Case Study: Building Owners and Managers Association achieves significant operating cost reductions with Genea

Leveraging Tenant Empowerment Technology to Reduce Your Building’s Operating Expenses

Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) and its members faced prolonged, sharply reduced physical occupancy during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing property managers to rethink daily operations and HVAC schedules to avoid wasted energy and staff effort. Genea’s Access Control portal and its On-Demand (Overtime) HVAC solution were highlighted as tools that let tenants request after-hours HVAC and lighting from their smartphones while giving managers timely occupancy data to guide decisions.

Genea implemented tenant self-service on-demand HVAC integrated with building management and billing systems, requiring only minor BMS configuration changes and eliminating much manual staff intervention. In a sample of five Genea client buildings tenants requested on-demand HVAC for just 26% of normal operating floor-hours, and on‑demand buildings realized roughly double the savings of controls (average consumption avoided: 26% vs. 13%; total cost savings: 16% vs. 7%), demonstrating measurable energy and cost reductions while maintaining tenant comfort.

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