UBX offers a smart building platform for commercial buildings under 50,000 square feet, providing advanced monitoring, user-friendly alerts, and remote HVAC control and diagnostics. The platform helps building owners save energy and allows contractors to deploy the system quickly without additional wiring or programming.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Many commercial buildings, especially those under 50,000 square feet, lack comprehensive building automation systems (BAS) or even basic internet-connected thermostats, leading to inefficient energy usage and difficulty in optimizing building performance. Retrofitting existing buildings with wired sensors and control systems can be complex, costly, and disruptive.
Solution
UBX offers a scalable smart building platform that provides building owners and contractors with a unified solution for remote HVAC control, advanced monitoring, and building diagnostics. The platform utilizes a wireless LoRaWAN network and a suite of plug-and-play devices to provide real-time data and actionable insights. The UBX system enables building owners to reduce energy consumption, improve occupant comfort, and extend the lifespan of building assets through a user-friendly, cloud-based application suite. UBX provides two main products: UBX System for buildings without existing automation and UBX Data to enhance existing building automation systems with high-fidelity data.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes building owners, contractors, energy consultants, service providers, and facilities managers in offices, commercial buildings, restaurants, medical facilities, educational institutions, and manufacturing/warehouse environments.
Features
- Wireless LoRaWAN devices with up to 5+ years of battery life, enabling long-range communication through walls and obstacles
- UBX Hub with built-in LTE connectivity for automatic cloud connection, eliminating the need for Wi-Fi or IT support
- Smart Thermostat that supports most 24VAC HVAC systems with features like screen lock, anti-theft protection, and multiple temperature/fan modes
- HVAC Diagnostic sensor for precise temperature data of HVAC systems, enabling quick problem diagnosis and system optimization
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) sensors to monitor CO2, TVOC, humidity, temperature, and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10)
- Refrigeration and Temperature Monitoring solution with magnetic, waterproof sensors for preventing inventory loss and food spoilage
- Water Leak Detection solution that provides programmable alarms and location identification through the EZ Floor Plan tool
- Energy Monitoring solutions for tracking and optimizing building energy consumption with self-powered, clamp-on sensors
- UBX Portal for remote monitoring and control, data visualization, reporting, and asset/document management
- Integration with Ventacity Ventilators (VSPro) for bi-directional wireless control and monitoring