From energy conservation and intelligent access control to leak prevention and resident experience — DPL delivers end-to-end IoT building automation that connects your entire property, cuts operating costs, and scales to any portfolio size.
Connected Devices Managed
Energy Reduction Achieved
Manhours Saved Annually
Per Device / Month at Scale
Connected Apartments Deployed
The Problem
Property operators are managing multi-million dollar assets with manual processes — reacting to maintenance issues days late, unable to track energy waste at the unit level, and issuing physical keys that can't be audited or remotely revoked.
The costs of inaction are measurable. Water leakages alone cost the US insurance industry $2.5 billion annually. Wasted energy adds another $1.2 billion. And with 20% of the US population living in apartments — and 34.5% in Saudi Arabia — the multifamily sector is one of the highest-opportunity verticals for smart building IoT solutions.
A modern intelligent building management system replaces reactive operations with real-time visibility, automated responses, and data-driven decisions — across every unit, every floor, every community.
Annual cost of water leak damages to insurance companies
Source: Georgia Institute of TechnologyAnnual cost of wasted energy from unmanaged HVAC and thermostats
Source: Georgia Institute of TechnologyOf end-use electrical consumption goes to HVAC - the #1 target for automation
Source: ACEEEThe Platform
Our smart building management system is built on a full-stack AWS IoT architecture — not retrofitted consumer hardware. Every layer is designed for scale, security, and reliability.
DPL built a full-stack IoT platform on AWS IoT Core for iApartments — managing smart locks, thermostats, hubs, and sensors across multifamily communities in eight US states, from MVP through Series A scale.
The platform delivers production-grade device management, resident and operator apps, and analytics — achieving sub-$1 per device monthly operating costs while supporting hundreds of thousands of connected endpoints.
What DPL Delivered:
Connected devices managed
Manhours saved annually
Connected apartments live
Property Onboarding Time (Down from 4 Weeks)
Data points from 30K+ apartments
Per device / month operating cost
DPL built a full-stack IoT platform on AWS IoT Core for iApartments — managing smart locks, thermostats, hubs, and sensors across multifamily communities in eight US states, from MVP through Series A scale. The platform delivers production-grade device management, resident and operator apps, and analytics — achieving sub-$1 per device monthly operating costs while supporting hundreds of thousands of connected endpoints.
What DPL Delivered:
Connected devices managed
Manhours saved annually
Connected apartments live
Property Onboarding Time (Down from 4 Weeks)
Data points from 30K+ apartments
Per device / month operating cost
A smart building management system (BMS) is the software platform that connects IoT devices — thermostats, locks, sensors, lighting — to centralized monitoring and automation. It integrates with your existing property management software and gives operators and residents real-time visibility and control from a single interface.
It enhances efficiency, accuracy, and automation in industries like healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and security by processing visual data faster than humans.
Traditional building management systems are centralized and hardware-heavy, designed for large commercial facilities. IoT building automation extends intelligence to the individual unit level — each apartment, each device, each data point — connected to a cloud platform accessible from anywhere, in real time. According to the IEAs Tracking Buildings 2023 report, this approach can cut operational energy intensity by up to 30% by 2030.
DPL delivers the full stack: custom hardware design, embedded firmware, AWS cloud architecture, resident and operator software interfaces, and ongoing Tier 3 technical support. This end-to-end capability is what makes DPL different from vendors who handle only one layer of the solution.
Security is built into every layer. Devices authenticate via X.509 certificates over TLS 1.3. AWS IoT Core enforces IoT policies at the fleet level. AWS GuardDuty provides continuous threat monitoring. Every device identity is managed independently — no shared credentials, no single point of failure.
Multifamily residential and proptech are the primary verticals, alongside commercial property management, hospitality, government buildings, and corporate campuses. Any property with high energy costs, a large tenant base, or complex maintenance requirements is a strong candidate for smart building automation.
Talk to DPL's IoT team about your building, your use cases, and what an intelligent building management system can look like for your portfolio.
