Energy management system & building automation
better.energy is everything you need for automated and energy-efficient building management!
Advantages
Save up to 35 per cent energy and CO₂ emissions with better.energy
Are you ready to take control of your building’s energy consumption while saving costs and protecting the environment? With the smart IoT platform better.energy, you have everything you need. Stop wasting energy by heating or cooling unused rooms: The intelligent better.energy software optimises energy management in your building and provides you with an overview of your energy consumption – whether it’s a hotel, hospital, office, care home, public facility or school.
Overview
Why better.energy?
Automated processes take the strain off you, your team and all users, increase comfort and productivity, protect the environment and reduce your costs. Discover the benefits of this unique software for all non-residential buildings now and revolutionise your energy management.
Reduces up to 35 per cent of your energy consumption
Full control and maximum transparency of where and how you heat and cool your home
Your contribution to sustainability and climate protection: reduced CO2 emissions
More comfort and productivity for building and room users
AI for success: intelligent rules and algorithms for automation
Minimal installation effort, no conversion – but maximum efficiency
better.energy modules
Modular and customised to your building structure
Whether you want to control your radiators or air conditioning units (fan coils) automatically or measure your heat consumption, with better.energy we have the right solution for your property.
better.energy – Control
Intelligent control of radiators and fan coil units
With the better.energy – Control module, you can automate the control of radiators and fan coil units in your building based on the actual use of the rooms. Avoid unnecessary energy consumption and adjust the temperature automatically and individually to the occupancy.
better.energy – Monitor
Smart energy monitoring for heat consumption measurement
The better.energy – Monitor module automatically measures and visualises the heat consumption of your building. This allows you to recognise potential savings, compare the heat consumption of different buildings or rooms and react to inefficient energy consumption.
better.energy functions
Energy management for companies couldn’t be simpler
The intuitive platform supports you in managing locations, buildings and devices for your energy management system. You can also quickly create new users and assign them different roles and thus authorisations. You can also manage better.energy across multiple locations. So if you have several buildings, you can simplify and optimise heating and cooling management and monitoring with one solution. Of course, the platform is securely stored in the cloud, and you have access from anywhere and at any time.
Overview
Impressive features of the energy management platform
- Location management
- Building management
- User administration
- Role administration
- Device management
- Notifications
Hardware for better.energy
We like hardware, but we love software!
In order to focus on the further development of the IoT platform better.energy, we rely on renowned manufacturers of high-quality hardware. Get an overview for yourself in our online hardware catalogue. Here you will find all thermostats, sensors, actuators, adapters, measuring devices and accessories that are compatible with our energy management software.
Areas of application
Scalable and future-oriented smart building technology
better.energy is perfect for all non-residential buildings with more than 30 radiators and/or fan coils. Popular sectors in which the intelligent energy management system is used include
- Hotels & catering businesses
- Office buildings
- Educational institutions
- Hospitals & care facilities
- Culture & leisure buildings
- Public administration buildings
Sustainable green image
The solution for more sustainability in non-residential buildings
Sustainability doesn’t just mean using renewable resources responsibly. Sustainability also refers to social and economic responsibility. This means treating fellow human beings fairly and acting as a company in a long-term and economical manner. These three areas are the pillars of sustainability. We understand that this may sound time-consuming and costly at first. Our energy management platform shows you that acting sustainably and protecting the environment doesn’t have to be just that.
Smart building
Turn your building into an intelligently networked building
The intelligent room control system better.energy turns your non-residential building, whether a hospital, retirement home or office building, into a smart building. The forward-looking and reliable smart control system regulates your radiators and fan coil units, monitors your energy consumption and thus ensures intelligent networking and control. The modern energy management software follows the smart building concept and is based on the new LoRaWAN data transmission technology. This means that better.energy offers you numerous potential savings in terms of energy costs and CO₂ emissions.
