Welcome to Future Living

Contents
It’s about changing the pattern 3
It’s finally possible... 4
Help your residents to become Climate Smart 6
Smart communication 8
Create safe living for everyone 10
Help seniors continue their independent life style 12
Which services would you like with SBox? 14
Resident options 16
Here’s how you make it happen 18
The system: care and operation 20
Om Manodo 22

It’s about changing the pattern
People today are more aware than ever before of the importance of working together to reduce
our energy use. How hard can it be? It shouldn’t be too difficult, especially if we can continue to
live pretty much as we always have. Unfortunately, the general experience is that reducing energy
use is both complicated to understand and difficult to track–that causes many to lose interest in
reduction efforts.
So we need help. That help is here in the form of Manodo’s SBox. SBox makes it easy to understand
how much heat, water and electricity we use in a simple, easily understandable way. It’s easy to
install and easy to use both for young and old. That’s because SBox was designed and developed
together with residents between the ages of 16-86.
Beyond helping residents to become climate-aware, SBox enables improved communications and
a more secure way of life.
SBox offers property managers and their residents a unique communications channel that’s
always available to send an alarm, monitor the property and/or show who’s ringing the doorbell
- just to mention a few of the functions.
The bonus is that we’ve also developed a line of functions for everyday convenience- the kinds of
things that just make your day a little easier and a lot more comfortable.
SBox has been developed together with the community realtor Svenska Bostäder, hence the name-
SBox.

Electronic lock Electric meter Climate sensors Water meters
(for hot and cold water)
It’s finally possible...
Radio network (Z-Wave)
Many have tried but no one has really succeeded. Either the technology was too expensive or
the communications network wasn’t ready. The alternative was more cables than anyone wanted
across their apartment. But these are new times. Broadband is here. Wireless is a success story
and the touch-sensitive screen has made its widespread debut in our society.
Apartment network (Ethernet) The Manodo SBox is equipped with a touch-sensitive screen that is installed in the hallway for
quick access to energy usage information as well as a full range of other services and functions.
SBox is connected to a server via broadband, making it easy to upgrade and add new functions
whenever you or your tenants so wish. The service platform Home Arena runs on the server to
manage delivery of the right services to the right apartments.
SBox employs built-in wireless technology to communicate with (for example) sensors and regu-
Broadband (fiber)
lators without unnecessary cabling. To be on the safe side, we have already made sure that the
right kind of Internet-based services and information plug into the system via the Home Arena
platform. And more than that; you can display the information on your TV, your computer- even
Home Arena server
your mobile telephone.
The icing on the cake is that we’ve made it possible for anyone at all to develop services that are
compatible with the system and the service platform. The technically-inclined call it open API,
SDK and Web 2.0. And we are completely convinced it is the most productive way to guarantee
swift and innovative service development for the system.
Administration Apartment services News feeds Energy services Community services
and maintenance

Technical data
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Help your residents
to become Climate Smart
Many property management organizations have realized the benefits of energy optimization at
the property-wide level. Energy waste at the tenant level however is often under the radar- a
factor of significant potential given that it accounts for 30-80% of a property’s total energy use.
When management can offer an intelligent alternative to help residents conserve energy, it’s a
proposition that in the long-run makes winners of both parties.
Individual metering and billing (IMB)
Individual metering and billing for hot and cold water raises a resident’s awareness and incentive
to reduce water usage. In our experience, hot water use sank by 20-30% when individual metering
and billing were introduced. Choose the measurement collectors that best suit your properties
from Manodo hardwired or wireless models below.
Water meter Radio node SBox Measurement Collection System
with pulse output
Water meter Radio node SBox Measurement Collection System
with pulse output
Wireless collection
Water meter MBus master Measurement Collection System
with Mbus output
Hardwired collection
Water meter MBus master Measurement Collection System
with Mbus output

