TowerWatch

Campus Intelligence Platform

Emergency fire monitoring — 25 ALERTCalifornia cameras, NOAA satellite detections, NWS alerts, fire perimeters, PulsePoint dispatch, live radio transcription.

Campus energy infrastructure — live solar production from PI (12 arrays), substation demand, TES tank, CHCP. Per-array kW with capacity and offline detection.

Campus mobility — Unitrans buses, 612 Spin scooters, Amtrak trains, Caltrans closures, EV chargers. 10-second refresh.

Water infrastructure — 4,669 pipes, 475 fire hydrants, 2,652 valves, 27 campus wells and water towers, chilled water distribution, sewer lines.

Natural gas infrastructure — 52 pipeline segments, 147 power stations, campus gas distribution network.

Automated detection of offline solar inverters, water leaks, stuck valves. Tracks new/persistent/repaired issues with cost estimates. Currently finding $67K/yr in waste.

Original campus digital twin — building demand, OAT, WiFi occupancy, real-time feeds (wildfires, earthquakes, AQI, PurpleAir).

David (Dave) MacDonald

Founder · Energy Systems · Building Science

Dave MacDonald and Morty

Dave founded TowerWatch to give institutional buildings the operational visibility they deserve — surfacing where energy actually goes, where comfort actually fails, and where money actually leaks, in time for someone to do something about it.

Background spans energy systems and building science, with experience at Apple and the University of California, Davis. Based in the Greater Sacramento area, with a measurement-first approach that prioritizes operational reality over theoretical savings.

Usually accompanied by Morty, his service dog and TowerWatch’s Chief Motivation Officer.