by Brianna Crandall — January 23, 2012—QA Graphics, a leading provider of energy dashboards, has announced that they are unveiling a new mobile application feature for their Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard product during the 64th International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) taking place in Chicago January 23-25, 2012.
QA Graphics’ Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard is designed to make building performance visual and easy to understand. The educational factor separates it from traditional monitoring dashboards. The solution can contribute to helping building occupants better understand and reduce their energy usage. With the development of this new mobile energy dashboard app, users can access building performance information on the go, and compare it to other organizations that have an Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard in place.
The new app is capable of accessing real-time building data from multiple locations and different building automation systems (BAS) simultaneously. According to QA Graphics, the app is almost limitless as to how many data points can be accessed, and the application can be developed for use across multiple mobile platforms. AHR Expo attendees can visit QA Graphics’ booth 3729 to learn more and interact with this new app on an iPad.
“This new feature expands the potential impact of occupant awareness to a new level. Now that multiple organizations can compare building performance, energy awareness can be much more social,” said Dan McCarty, president of QA Graphics. “For example, universities can get students involved in sustainable initiatives and compare dormitory performance across campus, as well as with other universities across the country.”
AHR attendees can also see QA Graphics’ brief presentation in the product technology theater at 4:30 on Tuesday January 24. They will illustrate how the Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard can creatively communicate building performance and how going mobile provides even more opportunities to increase occupant awareness.
This new mobile app complements QA Graphics’ other solutions that allow organizations to make building performance more visible: Gateway for BAS Devices or Meters, Web Interface for Johnson Controls Inc.’s (JCI) Metasys, and a module for Niagara AX.
At AHR, QA Graphics will also showcase their design capabilities including BAS (building automation systems) graphic outsourcing, HVAC 3D development, drafting services, and other multimedia including mobile application development for Apple iOS (iPhone/iPad/iTouch), Android and BlackBerry devices, touchscreen application design, kiosk development, Flash development, product demonstrations and other multimedia solutions.
QA Graphics is an innovative graphic development company specializing in control system graphics for the building automation industry. The company is an industry leader in the design of system graphics, energy dashboards, 3D design and animation and drafting services. QA Graphics also offers creative interactive solutions including Flash development, mobile applications, multimedia, and other interactive content.
