Facility Management

Blue IoT helps Greater Dandenong council go green

he offices of the City of Greater Dandenong council were facing a chilling problem. In 2018, after twenty years in operation, its Heating, Venting and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system was starting to malfunction. Temperatures were fluctuating by up to five degrees across the site, resulting in a noticeable decrease in productivity and staff happiness. Managing a temperamental HVAC system might have been barely more than an inconvenience for a facility with a modern Building Management System (BMS) in place, but the council’s ageing system was only compounding the problem. Maintenance and facility staff were unable to

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