deliver on the scope of what has been asked but will look beyond and give insight into how we can make our product even better. It has been a privilege to work with First Line Software, and I look forward to continuing our partnership in future.
VP, global marketing company

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