Real-time HVAC monitoring for industrial property management
Services Provided
Web Development, IoT Integration, Data Engineering
Project Technologies
Ruby on Rails | React | Vue.js | IoT Firmware Integration
Industry Served
Property Management, Industrial Equipment
Team Composition
1 Full-time Developer
Project Duration
~6 Months
The Challenge
My Mechanical Cloud needed a dashboard that connected property managers and technicians to real-time data from industrial HVAC units. The system required firmware sensors attached to high-capacity equipment that would broadcast performance metrics into a centralized interface. The technical complexity went beyond typical web development. The project demanded integration with IoT firmware chips and implementation of proprietary HVAC calculation formulas that transformed raw sensor data into actionable insights.
Our Solution
Twin Sun built an interface that allowed property managers to monitor industrial HVAC units in real time. Firmware chips attached to the equipment collected readings and broadcast them to our web-based dashboard, giving technicians visibility into system performance without being on-site. The real challenge was not the interface but the data. Calculating meaningful statistics from raw sensor readings required implementing dozens of proprietary equations, provided by the client as dense spreadsheets filled with industry-specific formulas, which we decoded and translated into working software that could process sensor data accurately. During the engagement, we expanded the platform to support additional HVAC unit types, each with its own calculation requirements, and developed testing approaches that allowed us to validate the system without physical access to sensor hardware.
The Results
Twin Sun delivered a functional monitoring platform that gave property managers visibility into their industrial HVAC equipment. The system successfully collected sensor data, applied the correct industry calculations, and presented actionable information through a web interface accessible from any device. The project demonstrated our ability to work in specialized industrial domains where the complexity lives in the data and the domain expertise, not just the code.
