Brisbane, Australia

Leading PropTech pioneer, Bitpool has announced a strategic partnership with leading building automation integrator Austec Automation, combining forces to deliver smarter, more efficient, and future-ready buildings across Australia. 

The partnership brings together the combined force of Bitpool’s leading edge AI-powered platform and Austec’s decades of expertise and reputation for high quality in building automation, controls, and electrical services.  

Together, the two companies offer end-to-end solutions using open source non-proprietary building automation systems that empower property owners and operators with real-time data, actionable insights, to improve building efficiency, reduce emissions and cut operating costs. 

“The best partnerships are built on shared values and a win-win approach to success,” said David Blanch, CEO of Bitpool. “Austec’s passion for delivering high-quality and innovative solutions, backed by excellent customer service, made the partnership with Bitpool a perfect fit.” 

As part of the partnership, Austec Automation will deliver and support Bitpool deployments across its national client base, expanding access to real-time data analytics, compliance tools, and building automation insights designed to amplify performance. 

Dave Henderson, Managing Director of Austec Automation, said the partnership unlocks a new level of service for clients: 

“We see AI as a crucial tool in the evolution of building management. Bitpool has successfully bridged the gap between building services data and AI, unlocking new opportunities for smarter decision-making, predictive maintenance, and continuous optimisation.  

We believe Bitpool is a pioneer in this space, leading the way with truly unique technology. This partnership marks an exciting step forward—where automation meets intelligence, and where our clients benefit from the best of both.” 

ENDS… 

 About Bitpool 

Bitpool is changing the way buildings are managed. We turn complex, siloed data into clear, actionable insights which cut costs, reduce emissions and amplify performance.  
Your buildings are talking – are you listening? 

Contact: 

Zoe Staples – Head of Marketing  
Bitpool  
Phone: +61404047905  
Email: zstaples@bitpool.com  
  
Austec Automation 
Phone: 07 3807 4322  
Email: sales@austec-automation.com.au   
Website: https://www.austec-automation.com.au/ 

Queensland, Australia

Bitpool, a Queensland-founded PropTech pioneer, has been named a finalist in the prestigious Advance Queensland Ignite + Scale program. Recognised for its groundbreaking technology, Bitpool is redefining the way buildings are managed by unlocking the hidden potential within every asset.

Buildings are expensive, difficult to measure, and often underperform. At scale, these challenges multiply. Bitpool’s platform cuts through the noise, transforming raw data into powerful insights that drive smarter decisions, reduce costs, and optimise asset performance at any level.

“Your buildings are talking. Are you listening?” asks David Blanch, CEO and co-founder of Bitpool. “We’re here to unlock the data preventing your assets from achieving their best day, every day. Improving performance isn’t about costly upgrades—it’s about having the right tools to manage buildings smarter, faster, and with confidence.”

With real-time data and AI-driven decision-making, Bitpool’s rapidly deployable platform provides instant visibility, eliminates complexity, and drastically reduces the cost of optimising building efficiency—whether at a local, national, or global scale.

As part of the Ignite + Scale program, Bitpool is set to accelerate its growth strategy, expand global partnerships, and cement its position as a leader in PropTech innovation. Backed by a strong R&D pipeline, an ambitious three-year growth plan, and significant external investment, Bitpool is delivering Day One value for the property industry’s leading brands.

“Our selection for this program underscores our commitment to innovation, sustainability, and global scalability,” said Blanch. “We’re ready to transform the way buildings are managed—everywhere.”

About Bitpool

Bitpool is changing the way buildings are managed. Our easy-to-use platform helps property owners and operators unlock the full potential of data trapped within their assets. Our platform removes complexity, reduces costs, and optimises performance across local and global portfolios. Fast to deploy and easy to scale, Bitpool delivers measurable value from day one.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Zoe Staples – Head of Marketing, Bitpool

E: zstaples@bitpool.com

M: +61 (0) 404 047 905

There really is no excuse for running blind when it comes to managing a portfolio of buildings.

If your building isn’t connected, optimised, and data-driven, it’s likely costing you money, every hour, of every day. This isn’t about loading up on gimmicks or gadgets, it’s more about using the data which is currently being held hostage.

Here’s the truth – you don’t know what you can’t see. Dumb buildings can be a dead weight, smart buildings boost profits. 

Dumb buildings guess. Smart buildings know. 

In a dumb building, decisions are made on gut feel, outdated spreadsheets, and siloed systems that haven’t been accessed since the day they were installed – it’s operational chaos disguised as business as usual. 

The symptoms? 

• Energy blowouts? No one notices until the bill lands. 

• Asset failures? Call someone when it breaks. 

• Tenant complaints? Too late, they’ve already left. 

• Compliance obligations? Forgotten until the eleventh hour.

