Facility and Maintenance OperationsPurpose
1.2. Automating detection of environmental anomalies—temperature, humidity, air quality, smoke, and leaks—for immediate action.
1.3. Enable automated reporting, real-time alarms, and escalation for defense site compliance and resilient operations.
1.4. Support predictive maintenance workflows through automated analytics from sensor data.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated detection of hazardous substances or smoke.
2.3. Scheduled automated parameter checks.
2.4. Receipt of remote automated alert via IoT network.
2.5. Failure or warning in HVAC or facility management system.
2.6. Automated negative trend analysis in air or water quality.
2.7. Automated failure in power backup or generator system.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: SMS Alerts; configure automated SMS when sensor triggers alarm (API: SendMessage).
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email Notification; automate facility environment alert emails (API: send).
3.3. AWS IoT Core
• Feature/Setting: Device Messaging Rules; configure automated message rules for environmental thresholds (Rule engine > Create rule).
3.4. Microsoft Azure Logic Apps
• Feature/Setting: Automated workflow trigger from IoT Hub; triggers on telemetric event (IoT Hub trigger action).
3.5. Google Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: Serverless automated event handler; triggers automation on Pub/Sub message from facility sensors.
3.6. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Incident automation; configure automated alerts and escalation policies (API: incident.trigger).
3.7. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Automated ticket creation; trigger facilities ticket on environmental alert (REST API: incident/create).
3.8. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automated channel alerts for team; send environment alert to a channel (API: chat.postMessage).
3.9. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Automated adaptive card with alert; automate push of critical information to Operations Team (Webhook connector).
3.10. Splunk
• Feature/Setting: Automated event log search and alerts; configure automated search for anomalies (alert action).
3.11. Honeywell Forge
• Feature/Setting: Automated monitoring of facilities; configure rules for alerting (Alert Rules).
3.12. Siemens Desigo CC
• Feature/Setting: Automated BACnet-triggered alerts; configure environmental point alarm (Event Notification).
3.13. IBM Maximo
• Feature/Setting: Automated maintenance work order creation; trigger on facility event (Automation Scripts).
3.14. Cisco Meraki
• Feature/Setting: Environmental sensor alert automation; webhook automation on sensor threshold breach.
3.15. Webex
• Feature/Setting: Automated bot alerts; send notification to facility channel (Bot framework).
3.16. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automated cross-platform workflow with sensor trigger (Zap: Webhook trigger > Alert action).
3.17. Airthings API
• Feature/Setting: Automated query and alerting for air quality metrics (API: GET device sensor values).
3.18. Particle.io
• Feature/Setting: Device cloud automation; webhook trigger for exceeding thresholds.
3.19. Losant
• Feature/Setting: Automated IoT workflow builder; automate alert overview dashboard (Workflow trigger: device state).
3.20. BuildingOS by Acuity Brands
• Feature/Setting: Automated environmental data visualization and alerts (Alerting module).
Benefits
4.2. Automating alerts ensures rapid response and protective action by facility teams.
4.3. Automation minimizes manual checks and human error.
4.4. Automated audit trail enables regulatory documentation and compliance.
4.5. Predictive automated analytics averts downtime and optimizes maintenance schedules.
4.6. Automation strengthens operational resilience and facility safety.
4.7. Automated escalation shortens time-to-resolution for critical facility issues.
4.8. Automating the reporting process streamlines management oversight and resource allocation.