At our firm, we recognize that the traditional approach to zoning sometimes leaves modern structures and their inhabitants wanting. To that end, we take a different tack—one that centers on comfort, efficiency, and a proper dose of customization. Our method is a combination of not just an insensible application of technology but also a sensible understanding of thermal dynamics and the "human" part of "human comfort preferences."
It starts with us obtaining a good understanding of your building and its very specific environmental, usage, and spatial factors. The work you see here is an art as much as it is a science because we also need to carry out some friendly guesswork in optimizing for energy efficiency. We then connect the zoning plan we just developed with the engineering of the building's temperature control systems—making us, in effect, not just a zoning expert, but an expert in human comfort, too.
The innovative, next-generation zoning system is about so much more than simply dividing a building into separate temperature zones. It consists of much more than a set of advanced sensors and a smart algorithm that dictates how hot or cold a zone should be based on real-time, 24/7/365 occupancy and weather data. Our two-parts-to-one-zip-system (the ZC8e; aka Smart Zoning, and the SDC8e, aka Smart Distributing) can and does learn from the individual user’s feedback and makes necessary adjustments to optimize user satisfaction. If that isn’t quite English, it should be; it comes directly from the Penn State model that birthed the story of HMI. Penn State is one of the principal parts of the Innovate Penn State initiative and has a model of (clearly) close-held startups. In plain English, our unique approach interfaces with (and thereby totally conquers) that segment of the problem space known as “non-stationarity.”
Flexibility and scalability are two major advantages of our zoning system. You can use it in nearly any environment, from a 5,000-square-foot corporate office to a 50,000-square-foot assembly plant. And each of those spaces can have multiple personality traits that you must satisfy. You can customize our system to do that. So, if we take those two examples of the assembly plant and corporate office and use the system in those two spaces, we can have two different types of zoning and two different types of controls in those spaces. Now, that’s a business advantage.
And to maximize that business advantage, you also get long-term support and upgrades. I wouldn't call it maintenance; I think of it as optimization over the life of the system. "When you got it, we got you" is sort of the philosophy.