Company
Date Published
Author
Caitlin Croft
Word count
1497
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Aquicore provides a cloud-based platform for commercial real estate (CRE) companies to track, analyze and predict building and energy data. The company's clients include major players such as Cushman & Wakefield, Salesforce.com, and The World Bank, and have access to their IoT-driven smart asset platform, which allows them to improve communication between executives, property managers, and building engineers. Aquicore's platform is used to improve 250M square feet of commercial real estate space in 700+ buildings, including the John Hancock Tower and the Salesforce Tower, and has helped its clients reduce energy consumption and optimize performance. The company recognized a need for modern technology to aid in automating billing, drive insights, optimize performance, and inform decision-making for property managers, building engineers, and accounting. They transitioned from using PostgreSQL to InfluxDB Cloud, which is purpose-built for time series data, allowing them to provide real-time visibility into their buildings and improve their competitive advantage.