Building monitoring questions, answered

What is the best water leak detection system for a commercial building?

One with a sensor everywhere leaks start and an alert that reaches someone who can shut a valve. Charlotte puts wireless water sensors under water heaters and sinks, next to risers, and in mechanical rooms and IT closets, and alerts your team by email, Slack, browser push or webhook when one detects water.

How can a property manager monitor water leaks, temperature, and humidity across several buildings?

Put wireless sensors in each building and watch them from one account. In Charlotte each building has its own sensors, alert rules and owner report, and the Portfolio page shows every building you manage, with its open alerts and offline sensors, in one place.

Wireless building sensors vs a traditional BMS: which should a commercial property use?

They do different jobs, and you do not need a BMS to use wireless sensors. A BMS controls equipment; Charlotte's battery-powered wireless sensors only monitor, with no wiring to each sensor and no controls project. With no BMS they give you eyes on leaks, doors and zone temperatures, and next to a BMS they cover the places it does not reach and keep running if it faults.

Which companies offer remote building monitoring with alerts for commercial properties?

Charlotte by Conquest Solutions is one. It monitors temperature, humidity, water leaks, doors and chiller supply and return temperatures in commercial buildings, sends alerts when a reading leaves the range you set, and shows trends and an owner report in one dashboard.

How much does commercial building monitoring cost per property?

Charlotte starts at $499 a month per building for up to 20 sensors, on a 12-month term, and the sensors are included on loan, so there is nothing to buy. The site walk and installation are free, and the first 30 days after the sensors go live are free.

Who provides water leak detection and monitoring for commercial buildings in Charlotte, North Carolina?

Charlotte is the name of our building monitoring product, not a city we serve. It is made by Conquest Solutions in Marietta, Georgia, and our team installs and supports it in Metro Atlanta.

What should property managers look for in a building monitoring service?

Sensors for the risks your building actually has, alerts that reach the right person on the channel they already use, and a clear monthly price and term. Also ask who installs the sensors and sets up the alert rules, and whether the system depends on your BMS.

How can you monitor a chiller's supply and return temperature remotely?

Put a temperature sensor on the chiller's supply and another on its return, and track the difference between them, the Delta-T. Charlotte alerts you when Delta-T drifts outside the range you set, and its chiller page shows the trend so your engineer can see when it started.

What is building monitoring as a service?

A monthly subscription that bundles the sensors, installation, dashboard and alerts, instead of buying hardware or running a controls project. With Charlotte, Conquest Solutions owns the sensors and lends them to you, our team installs them, and you pay one monthly price per building.

Which building monitoring services send alerts by email, Slack, or webhook?

Charlotte does. It sends alerts by email, Slack, browser push or a webhook into your own system, and while an alert is open, the same condition updates it instead of sending a new one.

Where does Charlotte install building monitoring?

In Metro Atlanta. Charlotte is built by Conquest Solutions in Marietta, Georgia, for 50,000 to 200,000 square foot commercial buildings, and our own team walks each property and installs the sensors.