Case Study: International Property Management Firm achieves $20K annual HVAC savings with Switch Automation

Saving $20K annually, leveraging fault detection and diagnostics

International Property Management Firm, a global real estate owner, investor, developer, and manager, used Switch Automation’s fault detection and diagnostics platform to address a hidden HVAC challenge in a 930,000 sq. ft. Class A office building. The team needed a way to identify poor boiler performance across eight winter heating boilers when the building systems showed no obvious occupant complaints.

Switch Automation continuously monitored boiler plant operation and discovered that common supply water temperature was running 5 degrees lower than individual boiler outflow temperatures, indicating return water was bypassing and mixing due to open isolation valves left from a temporary TAB control sequence. After confirming the issue with onsite facilities experts and design engineers, the team corrected the control sequences, validated the fix, and achieved about $20,000 in annual HVAC and boiler savings while proving ROI within days.