100% Visibility Into Environmental Vitals, 42% Faster Risk Response
Business Outcomes & Strategic Impact
| KPI | Business Impact |
|---|---|
| Sustainability Monitoring | Enabled 100% visibility into critical building health parameters including air, water, and energy |
| Real-Time Alerts | Reduced technician response time by 42% via multisensory notifications (visual + auditory) |
| Operational Uptime | Improved building systems uptime by 28% through proactive fault detection |
| Cognitive UI Design | Delivered a dashboard interface that minimized cognitive load using colors, shape language & sound cues |
| Multi-Screen Adaptability | Optimized for large-format display panels in high-noise basement environments |
As part of its role as the digital transformation partner for EXPO 2020 Dubai, Siemens was tasked with ensuring that its smart buildings were sustainably managed, proactively monitored, and intelligently maintained.
The need: How might we design a real-time, multi-sensory control panel that enables building staff to monitor environmental vitals even in high-noise, low-light underground spaces?
The goal was to go beyond dashboards, and create a human-sensory interface that would reduce lag in awareness and response, especially in high-stakes facility management situations.
The Business Challenge
Strategic Solution by Codewave
- Color-coded alert hierarchy for toxicity, pollution, humidity, energy metrics
- Animated shapes representing severity, direction, and change trends
- Dynamic sound cues adjusting intensity and frequency based on urgency, tailored for noisy environments
- Built for ultra-wide, high-resolution TV displays mounted in basement areas
- Zoom-in panels for room-level, sensor-level, and device-level diagnostics
- Designed for hands-free awareness and multi-user team visibility
- Real-time sensor feeds from IoT devices tracking air toxicity, water levels, CO₂ emissions, temperature, and electricity consumption
- Integration with building energy management systems (BEMS)
Web-based control center for platform administrators to:
- Set thresholds, manage alert logic
- View historical trends & anomaly spikes
- Run diagnostic tests across systems
Technology Stack
| Layer | Tech |
|---|---|
| Frontend | Angular.js for dashboard UI with D3.js visualizations |
| Backend | Node.js with real-time data sync and MQTT brokers |
| Database | InfluxDB for time-series environmental data |
| Display & AV Integration | TV/Monitor-optimized dashboard with HDMI-ready kiosk mode |
| Audio Layer | Custom sound generation based on alert priority via Web Audio API |
| Security | Role-based access controls with encrypted environment data packets |
Personas Impacted
| Persona | Value Delivered |
|---|---|
| Maintenance Technicians | Real-time alerts, reduced decision time, fewer blind spots |
| Building Admins | Total visibility across systems from a single glass pane |
| Sustainability Officers | Real-time sustainability data to support compliance and reporting |
| UX Teams | Blueprint for future human-sensory dashboard interfaces in urban infra |
Why This Matters
This isn’t just building monitoring it’s next-gen sensory intelligence for sustainability.
By merging real-time IoT telemetry with UX for human attention, Siemens’ platform transforms environmental sensing into actionable awareness, setting a benchmark for future-ready urban infrastructure.
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