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6 Reviews
hamid
Higher Education, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Lucid
Very posivite
PROSThe graphic interface and the way BOS was organized
CONSNot too much Artificial intelligence were available
Michael
Higher Education, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2018
Our lucid dashboard lets students and staff know what we are doing to be sustainable
Maintenance proactivity, public display of sustainability.
PROSIt allows us to show the public the different things we are trying to do to maintain our LEED accreditation and lets them see our meters real time. It helps with maintenance because if a person sees what they perceive is an issue they can bring it up to us so that we can investigate and possibly fix an issue that we missed. It gives us more eyes on how the building is performing and keeps us proactive instead of reactive.
CONSWe have had issues with the dashboard not receiving the meters all the time. Multiple times lucid has changed the IP addresses that they are using and due to our IT rules we can't change on the fly. We don't give out a range of IP addresses rather we use very specific addresses for security purposes. We are able to straighten out the issue in a relatively short period of time and get everything working again.
Patrick
Government Administration, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2019
Dont Pay in Advance!
We bought a 5 year subscription, then Lucid lost their platform. Lucid had no plans available to support customers like us other than a complete and EXPENSIVE REDO. Luckily the market for this service has other options. We do not recommend even getting a bid from Lucid because of this and a likely similar failure in the future
PROSWhen it is working, which is NEVER it is OK.
CONSDoes not work. No support, no long range planning by Lucid to have a B plan if the platform changes
Reason for choosing BuildingOS
Came with the building. The contractor was sold a bill of goods. STEER CLEAR!
Justin
Verified reviewer
Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2018
I use BuildingOS to manage energy for 2.5 million square feet on a university campus.
BuildingOS has been a key part of Weber State's energy savings efforts, helping us reduce costs by 44%.
PROSThe front end is very intuitive and can convey a lot of information without a lot of useless nonsense. I particularly use the comparisons, trending, and heat map applications a lot. It allows us to identify opportunities for energy savings.
CONSCompanies like Lucid seem to have a high turnover rate for employees - I am not sure if this is a generational thing or what, but in the past two or three years I've had three or four points of contact. It makes it hard to build personal relationships with someone who actually has a knowledge of my needs.
Jacob
Facilities Services, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed May 2018
BuildingOS is a solid platform for viewing large amount of building utility data.
It was a solid tool for energy management at a reasonable price.
PROSThe software is quite easy to use with some really powerful apps. The app we use the most is the heatmap analysis. The allows use to see energy demand data on an hourly basis for an entire year (impressive right). Overall a really good tool to look at and view "big-data" for energy management.
CONSThe software support team has had quite a bit of turnover which has created a little frustration about not knowing who our support person should be. Also, the costs have gone up a bit in recent years which has also created a little bit of frustration.
Audrey
Commercial Real Estate, 11-50 employees
Used less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2018
Great centralized platform for all my streams of data
The company really provides customer services before and after implementation.
PROSThe dashboards they have available make it simple to access the data that really matters, with a user very freindly layout.
CONSThe size of some of the font could be larger, other than that I just wish I had this organization way sooner