Smart Building Software Development
Smart building software for facilities decisions across disconnected systems.
We connect selected HVAC, lighting, metering, access, occupancy, and service data to a shared facilities workflow. The safer first release is usually read-only: prove point quality, alerts, and response ownership before considering remote control.
Bring the problem, the current workflow, or the existing code. We reply with a practical next step within one business day.
The brief
Start with what is not working.
Good software decisions begin with the constraint, not a list of features or a preferred technology.
Do facilities teams switch between vendor portals without one trusted building state?
Are energy, comfort, access, and maintenance events visible but not connected to an owned response?
Plain answer
Smart building software connects selected HVAC, lighting, metering, access, occupancy, and service data to facilities workflows. RaftLabs builds integration and operating software around installed systems, with read-only monitoring as the safer starting point. A focused release for two systems in one building starts at $35,000 and usually takes 12 to 16 weeks.
Every system had data. Nobody had the building state.
Every system reported. HVAC, meters, access, and service requests still lived in separate tools. A useful shared view connects an accepted event to the facilities or tenant-service team responsible for the response, with enough context to respond safely.
Focused delivery baseline
- starting first release
- $35K
- Priced after installed-system access is verified
- typical focused timeline
- 12-16 weeks
- One building and two system paths
- preferred initial authority
- Read-only
- Control requires a separate safety decision
RaftLabs does not currently publish a named smart-building outcome case. These are scope and delivery parameters, not promised energy or service results. The first release should use an agreed site baseline and report any measured change against the building, operating period, and recorded intervention.
Build custom smart-building software when disconnected systems block a specific facilities workflow.
Start with one building, representative points, a named response owner, and the lowest useful authority.
The installed vendors, gateways, points, licenses, and data rights can be inspected.
A facilities, energy, maintenance, or tenant-service response has an owner.
Existing portals cannot provide the shared context or workflow the team needs.
A current BMS or property platform already covers the required view and response.
The request assumes control writes without approved interlocks and manual override.
No baseline or responsible team exists for the proposed alert or optimisation.
Choose the first building operating mode
| Mode | Best fit | Constraint to settle |
|---|---|---|
| Read-only monitoring | Teams need shared state, trends, and fault evidence | Point quality, timestamps, naming, and access |
| Workflow integration | Accepted events should create maintenance or tenant work | Ownership, deduplication, priority, and outage handling |
| Remote control | Approved schedules or setpoints should change automatically | Interlocks, safe range, override, rollback, and audit |
Scope
What belongs in a focused smart-building release
- 01
Installed-system integration
Connect selected BMS, HVAC, lighting, meter, access, occupancy, or service sources through approved interfaces. - 02
Normalized building data
Map points to building, floor, zone, equipment, units, schedules, and quality so sources can be compared. - 03
Shared operating view
Show current state, trends, exceptions, and source health for the facilities team responsible for the response. - 04
Fault or service workflow
Route an accepted event to maintenance or tenant service with context, ownership, status, and audit. - 05
Measured intervention
Record baselines, changes, operating periods, and results without presenting a generic saving as a site outcome.
How it works
From building inventory to operating pilot
- Phase 101
Choose the operating decision
Select one building, two systems, the facilities response, baseline, authorised users, and required authority.
- Phase 202
Verify interfaces and control boundaries
Inspect vendors, protocols, points, gateways, network zones, data rights, and read or write permissions.
- Phase 303
Build the shared view and workflow
Normalize selected points, add trends and alerts, and connect the event to maintenance or tenant service.
- Phase 404
Pilot and measure
Run representative schedules and faults, compare with the baseline, tune alerts, and document support ownership.
Risk
What the building integration specification must settle
- Vendor access
- Confirm gateways, credentials, licenses, protocols, supported points, and rights before promising the path.
- Point quality
- Sample naming, units, timestamps, gaps, overrides, and schedules before defining analytics or alerts.
- Control authority
- Separate observation, recommendation, service work, and writes, with explicit approval for each level.
- Response ownership
- Name who receives events, works them, handles false positives, and supports the integration.
Scope and price
A focused smart-building release starts at $35,000.
Begin with one building, two installed systems, a shared view, and one facilities workflow.
The first phase proves point quality and response ownership before more systems or sites are added.
Starting investment
Starts at $35,000
A focused first release usually takes 12 to 16 weeks. More buildings, tenant features, analytics, or control authority extend the plan.
Access verified first
No borrowed savings claim
Related IoT services
- 01
IoT Development
The broader device-to-decision application and integration capability.
- 02
Asset Tracking Software
Equipment location, custody, and movement exceptions.
- 03
Industrial IoT
Plant equipment data in safe monitoring and maintenance workflows.
- 04
IoT Platform Development
Shared device identity, telemetry, fleet operations, and APIs.
Work with us
Bring one building decision that crosses two systems.
Share the installed vendors, protocols, available points, facilities users, baseline, downstream workflow, and allowed authority. We will identify the smallest safe release.
- Scope and cost agreed before work starts. No surprises. No obligation.
- Working prototype within 3 weeks of kickoff.
- Pay by milestone. You see progress before each invoice.
- 60-day post-launch warranty. Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and deployment support. No retainer.
- All conversations are NDA-protected.
Common questions
The scope may include HVAC and BMS controllers, lighting, meters, access control, occupancy sensors, tenant systems, and CMMS or property software. We verify the installed vendor, protocol, licenses, gateway, points, and data rights before promising an integration.
It can expose schedules, loads, and faults that merit investigation, but software alone does not guarantee savings. We agree a site baseline, record the intervention, and compare like operating periods so the facilities team can attribute any measured change.
These protocols can be in scope, but protocol support does not guarantee access to every installation. The actual path depends on the installed controller, vendor license, gateway, network policy, point availability, and whether the owner permits read-only or write access.
Usually not when point naming, schedules, interlocks, vendor access, or operating responsibility are unclear. Read-only monitoring can prove data and response workflows. Add control only after the owner approves commands, safe ranges, fallback, audit, manual override, and rollback.
A focused release starts at $35,000 and usually takes 12 to 16 weeks. It covers one building, two installed systems, a shared operating view, one alert or service workflow, and one downstream integration. More buildings, tenant features, analytics, or control authority increase scope.