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Class A controls for Class B and C buildings

Class A towers got automation. Class B and C stock — older offices, mixed-use, light industrial — got nothing, because a six-figure BMS never penciled out on those rents. Wireless sensors install without rewiring, cloud controls run the plant, and an operations team watches 24/7.

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Why Class B and C got skipped

Building automation was priced for towers with the rent roll to absorb it. A Class B office with a twenty-year-old rooftop unit and a boiler on a time clock gets quoted the same six-figure project, decides against it, and keeps running the building on habit. SensorSuite was built for that gap. Sensors go in without rewiring, controls run in the cloud rather than in a panel you have to buy, and the whole thing is priced as an operating cost instead of a capital project.

What SensorSuite does for commercial owners

  • Utility Management

    electric, water and gas metered and benchmarked per building, so the outlier in your portfolio surfaces itself instead of hiding in an invoice.

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  • BAS Integration

    already have partial controls? We integrate with what's there — Reliable Controls, Johnson Controls, Distech, Automated Logic — rather than ripping it out.

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  • Machine Monitoring

    rooftop units, pumps and central plant watched for the drift that precedes a failure, so replacement is planned rather than emergency.

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  • 24/7 Monitoring

    our operations team watches the building after hours and on weekends, when a Class B property has nobody on site and a fault runs unnoticed until Monday.

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  • WaterLink

    leak detection across washrooms, risers and mechanical rooms — the failure mode most likely to turn into an insurance claim in older stock.

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  • Carbon & GRESB Reporting

    emissions and energy performance from the same data that runs the building, ready for lenders, investors and disclosure.

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The reporting threshold is coming down

Ontario's Energy & Water Reporting and Benchmarking rules (O. Reg. 506/18) already oblige larger buildings to file by July 1 each year, and Toronto's requirements expand to buildings ≥10,000 sq ft by 2027 — which pulls a great deal of Class B and C stock into scope for the first time. We handle benchmarking and filing end-to-end, and the data behind the filing is the same data that runs the building. See Advisory.

The gap in numbers

24/7
operations coverage — nights and weekends, when a Class B property has nobody on site
July 1
annual EWRB filing deadline under O. Reg. 506/18 — handled end-to-end
10,000 sq ft
Toronto's 2027 reporting threshold — pulling more Class B and C stock into scope
12 billion
data points captured across the SensorSuite platform every year

Portfolios already running on SensorSuite

  • WoodGreen
  • CAPREIT
  • Minto
  • Starlight Investments
  • Hazelview Properties
  • Oxford
  • Akelius
  • CLV Group
  • Northview
  • Bayshore Property Management
  • Drewlo Lifestyle Apartments
  • Cando Apartments
  • Groupe Mathieu
  • The Brick
  • Bell

FAQ

We have no BMS at all. Is that a problem?
No — that's the case SensorSuite was designed for. We install the sensors and the control layer; there is no existing system you need to have first.
We have an old BMS that half works. Do you replace it?
Usually not. We integrate with common platforms and monitor what's already there, then add control only where the existing system can't reach.
Our building is multi-tenant. Who sees the savings?
It depends on your leases. Where tenants are separately metered, the data supports fair recovery and tenant reporting; where the landlord pays, the savings land directly on your operating cost.
Do tenants have to be disturbed during install?
Rarely. Most of the work is in the mechanical room and common areas, it needs no rewiring or drywall work, and in-suite work is scheduled with normal entry notice.

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