Manodo also offers individual metering of heat and electricity,
and for room temperature, a wireless, batterydriven room
sensor for quick and easy installation.
Manodo’s measurement collection system is often integrated
with existing management systems for billing and use
specifications to residents.
Educational presentation With Manodo’s energy services, it’s easy to
of energy consumption get a quick overview of how much energy
Residents often find it too complex to become engaged you use.
in household energy conservation but it doesn’t have to be
like that! With Manodo’s energy services it becomes inter-
esting, fun and even exciting to track your own energy usage.
User-friendly functions and reports let residents measure
their results, compare with their neighbors and follow their
progress towards goals that can be defined in the system.
Energy optimization through reference
temperatures in every apartment
Channeling room temperatures through a central control
system enables well-tuned heating/cooling (“room com- Manodo offers wireless sensors and nodes
pensation“) reducing total energy use. Room temperatures for individual metering.
can also be used for separate billing.

Smart communication
In the age of connectivity, shouldn’t we be adapting and improving to the biggest advantage of
web-based systems—communications? That’s what we think, and happily without distortion!
That’s why we’re proud that our SBox offers a unique communications channel between residents
and property management personnel - landlords, superintendants, managers etc. See below!
Residential communications with blogging superintendents!
Often, communications with residents are by way of the notice board in the stairwell or by notices
in the mail box. Most often, this amounts to one-sided communication without discussion from
the residents.
With Manodo’s messaging services, every apartment has an e-mail box where SMSs, MMSs and
e-mail are sent and received. The building superintendent has his/her own place in SBox where
current information can be posted just like a blog (welcome to the blogosphere!). The publicist/
spokesperson has specialized publishing tools for circulating questionnaires, conducting polls
and posting management company information in the form of (for examples) resident notebooks,
current events and newsletters.
Enable residents to help themselves with the Problem Solver
Offer residents the option of self-help before they contact service personnel. Using Manodo’s
Problem Solver, residents are guided through a logical question tree to instructions in word, pic-
tures and video before the issue is sent to the superintendent/service organization. In the event of
a service company issue, the building superintendent is contacted by SMS or e-mail and can easily
report the status from a web interface (example: Smartphone)

Book the laundry room
from the apartment. Hallelujah!
Why not provide your residents with booking options that
allow them to reserve laundry facilities, guest accommoda-
tions or other common resources directly from their apart-
ment? Manodo systems enable you to do that by SBox, TV
or mobile phone. Manodo booking services integrate seam-
lessly with the most common booking-capable systems on
the market via a standard interface. With the problem solver’s instructions/
films, many problems can be solved long
before they require attention of service
personnel
Reserve laundry or other shared facilities.

Create safe living for everyone
Who hasn’t experienced the feeling of having no relation-
ship to their neighbors?
Working together and improving communications between
neighbors is effective against crime.
It also promotes greater safety and pleasant living with few-
er conflicts.
Neighborly cooperation (at last!)
Manodo’s services for communal collaboration mean that
neighbors can message and warn each other in the event of
break in or other emergency. It works manually if a resident
personally activates an alarm. Or it can work automatically
when a sensor (security lock, smoke detector, fire detector)
sends an alarm to neighbors and/or the appropriate alarm
central (configurable).
Video telephony for the front door
Most residents feel considerably safer when they know
who’s moving around the building.
With video-linked entry phones connected to SBox or TV,
it’s easy to see who’s ringing the doorbell and whether to
With video-linked entry phones, you don’t admit them or not. And with e-mail, MMS or external USB
get unexpected visitors. memory, you can even use the system to circulate pictures

of visitors that are welcome.
In this way you can (for example) make it easier for seniors to recognize and admit service person-
nel and care-givers. Video-entry phones require in some cases the permission of the authorities.
Electric security locks
– with built-in alarms.
Lost your “key” and need to unregister your RFID-tag? Forget to lock the door after you’ve left?
Door have to be unlocked at a certain time to allow workers when you’re not at home? Do you
want to transfer the alarm to a neighbor? To alarm central? All that and a little more is possible
with the electronic security locks developed by Manodo with Assa Abloy. The lock features tradi-
tional lock cylinders, an RFID reader, electronic display, web-cam, microphone and it’s managed
through SBox.

