Almost all of these are (or need to be) connected to the cloud if their promised levels of control and optimization are to be realized. Without cloud-based facility management, legacy energy and building management systems (EMS/BMS) will be unable to take full advantage of the opportunities at hand.

These devices also generate significant volumes of data – which contains insights and fuel innovations in automation – not just deterministic, rules-based responses, but AI-assisted optimizations.

Use cases explain the challenge

We have provided some use cases that represent common scenarios to help show why cloud-based facilities management is so critical:

Scenario 1 – New equipment:

If you’re an energy and facilities manager, you’ll know that onboarding new equipment can be difficult, particularly if the equipment is cloud-enabled (for example, the many IoT devices now proliferating). Manual configuration and specialized installation skills require additional time and money. If you’re overseeing a portfolio of buildings, the challenges are multiplied.

Scenario 2 - Compatibility

As time and technology advance, enhancing the performance of your building infrastructure’s performance with new components without overhauling or replacing your existing investments becomes more important. Maintaining your existing infrastructure is more difficult when compatibility between devices becomes a barrier to the performance upgrades you’re seeking.

Scenario 3 – Speed

The devices in your infrastructure collect critical data that you use to improve your commercial performance. But this is achievable only if you can quickly and seamlessly access and harness the necessary information. What if your current infrastructure doesn’t easily enable you to do that?

Scenario 4 – Optimization

You need to take real-time actions at the component level if you want to achieve your goals. For many, that’s impossible within the confines of their existing infrastructures which aren’t cloud-enabled or have outdated capabilities. And, to really profit from real-time decisions, AI can assist you by generating additional insights into your data.

The solution is Nexus

That’s all now possible thanks to a new solution from NexRev. The Freedom Nexus IoT solution, together with NexiAI, embodies the same powerful features as the familiar NexRev Freedom Panel EMS/BMS, but additionally it gives commercial building managers enhanced capabilities through direct-to-cloud processing and communication via mobile connectivity.

If we refer to the preceding scenarios, we can see what this means, and what impact Freedom Nexus has, in real-world terms.

Onboarding made easy

The increasing infrastructure complexity we highlighted in the first scenario ceases to be an issue. Nexus enables simple, automated device activation and integration. Because the Nexus device is pre-loaded with the configurations and software you will need, it can begin operating and updating immediately, wherever it’s deployed with no costly or specialist personnel required.

New technologies easily integrated

Nexus supports broad compatibility with third-party devices, which means energy and facilities managers can integrate them into their infrastructures without compromising existing investments. Nexus enables building infrastructures to be modernized at your own pace.

Better decisions without delay

Nexus delivers real-time access to data analytics and insights via Freedom Enterprise, meaning your team can monitor, analyze, and optimize critical systems with no delays. Inefficiencies are identified and can be eliminated before they become costly, embedded problems. Meanwhile, NexiAI drives new levels of automation.

Anytime, anywhere

Nexus devices are accompanied by a user-friendly mobile app which gives you full flexibility and control across your infrastructure. This allows you to monitor equipment performance wherever you are, whenever you want to. And your team can use NexiAI to discover insights, recommendations, and opportunities for new levels of optimization.

Summary: the benefits of Freedom Nexus

As enabling cloud-based facilities management becomes prerequisite for commercial success, Freedom Nexus delivers functionality that plays a central role. Benefits include:

• Nexus offers rapid, easy to install, onboarding of building assets and provides centralized management of the entire building portfolio, from a single facility to a portfolio of thousands.
• Nexus eliminates the single point of failure found in traditional executive level devices.
• Nexus delivers a state-of-the-art mobile IoT solution which means building managers can access new features and flexibility to enable them to reduce energy use far more easily and efficiently than relying on legacy equipment alone.
• NexiAI provides a complete, AI-enabled framework for insights, information discovery, reporting and automation throughout your multisite facilities.

The Nexus IoT device is a cellular-enabled, plug-and-play solution, so deployment is fast and hassle-free. Importantly, it’s designed to work with existing building infrastructures such as RTUs, lighting, energy meters, and other devices like refrigeration by adding built-in, seamless connectivity to the Freedom Enterprise cloud platform.

With the ability to rapidly deploy and scale across large building portfolios, Nexus represents the future of cloud-based building and energy management.

About NexRev

NexRev is the leading provider of cloud-based, multi-site energy management systems, backed by AI and delivered by SaaS models, that help businesses eliminate energy waste and reduce costs. 

Our innovative Freedom™ EMS/BMS solution brings process-driven intelligence and AI to facilities management, providing complete remote control and centralized visibility of your energy-consuming devices across complex, nationwide property portfolios for leading brands in retail, theaters, restaurants, commercial, and industrial facilities.

With NexRev Freedom, our customers reduce waste, optimize energy management, and generate permanent cost savings by making the right decisions. To begin a discussion on how we can help you to reduce energy costs and waste please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.