Use cases
Where Rotorloop fits.
Rotorloop is for buildings that run more than one control system, and for the people who keep them comfortable. Here's how it fits four common kinds of building.
01 — Schools & yeshivas
Schools and yeshivas
- The situation
- Rooftop units over classrooms, a gym and a dining room, often on one controller, with split systems on another. Schedules follow the school calendar, and then the calendar changes: events, late learning, exams, holidays.
- What Rotorloop does
- One list of rooms by the names staff use: "Gym", "2nd Floor West".
- A change for tonight's event that ends on its own, with no need to remember to undo it.
- Viewer access for anyone who needs to look but shouldn't touch.
- Typical equipment
- Rooftop units, unit ventilators, VRF systems, boilers, exhaust fans.
- Good to know
- Rotorloop doesn't replace the weekly schedule in your controllers. Temporary changes sit on top of it and then hand control back. Schedules inside Rotorloop are planned.
02 — Houses of worship
Houses of worship
- The situation
- A sanctuary or shul that's empty most of the week and full a few times a week. It needs time to warm up or cool down before people arrive. Often the person who knows the controller isn't there when it matters.
- What Rotorloop does
- Set the main room ahead of a service from a phone, for exactly as long as needed.
- Limits, so nobody sets the sanctuary to 60° "just to cool it faster".
- A record of who changed what, so there's no guessing on Monday.
- Typical equipment
- Rooftop units, split and VRF systems, boilers.
- Good to know
- A hold runs on the site's Connector, not on anyone's phone. Set it in advance and it ends on time by itself, with nobody needing to touch anything during the day.
03 — Offices & multi-tenant
Offices and multi-tenant buildings
- The situation
- Tenants ask for heat or cooling outside normal hours. Floors were fitted out at different times by different contractors, so the controls don't match. The building engineer is the only person who can reach all of them.
- What Rotorloop does
- One app for every floor's equipment, whoever installed it.
- After-hours changes that end at the time you choose.
- Roles per person: engineers operate, property managers view, admins set the limits.
- An activity record you can check when questions come up.
- Typical equipment
- Air handlers, VAV systems on a supervisory controller, VRF systems, meters.
- Good to know
- Rotorloop doesn't bill tenants for after-hours use. The activity record shows what was changed and when.
04 — Light industrial
Light industrial and plants
- The situation
- Boilers, compressors, pumps and meters, many speaking Modbus, each with its own panel or web page. Problems are often found by walking past them.
- What Rotorloop does
- Every device in one Equipment list, with faults and offline devices flagged.
- Readings from meters and plant equipment, from anywhere.
- Changes only on points an admin allowed, and only where Rotorloop can hand control back.
- Minimum on and off times so compressors and pumps aren't cycled too fast.
- Typical equipment
- Boilers, chillers, air compressors, pumps and drives, power meters, generators.
- Good to know
- Rotorloop is not a SCADA system and is not for safety systems, interlocks or process control loops. It is a safe window onto equipment, with limited, temporary changes.
Not sure if your building fits?
Tell us what you run on the early-access form. A list of brands is enough.