Help seniors continue
their independent life style
Safety and security are the highest priorities among residents. This is particularly true for senior
and handicapped persons. Manodo offers a portfolio of security/safety functions designed specifi-
cally for this target group.
Activity alarm
You can remotely detect activity in an apartment with a range of sensors (for example: door sen-
sors, activity sensors and water meters).
Home/away functions
Using SBox and/or electronic security locks, you can activate Home or Away status. Away status
determines (for example) which power outlets and household appliances should be on or off when
you leave the home (stove, oven etc.). Apart from increased safety, these functions also promote
energy conservation.
Remote Diagnostics
The system provides the platform for web-cameras and/or other equipment (example: blood
pressure devices) for remote diagnosis to spare residents routine medical visits. This is a way to
save time, money and inconvenient travel for patients.
Touch-free locks, messaging services on SBox or TV and neighbor-cooperation services give sen-
ior residents a better way of life. That’s the kind of satisfaction that keeps them on board when
it’s time to renew the contract.

Climate sensors
Electric meter IR/motion detectors
Z-Wave
Wireless network
VLan City network/fiber
VLan router Switch at
Home Arena Server
connection point to
Electronic lock property network
Controlled power outlets
Water meter
Smoke detectors
With built-in wireless technology, SBox can control a wide range of equipment in the home: dimmers, wall sockets, regulators as well as receive alarms from sensors such as fire warning devices and smoke detectors.

Which services
would you like with SBox?
Which functions and services would you like to offer your
tenants?
To make it easier for you: Start with our base package of the
most popular functions. Add to the base packet the serv-
ices that you need for your properties. Residents can then
choose additional services they may want via SBox*.
For example, our most popular service package:
Base package
Calendar: a basic function that accommodates your choice
of calendar service.
Problem reporting/problem solver with self-help in-
structions and videos.
News: news-in-brief feeds from the major newspapers (via
RSS)
Public transportation timetable
local traffic local traffic information
Traffic-cam (anyplace cameras can be displayed through
the SBox)
Basic information about the management company/
tenant rights association

Energy package
„ Wireless sensors
„ Room sensors
„ Automatic Meter Reading system
„ Energy services
„ Billing specifications
Security package
„ Video entry phones and passage system
„ Facility web cameras
Convenience package
„ Online booking for laundry and other reservations-based communal resources via SBox
* Certain services can require a license fee to 3rd party providers.

Resident options
…and just to gild the lily, the system allows the tenants
themselves to continually modernize their conveniences
with emerging services in SBox from Manodo and 3rd party
developers. We at Manodo are continually developing new
services in response to customer requests and Manodo of-
fers an open, publically available developers platform to as-
sure that SBox remains open
Residents themselves decide which of these services they’d
like to have.
Here is a quick introduction to the kinds of functions and
services that tenants themselves might choose to use in
SBox:
Digital photo show
Why not let SBox (or the TV) display your favorite photos?
You need only place them in an Internet catalog (for exam-
ple: Flickr) to present them as a slide show.
Chat
Peer-to-peer technology enables residents to communicate
with each other and property management in a number of
ways including chat.

Announcements
Residents can post buy/sell announcements on a common
bulletin board – and Internet market places are accessible
from SBox.
Controlling electrical outlets
Apartment appliances can be controlled by wireless tech-
nology. Examples are: electrical outlets, dimmers, regula-
tors and solar panels.
Gaming
SBox offers a wide range of games such as Otello and
Chess.
News
News, stock markets and sports directly in SBox. SBox can
present any information available on the Internet. Options
are via RSS or metadata.

