SMART BUILDINGS

Empowering Smart Buildings with Intelligent Machine Health Solutions

TDK SensEI: Delivering Edge AI to Smart Building Architecture

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Smart Buildings

Modern smart buildings rely on complex HVAC, mechanical, and electrical systems that must operate continuously to support occupant comfort, energy efficiency, and safety. However, facilities teams often lack real‑time visibility into asset health and are forced to rely on reactive or schedule‑based maintenance.

This approach leads to unexpected equipment failures, costly downtime, shortened asset life, and disruptions that directly impact building performance and occupant experience. edgeRX™ addresses these challenges by bringing predictive maintenance intelligence directly to the edge of building systems. Through real‑time data collection and analysis, edgeRX™ gives facility teams instant visibility into equipment performance via a centralized dashboard.

Embedded predictive maintenance algorithms continuously evaluate operating trends to detect early warning signs of degradation—allowing teams to intervene before failures occur. By enabling proactive maintenance strategies, edgeRX™ reduces unplanned downtime, extends asset life, streamlines operations, lowers maintenance costs, and helps smart buildings deliver a more reliable, comfortable, and efficient environment for occupants.

Smart buildings are increasingly defined by their ability to seamlessly integrate IoT data, automation, and intelligence across building operations. TDK SensEI’s edgeRX™ is a purpose‑built predictive maintenance solution designed for smart building environments, providing continuous health monitoring of critical building assets such as HVAC systems, air handlers, motors, fans, and pumps that directly impact occupant comfort, energy efficiency, and operational reliability.

edgeRX™ continuously analyzes vibration and temperature trends to establish a baseline of normal asset behavior within the building and automatically detect recurring anomalies that indicate early signs of mechanical degradation. Configurable alert thresholds allow facilities and building operations teams to proactively respond to developing issues before minor performance changes escalate into system degredation or failure. With AI models embedded directly into each sensor, machine health is evaluated locally at the edge, enabling real‑time insights.
Designed for deployment at scale across a variety of buildings and internal infrastructure, edgeRX™ features low‑touch installation, SOC 2–compliant security, and a customizable dashboard. The solution enables building owners and operators to move from reactive, schedule‑based maintenance to a predictive, condition‑based strategy—improving system uptime, extending equipment life, reducing unplanned outages, and lowering total maintenance and energy‑related costs across the building portfolio.

Smart buildings are increasingly defined by their ability to seamlessly integrate IoT data, automation, and intelligence across building operations. TDK SensEI’s edgeRX™ is a purpose‑built predictive maintenance solution designed for smart building environments, providing continuous health monitoring of critical building assets such as HVAC systems, air handlers, motors, fans, and pumps that directly impact occupant comfort, energy efficiency, and operational reliability.

edgeRX™ continuously analyzes vibration and temperature trends to establish a baseline of normal asset behavior within the building and automatically detect recurring anomalies that indicate early signs of mechanical degradation. Configurable alert thresholds allow facilities and building operations teams to proactively respond to developing issues before minor performance changes escalate into system degredation or failure. With AI models embedded directly into each sensor, machine health is evaluated locally at the edge, enabling real‑time insights.

Designed for deployment at scale across a variety of buildings and internal infrastructure, edgeRX™ features low‑touch installation, SOC 2–compliant security, and a customizable dashboard. The solution enables building owners and operators to move from reactive, schedule‑based maintenance to a predictive, condition‑based strategy—improving system uptime, extending equipment life, reducing unplanned outages, and lowering total maintenance and energy‑related costs across the building portfolio.
Moving Past Reactive Maintenance

Lowered Costs, Increased Uptime

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Real-Time Visibility into Critical Building Systems

Buildings rely on complex, interconnected assets like HVAC units, chillers, pumps, and electrical systems. edgeRX™ delivers real‑time insight directly at the system level, giving facilities teams continuous visibility into equipment health without relying on delayed or centralized analysis. This immediate awareness enables faster response and better control over building operations.

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Proactive Maintenance Without Operational Disruption

Instead of reacting to failures after occupants are affected, edgeRX™ enables proactive maintenance by identifying developing issues early and locally. By processing data at the edge, maintenance teams can address problems without disrupting building operations—reducing emergency work orders, avoiding tenant complaints, and keeping systems running reliably.

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Scalable, Always-On Intelligence for Smart Buildings

Smart building portfolios often span multiple floors, campuses, or locations. edgeRX™ provides a scalable maintenance foundation by running intelligence where systems reside, minimizing network dependency and simplifying deployment across buildings. This approach supports consistent maintenance strategies while lowering operational complexity and long-term costs.

