Projects

A project is the core organizational unit in Novant. Each project contains all the data, configuration, and tooling for a site – including sources, points, assets, spaces, zones, schedules, and files.

A project can represent:

• Single building – the most common setup, where one building maps to one project.
• Group of buildings – such as a campus or a set of buildings in the same city that share infrastructure, a BMS, or are operationally managed together.

How you scope a project depends on how the building systems are deployed and how the site is operated. The goal is to keep related data together while maintaining clean boundaries between unrelated sites.

Projects are fully independent. Changes in one project do not affect others, and each project’s edge nodes are tied directly to it, ensuring all incoming data is processed in the correct context.

Creating a Project

To create a project, you’ll need to provide a project name and city. Novant uses the city to determine the project’s timezone and local weather data.

The number of projects your organization can create depends on your plan. See Plans and Limits for details.

What’s in a Project

Each project contains its own isolated set of:

• Sources and edge nodes
• Assets, spaces, and zones
• Points and trend data
• Schedules, tasks, and files
• Credentials for source authentication

Best Practices

• One project per building in most cases. This keeps modeling, automation, and troubleshooting cleanly scoped to a single site.

• One project for a group of buildings when they share a BMS, are on the same campus, or are managed as a single operational unit. For example, a university campus with a central plant and satellite buildings is often best served by a single project.

• Separate projects for independently managed buildings — even if they’re in the same city or owned by the same organization. If the buildings have separate BMS systems and separate operational teams, separate projects avoid unnecessary complexity.

• Name projects clearly based on location and purpose to support searching and portfolio management.