Without an accurate understanding of what kind of condition a property is really in, including its functionality from a day-to-day perspective, potential owners and investors are left shooting in the dark.
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PointGuard Announces New Services with Choose-Your-Goals Levels
- Feb 08, 2021
- in Blogs, Press Releases
Today PointGuard announces the new PointGuard Path, the latest evolution of our services to provide even more opportunities for profit and savings to fit every building team’s needs and priorities.
The Problem with Pilots, and The PointGuard Approach
- Jan 20, 2021
- in Blogs
A New Approach to Testing Real Estate Tech
Do you want to try new real estate tech – without paying for a year’s worth of the tech or choosing a solution based only on case studies?
Yearlong pilots are expensive, time-consuming, and struggle to get buy-in.
On the other hand, case studies require a leap of faith when choosing a new technology – which isn’t guaranteed to work.
But, choosing the wrong technology has the potential to be a multi-million-dollar mistake for your company.
How can you implement new technology when the traditional options often don’t work? With a 30-day trial of new ...
The Problem with Case Studies
- Jan 04, 2021
- in Blogs
Do you use case studies to see if a new tech solution is right for you – without having to pay for an expensive, yearlong pilot?
Case studies tell the story of how a happy customer used the real estate tech. And, how it made running their building easier, cheaper, and great things.
Other Companies’ Data | But, when relying on case studies, you only see data from other companies using the product. Before committing to a likely expensive technology, you have to guess if the solution will work well in your unique situation from someone else’s data.
So, using case studies is like choosing which c...
The Problem with Pilots
- Dec 17, 2020
- in Blogs
Buying real estate software for an entire year just to test it is like buying a car before you test drive. Like buying a car before you even walk on to the dealership's lot. How do you even know if you like it if you haven't seen it? How do you know it will be useful?
PointGuard Case Study: The Story of 40% Energy Savings
- Dec 07, 2020
- in Case Studies
From the moment a building is commissioned or retro-commissioned to its highest performance levels, the building starts back down the path of declinie. Operational efficiency deteriorates over time through accidental changes, normal wear and tear, and lack of supervision. These problems combound over time to create the current efficiency levels (or most likely inefficiency).
In the case of one of PointGuard's clients Lincoln Harris, they tackle the problem of building drift with a two part approach. With every building they manage, the facility team aims to commission their buildings' mechanic...
PointGuard Case Study - 24/7 Runtime Ruins Asset Life
- Nov 19, 2020
- in Case Studies
What happens when you think your building is running efficiently but the data says otherwise?
ENERGY STAR Update for COVID-19
- Nov 02, 2020
- in COVID-19 Resources
The Department of Energy and ENERGY STAR revenly released updated COVID-19 related guidance for benchmarking and certification. The new guidance takes into account what the building sciences say are the best way to operate buildings in order to reduce disease transmission: higher humidity, higher quality filters, maximized fresh air intake, etc. Read more here.
October 8, 2020 – Charlotte, North Carolina. PointGuard, a facilities management software company, is pleased to announce the expansion of our service offering with additional capability in our powerful BMS-based platform to integrate with sensors.
BOMA Pandemic Guide
- Oct 02, 2020
- in COVID-19 Resources
Download BOMA's Pandemic Guide. "Managing Through Pandemics: Preparing Your Buildings, Tenants and Staff." Covering everything from creating a pandemic plan and building-wide preparations to business continuity and legal considerations, Managing Through Pandemics is an essential resource for all property professionals.
The real estate industry - especially th eoffice sector - has been greatly impacted by the global pandemic. C&W have posted the first in a series of four studies about the "forecast and outcomes" for the industry
Download Global Office Impact Study & Revocery Timing Report here. Or get more info on the study and key findings here.
Shannon Smith, CEO and Founder of PointGuard, recently spoke to Franco Faraudo of Propmodo on his podcast about AI and its use in commercial real estate.
Artificial Intelligence is a general term that includes other categories of self-teaching algorithms such as machine learning. Our understanding of what the term means has changed, coinciding with the changes in the way we define intelligence in general. Listen here for more of Shannon's thoughts.
The Burden of Proof: Proofs Summary
- Jul 20, 2020
- in Blogs
The Proof blog series focuses on why PointGuard is different with some considerations of what you need to look for in a software solution, and why PointGuard might be the perfect fit.
ASHRAE has released an updated infographic with further links to different resources, including building readiness, building specific guides, and ASHRAE Standards. Download here.
Proof #7: It Comes Back to Scale
- Jun 23, 2020
- in Blogs
You know you want to try it but… Services that are used for a niche purpose must be flexible enough to incorporate changes in software used in building equipment so that services installed and trusted can continue to earn the loyalty of their users.