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Moving Past Reactive Maintenance

Lowered Costs, Increased Uptime

Depiction of multiple devices showing TDK SensEI's edgeRX™ platform.

Real-Time Visibility into Critical Building Systems

Buildings rely on complex, interconnected assets like HVAC units, chillers, pumps, and electrical systems. edgeRX™ delivers real‑time insight directly at the system level, giving facilities teams continuous visibility into equipment health without relying on delayed or centralized analysis. This immediate awareness enables faster response and better control over building operations.

Image of TDK SensEI's edgeRX™ LYNQ sensor.

Proactive Maintenance Without Operational Disruption

Instead of reacting to failures after occupants are affected, edgeRX™ enables proactive maintenance by identifying developing issues early and locally. By processing data at the edge, maintenance teams can address problems without disrupting building operations—reducing emergency work orders, avoiding tenant complaints, and keeping systems running reliably.

TDK SensEI product edgeRX™ dashboard opened on a laptop, being used by a maintenance worker.

Scalable, Always-On Intelligence for Distributed Buildings

Smart building portfolios often span multiple floors, campuses, or locations. edgeRX™ provides a scalable maintenance foundation by running intelligence where systems reside, minimizing network dependency and simplifying deployment across buildings. This approach supports consistent maintenance strategies while lowering operational complexity and long-term costs.

Moving Past Reactive Maintenance

Lowered Costs, Increased Uptime

Depiction of multiple devices showing TDK SensEI's edgeRX™ platform.

Real-Time Visibility into Critical Building Systems

Buildings rely on complex, interconnected assets like HVAC units, chillers, pumps, and electrical systems. edgeRX™ delivers real‑time insight directly at the system level, giving facilities teams continuous visibility into equipment health without relying on delayed or centralized analysis. This immediate awareness enables faster response and better control over building operations.

Image of TDK SensEI's edgeRX™ LYNQ sensor.

Proactive Maintenance Without Operational Disruption

Instead of reacting to failures after occupants are affected, edgeRX™ enables proactive maintenance by identifying developing issues early and locally. By processing data at the edge, maintenance teams can address problems without disrupting building operations—reducing emergency work orders, avoiding tenant complaints, and keeping systems running reliably.

TDK SensEI product edgeRX™ dashboard opened on a laptop, being used by a maintenance worker.

Scalable, Always-On Intelligence for Distributed Buildings

Smart building portfolios often span multiple floors, campuses, or locations. edgeRX™ provides a scalable maintenance foundation by running intelligence where systems reside, minimizing network dependency and simplifying deployment across buildings. This approach supports consistent maintenance strategies while lowering operational complexity and long-term costs.

FAQ about smart buildings

Machine health monitoring can support a wide range of smart building systems, including HVAC equipment, chillers, air handling units (AHUs), pumps, fans, motors, cooling towers, and other critical mechanical and electrical assets. These solutions are designed to operate effectively across varying building sizes, occupancy patterns, weather conditions, and usage profiles common in commercial buildings.

In smart buildings, modern machine health monitoring uses AI‑driven analytics to continuously understand how building systems actually operate day to day. Rather than relying on scheduled maintenance or reacting after failures occur, these systems identify early signs of equipment degradation, predict future performance risks, and guide teams toward the most effective interventions. This enables facilities teams to proactively manage building systems, improving reliability and reducing unexpected outages.

Predictive insights reveal how building equipment performance is trending before issues affect comfort or operations. By identifying emerging problems early—such as declining efficiency, unstable control behavior, or mechanical wear—facilities teams can address issues before they cause temperature, airflow, or humidity disruptions. This helps maintain consistent occupant comfort, stable indoor environments, and dependable building operations.

Traditional BMS alerts typically signal that a parameter has exceeded a set limit, often resulting in frequent or low‑value alarms. Prescriptive insights go further by analyzing equipment behavior in context and recommending specific actions—such as operational adjustments, targeted maintenance, or asset prioritization based on risk. This helps building teams focus on the issues that truly matter, respond more efficiently, and reduce alarm fatigue.

By detecting inefficient machine operation—such as equipment short‑cycling, poor load management, or degrading components—machine health monitoring enables timely corrective actions. Smart building teams can resolve issues that drive excess energy consumption before they become visible on utility bills, supporting lower operating costs, better system efficiency, and sustainability goals.

Yes. Industrial machine health monitoring can be deployed within a single building or scaled across portfolios of smart buildings. Edge based intelligence supports real time action at the building level while aggregated insights enable portfolio wide visibility, asset prioritization, and long term planning for reliability, energy performance, and capital investment.

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