Meet Arva
The agent that acts, not just monitors.
Every other system tells you something is wrong. Arva does something about it. DigiNest's autonomous AI agent watches your building continuously, understands how every zone and asset behaves, decides what to do, and acts within limits you control.
DigiNest was built by engineers with direct experience in BMS integration, HVAC controls, and building protocol stacks BACnet, Modbus, KNX. Arva's autonomy model reflects what real building operators told us they need: action with guardrails, not another dashboard.
A continuous loop: sense → understand → act.
Sense
Arva reads live signals from your sensors, meters, and existing systems: occupancy, air quality, energy use, temperature, equipment status.
Understand
It reasons over a live model of your building so it knows not just what changed, but where, why, and what it affects.
Act
Routine, low-risk optimizations happen on their own. Bigger moves come to you as a clear recommendation, with reasoning and expected outcome ready for one click.
You decide how much Arva does alone.
Autonomy is not all-or-nothing. You set the boundary, and Arva respects it. Start in advice-only mode and expand zone by zone as confidence grows.
Arva acts alone
- Trimming HVAC setpoints within comfort bounds
- Powering down empty zones
- Tuning ventilation to real-time CO₂
- Shifting flexible loads from peak windows
- Pre-conditioning spaces before morning rush
Arva asks first
- Re-sequencing or shutting down major equipment
- Setpoint changes affecting a whole floor
- Work orders with a cost or downtime impact
- Demand-response commitments to the grid
- Anything you keep under human sign-off
Ask Arva anything.
Arva answers in plain language, grounded in your building's live data, with no query syntax, no dashboards to decode. Each answer comes with the cause and a recommended next step.
"Why was the air quality poor on the third floor this morning?"
"Where are we wasting the most energy this week?"
"Are we on track for our carbon target this quarter?"
"What changed in Zone 4 overnight?"
Frequently asked.
What is Arva?
Arva is DigiNest's autonomous AI agent for buildings. It continuously senses building conditions, reasons over a live model of the building, and takes action to optimize energy, sustainability, and occupant comfort.
How is Arva different from a building automation system or a dashboard?
A dashboard shows you data; a rule-based automation system reacts to fixed triggers. Arva reasons over the whole building, decides what to do, and acts, and it explains its reasoning in plain language. It is an agent, not an alarm.
Will Arva make changes without my permission?
Only within the limits you set. Low-risk optimizations can run automatically; high-impact changes require approval. You can also run Arva in advice-only mode, where it never acts on its own.
Can I see why Arva did something?
Yes. Every action is logged with its reasoning and outcome, creating a full audit trail.
Does Arva work with my existing equipment?
Yes. Arva acts through DigiNest's connection to your existing BMS and devices over open protocols. See Integrations for details.
Ready to make your
building act?
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