Interfaces
APIs for even more automation and optimisation
Our energy management platform offers APIs such as FIAS, File or REST to intelligently network your building and customise processes. The interface between better.energy and PMS systems enables the automated transfer of occupancy data so that the temperature is always adjusted to the current room utilisation. This significantly increases efficiency, reduces energy consumption and gives you a competitive advantage – without any manual intervention. Discover now how better.energy can make your building smarter.
LoRaWAN – energy-saving wireless standard
Wired solutions vs. better.energy
While many smart energy management solutions rely on the wired setup of an IoT network, better.energy is based on battery-powered wireless thermostats and state-of-the-art LoRaWAN data transmission technology. In this way, better.energy communicates securely, reliably and energy-efficiently with the hardware components of your system.
LoRaWAN wireless technology gives you numerous advantages over other wireless technologies. You benefit from greater security thanks to encrypted data transmission, long battery life, low susceptibility to interference, extremely long ranges and very good penetration of the radio signal in your building. You also save a lot of cable and cabling work during installation.
better.energy
Innovative IoT platform that grows with you
With better.energy, you can rely on an expandable and innovative energy management solution for your non-residential building, regardless of its type. The better.energy IoT platform with LoRaWAN wireless technology gives you security when it comes to expanding your building, as it can be easily scaled. So if you want to expand at a later date or start with just a few rooms and only equip other areas later, this is simple and straightforward.
Feedback
We let our customers do the talking
„I would definitely recommend better.energy – precisely because the combination of software, hardware and support from Betterspace is just right."
„We are delighted with the smooth implementation of better.energy using LoRaWAN in our hotel."
Prices
What does the intelligent energy management software cost?
There is no all-inclusive price for automated radiator and air conditioning control and monitoring. Our offers are individually tailored to your needs and adapted to the conditions on site. The price is always made up of the required hardware, software, and setup fees. These depend, for example, on how many thermostats you need and whether you also need window contacts in your rooms. There are also optional services such as on-site installation. Let our energy experts advise you without obligation and provide you with your personalised best price offer.
FAQ
The implementation process, from signing the contract to the system being fully commissioned in the building, usually takes 8 to 12 weeks. The duration of the installation depends on your cooperation and the scope of work required. You can find further information on the implementation process in the blog post: Energy-saving systems in hotels – from contract to installation.
Yes, the energy management system offers comprehensive user and role management. You can adjust users and permissions at any time and effortlessly manage multiple sites centrally – saving you time and money.
better.energy is suitable for use in all types of non-residential buildings, whether hospitals, hotels, care homes, schools, public facilities or office buildings. Thanks to LoRaWAN technology, it can also be used in listed and older buildings.
No, better.energy is based on LoRaWAN wireless technology and is independent of your building’s network. This eliminates the need for integration and leaves your IT infrastructure unaffected.
The exact cost of better.energy depends on the amount of hardware required and which devices you wish to control. Given the significant savings you’ll achieve by using the platform, it usually pays for itself within one to three years. The exact ROI depends on your savings. We’d be happy to carry out a detailed calculation of the return on investment in advance, using the exact data for your building. This way, you’ll be on the safe side and you’ll know exactly how quickly using better.energy in your building will pay for itself.
LoRaWAN meets the highest IIoT data protection requirements. As you also run better.energy independently of your existing IT network, you don’t need to worry about IT security. Furthermore, LoRaWAN is one of the few IoT protocols that ensures end-to-end encryption. This means your data is secure from the sensor right through to the application server.
The range of the gateways is up to 500 metres indoors. Signal penetration through buildings depends on the building materials and structure. For complex or large buildings, we recommend using several gateways. We would be happy to carry out a LoRaWAN range measurement on site to determine the ideal position and number of gateways required for your building.
The amount of work involved in the installation depends entirely on the service you’ve booked. If you book our full-service package, you won’t have to worry about a thing. Alternatively, the installation can be carried out by in-house technicians on site, as only thermostats and gateways need to be installed – which can be done easily whilst the system is up and running.
Reduce your costs and increase energy efficiency
Find out now how you too can reduce your energy consumption by up to 35% depending on your sector with intelligent room control.