Electricity sub-billing
I remember going into a friend's condo during the middle of an incredible heatwave where the temperature was well over 100F. When we walked inside, it was so cool that you could almost actually keep meat frozen (imagine that famous scene from the movie "Rocky," except none of us were punching sides of beef!). When I asked about how much it must cost to keep his place that cool, the response was that they were on a flat rate, so there was no encouragement to keep their condo that cool.
Property Management companies can encourage their tenants to be a little more environmentally friendly to install sub-metering systems, which provide individual electricity (and other consumables such as natural gas and water) usage reports to each unit. This would allow the PM company to provide incentives/disincentives to help better control costs, even providing the option of enabling the tenant to pay their bills (which would encourage conservation even further).
Smart Bathrooms - Keep track of consumables in real-time
With our new Novotech and MeroSupply partnership, you can reduce the risk of having empty paper and liquid dispensers. Empty dispensers are a terrible experience and a risk to your building. Studies show up to 40% of supplies are wasted due to routines. Busy periods reduce supplies faster than standard practices can handle. This solution will allow cleaners to be efficient with their time and focus on deep sanitation by taking routine dispenser checks off their to-do list.
Send alerts when stock is low.
MeroAlert routes cleaners to the priority bathrooms in a building based on rules YOU set. For example, specify that alerts be sent to cleaners when supplies are at 20%—no more replacing 50% full paper towels!
MeroDash makes it easy for property managers to track the percentage of individual supplies at a specific bathroom or across an entire portfolio in one dashboard. Now that's a smart bathroom.
How does MeroSupply Work?
- Sensors are placed in each paper towel, toilet paper, and soap dispenser.
- Sensors communicate with a cellular router in the building, which feeds all information to Mero Servers in the cloud.
- The Mero platform then analyzes the data, sends alerts and builds reports - all in real-time.
MeroTraffic
Know the status Knowing a bathroom's peak demand, time last cleaned, and the number of visitors is now top of mind. MeroTraffic gives you actionable data on traffic flows and staff location status with sensors that take less than thirty seconds to install. Zero-touch, tap, log or call. Cleaner check-in occurs automatically, so you don't have to wonder if someone attended to the issue on the 34th floor. Understand the areas that need attention immediately and the areas that employees can leave for later. Cleaning staff can now focus on more useful tasks than wandering. Cleaning staff wear a beacon or install the Mero app on their smartphone. Location data is transmitted to a cellular router in the building, which feeds all information to Mero Servers in the cloud.
The Mero platform then analyzes the data, sends alerts to staff and builds reports - all in real-time.
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A Note about this article
This article was written in 2013 and edited in 2021.