Richard McElhinney

Richard McElhinney is the Vice President of Technology at Conserve It, developers of PlantPRO™, a central plant control and optimisation platform, and international product developers and distributors for IoT, Building Automation, Smart Services and Big Data Analytics. Richard has over 25 years experience in product and solution development having worked globally with leading companies in the Smart Building Services space. Previously the Chief Software Architect at Conserve It and the Software Development Manager for Airmaster Australia, Richard has held numerous roles where he has delivered new and innovative solutions to the market. As a member of the open-source Project Haystack community since its inception and subsequently as a director and then co-Executive Director of Project-Haystack.org, an open source, 501C trade association focusing on the standardisation and technology around semantic modelling and making equipment and devices self-describing, Richard has contributed to numerous aspects of the development of Project Haystack. Richard continues to lead Conserve It to be at the forefront of central plant optimisation using Machine Learning and advanced mathematical modelling as well as furthering the goals and technology of Project Haystack to enable building owners and Facility Managers to unlock the value of data