• Contractor cost blowouts? Quickly turns into the blame game. 

It’s time to take control 

Smart buildings don’t play the guessing game. They see everything. They know what’s working and what’s not. They tell you how to act, and they use AI to build reports which drive activity, automate reports, save time, resources and costs. You can take action before your dollars bleed out of the door. 

The future, today 

Forget boots on the ground. The smartest operators are running entire portfolios around the world from the palm of their hand. Driving activity, boosting profits, automating activity and measuring results, all powered by AI. 

Our clients around the world are already using Bitpool to provide the insights they need to: 

• Automate energy savings 

• Optimise HVAC and lighting for comfort and cost 

• Deliver real-time tenant insights that drive satisfaction and retention 

• Generate compliance reports fast 

• Manage contractors like clockwork

No armies of technicians. No guesswork. No lost opportunities. Just clean, scalable, data-driven performance. 

We’re talking about building intelligence that works in the real world. Together we’re driving operational performance in a way that’s smarter, leaner, faster and more profitable. 

Performance is profit 

At the end of the day, it’s simple. Smart buildings drive value.  Dumb buildings drain it.

Owners and operators who ignore their data aren’t just falling behind — they’re paying for the privilege. The worst part?  It’s completely avoidable. 

This is why we exist 

We’re changing the way buildings are managed.

We connect buildings, unify data, and automate performance — so owners and operators can stop guessing and start winning. Faster decisions. Lower costs. Happier tenants. Compliant Buildings. Higher valuations. No wasted potential. 

The future belongs to buildings that perform and operators who choose to see.

Every year, millions of people around the world switch off their lights for Earth Hour. NO doubt it’s symbolic and well-intentioned. And while we love sustainability at Bitpool, we have to question impact – is turning the lights of for 60 minutes making a dent in global emissions? 

The 24/7 energy chew

Meanwhile, commercial buildings chew through energy 24/7 — systems running at full tilt, HVAC blasting into empty rooms, lifts operating on guesswork, and basements lit up like it’s midday.

What we actually need to make a difference is buildings that perform every other hour of the day – and to do that, we need to realise that earth hour won’t save us, but data will. 

Awareness counts

We’re not in the business of diminishing awareness, in fact we’re so for it, but by using real data to drive real change and reduction in emissions, all of the time. And we’ve built the tool to do that.  Buildings and their owners need more than gestures, they need to be made accountable, and that’s our mission. 

The future of buildings is transparent

By all means, turn off your lights, but if you want to make a measurable impact, turn on your data. Using Bitpool, you can access all of the data being held hostage in your systems, today. That means bringing all of your systems into one platform, and providing visibility across properties, portfolios and assets to deliver value from Day 1.

Start today

Better buildings deliver the change we really need in the world, measurable, scalable, and real. Together, we can lead the sustainability change, every hour of the year, and save you time and money. 

You can

• Understand where you’re wasting energy 

• Automate the creation and issue of every report without lifting a finger 

• Track and compare asset performance over time and across geographies 

• Know what, why, how and when to act and measure the outcomes 

• Meet ESG compliance requirements without lifting a finger 

Powered by AI, we lead your sustainability agenda and lead the change, every hour of every year, not just on Earth Hour. 

Buildings fail without trust. Need convincing? 

We’ve been bandying some ideas around in the office for a while. One of these is about the trust equation and how trust is the driving force behind the profitability of buildings. 

Here’s an equation to consider.  Tenant Experience (Tx) + Owner / Operator Experience (Ox) = Return on Portfolio (Rp) 

Here’s our thinking 

1. Tx - Happy tenants residing in happy, healthy buildings stay longer and pay longer. Full offices = full pockets

   
   

2. Ox - Happy owners invest more in their properties because they have the information to make smarter decisions, reduce their expenditure and increase their profit 

   
   

3. Rp - This results in a strong return on portfolio, driving future growth and investment while meeting and measuring compliance and sustainability obligations – and helping our planet. 

Tx + Ox = Rp 

Tenant Experience + Owner Experience = Return on Portfolio 

Bitpool enables this.  We unify the data you already own, enabling every stakeholder — from the boardroom to the boiler room, with access to the same real time insights. No hierarchy, no lock in contracts, no expensive extraction processes, and instant access from Day 1 in the palm of your hands. 

It could be this easy. 

Informed decisions, retained tenants, streamlined operations, scalable and measurable sustainability goals, happy tenants, healthy buildings, fat profits resulting in performance amplified. 

Trust is a performance lever, and it's measurable.

oo many buildings are bleeding value because the people running them can’t see what’s really happening and it’s all about trust. 

If your operators don’t trust your BMS, they override it. 

If your tenants don’t trust your sustainability promises, they churn. 

If your investors can’t trust your performance data, they walk. 