Here’s how you make it happen
Installation and connection
Install SBox on any appropriate wall. SBox then (via broadband) automatically finds the central
Home Arena server. Home Arena provides most of the services displayed on SBox (or TV/mobile
phone).
To make it easy for property managers and their residents, Manodo hosts the central server, han-
dling all operations and supervision. You can install other options (ex. Automatic Meter Reading,
video entry phones, laundry booking services) at the same time or later. In the event of existing
systems such as electronic door controls or electronic laundry booking (for example) Home Arena
and SBox are integrated with them via web services.
Examples of services SBox
IP-TV
Apartment services
Internet
Home Arena
News feeds
platform
Energy services
Community services TV
Home Arena topology simplified Mobile phone

To secure communications between SBox and the server we need to know what kind of network
exists to the apartments. Communications can be over the Internet or over a closed network.
Internet
Home Arena Server
Internet
Home Arena Server
Communication via Internet
Home Arena Server Access point
Home Arena Server Access point
Communication via closed network
Existing network conditions (dependability, redundancy, latency etc.) can affect the quality of
SBox services. For most services, Internet works notably well for communications. Functions
that serve security/safety purposes (alarms, for example) may require higher dependability.

The system: care and operation
Operations, server support
(Home Arena) and SBox
Together with national partners, Manodo offers operation/
supervision of SBox at a fixed fee per month and per
apartment. One of the benefits of Manodo management
is that on average, potential problems are actually solved
Tools for Home Arena administration before they come to the attention of residents. SBox
problems that escape our notice can be reported directly to
a support center or (in certain cases) to property managers.
Manodo attempts to remedy problems remotely when
possible. Problems with SBox or other hardware in the
apartment that require a site visit are handled by Manodos
service partner (or property manager’s service personnel).
Administration of SBox services
and functions (via Home Arena)
Manodo administrates the services and functions that
Manodo offers in SBox. This includes, for example,
handling and quality assurance for collected measurements
of individual water, electricity and heat. Often this includes
integration with existing back end systems using these
measurements as a basis for separate billing.

Manodo also serves as the agent mediating support for 3rd
party services. That means there’s only one number to call
in the event of problem.
Publishing information
in SBox (via Home Arena) Example of a blog
Building management or tenant groups can publish
information easily with blog tools, publishing tools, central
electronic bulletin board or e-mail to tenants.
Develop your own,
custom services in SBox
A number of tools for developing questionnaires, polls and
simple services for SBox via Home Arena are available via
Manodos web site. Poll/questionnaire-creating tools and
user-friendly templates are functions that also make it easy
for permitted partners to publish information in SBox.
Partner examples might be restaurants, media agents,
newspapers, grocery stores and other shops that want to ad-
vertise on SBox. More advanced services are developed with Easy to use tools for creating custom servi-
Manodo’s Software Development Kit, an open SDK that is ces in Home Arena
freely downloadable from Manodo’s homepage/Wiki.

About Manodo
Manodo was established in 2000 as an answer to the calls from a number of visionary manage-
ment companies that wanted better control of energy use across their properties.
Companies wanted to centralize properties and heating grids to a web-based system in order to
simplify operations and the management of apartments and facilities. With the maturation of the
Internet, Manodo took a pioneering step forward in the form of centralized systems monitoring
that major companies leaped at.
Since then, Manodo has developed and delivered a wide range of system solutions for operations
supervision and energy optimization for customers such as Göteborg Energi, Poseidon, Familje-
bostäder, Riksbyggen, Harry Sjögren, Fortum and Bostadsbolaget.
Today, Manodo develops systems and products that help property managers and residents reduce
energy consumption, improve communications and improve security. In 2008, Manodo’s focus
on individual metering and SBox apartment terminals attracted enormous media attention as
well as that of energy providers and large-scale property management organizations.
Manodo is headquartered in Västra Frölunda outside of Göteborg, Sweden with offices in Sisjön
and Stockholm (Kista). Our products are developed entirely in Sweden, often in cooperation with
larger property management and energy companies.
Manodo products and systems are installed in approximately 10,000 properties in Sweden, Nor-
way and China. Employees number 50 in Göteborg and Stockholm.
In 2008 Manodo was awarded the Business Region Göteborg prize for outstanding growth - a
turnover increase of 1125% since beginning in 2000.

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