NMHC Special Report: 2016 Product Showcase
Exciting innovations include a cloud-based intercom, an online talent retention system, a resident move-in streamlining program and a pet-waste product.
Dallas—One hundred exhibitors converged at the recent NMHC’s OPTECH Conference & Exhibition. Some of the industry’s leading smart technology and data providers networked with conference guests and shared some of their most exciting innovations. Here are a few of the products poised to impact multifamily.

ButterflyMX (pictured) is disrupting the guest entry intercom game.
Butterfly MX
Butterfly MX is a cloud-based intercom format that offers functionality in new constructions and retrofits. It only requires three connections: the Internet, the door and a 100-volt power source.
Visitors find, search and call residents using the Butterfly MX touch screen. Residents receive video calls and text messages, as well as access the building’s front door and manage their Butterfly MX accounts on their smartphones–even when they’re not home. Building managers and staff interact with a web-based portal to communicate building-wide messages, update resident information and record access events with photographs and timestamp.
Installation is simple and involves no expensive wiring upgrades or in-unit video wall stations. These features are a win for developers, who can save tens of thousands of dollars by choosing Butterfly MX. Weather-resistant with automatic software updates, the Butterfly MX kiosk slays the competition when it comes to guest entry systems.

An online portal (pictured) offers access to property management compliance training, complete with an easy-to-use portal for monitoring student performance and setting educational goals.
VisionX

Updater (above) takes the hassle out of the moving process and saves residents time.
Updater

Valet Waste pet waste stations (pictured) empower residents to clean up after their pets.
Valet Waste