The four problems we get called about
The last person out never switches anything off
Lights, aircon and water heaters run all night because turning them off is nobody's job. Occupancy sensing plus a hard schedule closes the space down at a fixed time and keeps it closed until someone actually arrives. This is the single highest-return item in a commercial build and it usually pays for itself inside a year.
Energy is one number for the whole premises
A single utility bill tells you nothing about which tenant, which unit or which piece of equipment is responsible. Circuit-level metering splits it apart, so a shared bill becomes a set of figures rather than an argument. In multi-tenant and co-living setups this is often the reason for the whole project.
Access changes every time someone leaves
Physical keys and shared PIN codes do not survive staff turnover. Per-person credentials that can be revoked in seconds, with a log of who opened what and when, solve a real operational problem rather than adding a convenience.
The space has to set itself up before opening
A spa that has the lights, music and temperature right before the first client walks in, a clinic where the waiting area comes up at 8am, a restaurant whose facade and signage follow opening hours - all of it is scheduling, and all of it currently depends on somebody remembering.
Why Home Assistant rather than a BMS
A full building management system is the right answer for a tower. For a unit, a floor, a shophouse or a small chain of outlets it is expensive, proprietary, and tied to one vendor's service contract for the life of the building.
Home Assistant sits in the gap: it speaks Modbus, BACnet, MQTT, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Matter and a few thousand vendor APIs, runs on hardware you own, has no per-point licensing, and can be handed over completely. If you replace us, the system does not stop working.
Where a proper BMS already exists, we integrate with it rather than compete with it - pulling its data into dashboards and alerts the people who actually run the space will look at.
What a commercial engagement looks like
We look at the distribution board, the existing controls, the network and the tenancy arrangement before quoting anything.
Commercial premises are quoted per site. There is no standard package, because headcount, tenancy, compliance and existing infrastructure move the number too much for a table to be honest.
Most commercial work is done outside operating hours and in phases, so the space keeps trading.
The people who run the space get the dashboard, the documentation and full administrative access. Remote support is included and does not expire.
Compliance is part of the scope, not an afterthought. Electrical works are carried out by licensed electrical workers, and any camera deployment is designed around PDPA obligations - notice, purpose, retention and who can see the footage.
What it costs
Commercial premises are the one category the configurator does not price. A 200 square metre clinic and a three-storey shophouse restaurant share almost nothing, and a made-up range would be worse than no range.
Tell us about the site and we will walk it or review your drawings before quoting. There is no obligation and no charge for that conversation.