Buildings that lack trust leak emissions, churn tenants, and burn money. 

When trust is built in, buildings work better. People stay longer. Portfolios grow stronger. 

If you don’t trust what your building is telling you, have you considered that maybe you’re not listening?  We believe that the best buildings are more than smart – they’re trusted too.

So, could trust be the new KPI in property?

We think so. And we built Bitpool to make it so, at scale 

I wrote a blog a few years ago speaking about the democratisation of data and it’s time to raise why it matters again.  For decades, the building information industry has made making meaningful decisions from your own data a challenge. 

At the end of the day, systems were designed by engineers for engineers — packed with complex interfaces, jargon and alphabetti spaghetti of acronyms and a stack of data held hostage which only a few knew how to use – and it would cost time and money to do so. If you didn’t speak the secret language of the developers or remember multiple logins to work out what’s happening you’d be out of the loop, making systems broken, not smart.

Buildings that share their story to help you run them better 

But here’s the thing: buildings aren’t just machines, they’re ecosystems full of people who run them, manage them, clean them, secure them and keep them happy and healthy for the people who reside in, own and operate them, instead of having systems that have almost been purposefully built to exclude them! 

Buildings should serve the people in and around them — not alienate them. 

And that starts with democratising data. Because when everyone can access and understand what’s going on inside their building, everyone can contribute to making it better. That means sharing knowledge, removing blocks, gatekeepers, and using open source tools that connect us and make us part of a conversation together.

The Bitpool experiment 

We started experimenting with this idea during the big shift to remote working a few years ago. Could we bring building data into a platform like Microsoft Teams — something people were already using — and make it useful, accessible, even actionable? Turns out, we could. 

We used a stack of open tools — MQTT, MySQL, Power BI, Teams webhooks, to stream data, build visual insights, and make it all usable from a basic Teams interface. The end result?

• Anyone — techie or not — could jump in. 

• Insights could be acted on directly from the feed. 

• Systems talked to each other instead of hiding behind black boxes. 

No more vendor lock-in. No more “please contact IT” simply data doing its job. 

And that’s the magic of Smart Buildings when they’re done right. It’s not just about the tech stack — it’s about a broader ideology based around helping the community and our buildings being more accountable.  

The reality is, you can’t build systems only a few people understand, you won’t hit your sustainability targets (or measure them) if your data is locked in a cage, and you won’t fix the skills shortage by making both of these harder to achieve. 

It’s time build a community 

Our plan is always to invite everyone to the party, to give everyone a democracy sausage and give everyone a seat at the table.  That’s why open source was created, and it’s why we’re so passionate about democratising data.   

At Bitpool, we believe the future of Building information systems belongs to those who set data free to support better results for our community.

You can’t unlock tomorrow’s value with yesterday’s systems. Bitpool will. 

If you’re not thinking about how AI can impact the productivity and efficiency of your clients, and you’re dealing with property owners and operators, it’s time to talk to us.  

We know your space, because we live and breathe it.  

Too many vendors? Zero partner strategy? Awful support? Legacy tech pretending to be smart? We’ve seen and lived it, and that’s not our plan. 

We’re looking for partners who get it and are choosing to grow with us. 

What we look for 

• Strategic alignment and a shared attitude 

• Industry experience in BMS, automation, or energy 

• People who want to train, certify and deliver 

• Commercial skin in the game 

• Regional or sector coverage  

• Killer case studies and use cases 

• Integrity as a non-negotiable for your brand and ours 

What you’ll get in return 

Real tech. Real tools. Real partnership. 

We’re not here to flood the market with half-baked tech. We’re here to build a high-performance community, working with partners who bring the same energy.  

Tech that works 

Built and delivered by Proptech experts. No legacy lock-in, Ai powered native cloud tools, intuitive UX, open-source flexibility and zero BS. 

A committed crew 

We’re not here to stack partners, we back them. This is about real connection, shared wins and solving real client problems together. 

Tools that close deals 

We’ll bring a support network of real humans, solving real problems - and all of the sales, marketing and training you need to win and keep clients. 

Fast time-to-value 

No wasting time with red tape. Our onboarding is fast, our tools intuitive, and our pricing model simple. You’ll be adding client value faster than ever before. 

Partner Perks 

• Supporting your growth goals – find, grow and retain customers 

• Authorised partner status - trusted, visible, and margin-ready 

• Certified training – upskilled crew to deliver at speed 

• Co-branding power -  sales kits, marketing campaigns and collateral 

• Support that delivers – real humans, fast answers, on-hand expertise 

• Partner portal – tools, videos, roadmap, and content on demand 

 Bitpool is different. 

We don’t saturate. We don’t shortcut. We don’t forget who helped us grow. 
You’ll never be just another partner, you’ll be part of our crew.