Adaptive Green is a Soho-based company that designs, installs, and maintains green building components, with a particular expertise in optimizing rooftop spaces. They also provide technical assistance and educational services related to green building.
Saving time on maintenance.
For companies leading the green roof industry like Adaptive Green, field efficiency is just as critical as ecological expertise. To streamline their daily operations, we built a custom mobile application that empowers field teams to effortlessly capture before-and-after photos of their installation and maintenance work directly from the site.
This seamless digital workflow allows employees to instantly draft professional maintenance reports right from within the field, eliminating administrative bottlenecks and ensuring clients receive timely updates on their green investments.
Our approach.
The true intelligence of the application lies in its deep, automated synchronization with Adaptive Green’s existing Google Workspace ecosystem. Instead of forcing teams to manually sort through files at the end of the day, the app automatically routes every report and photo to its exact, designated client and project folder in real time.
Discovery
We began by deep-diving into Adaptive Green’s existing cloud architecture. Rather than building a separate, siloed database, we mapped out a system that leverages their current Google Workspace setup. We structured the API connections so the app could dynamically read, create, and organize files within their established client and project folder hierarchies.
UX/UI Design
Field conditions require an interface that is intuitive, fast, and accessible under any weather conditions. We designed a clean, high-contrast user interface (UI) specifically tailored for on-site technicians.
The user experience (UX) focuses on minimizing taps. Allowing workers to snap before/after photos, add brief notes, and generate a polished report in just a few clicks.
Development
With the blueprint in place, we developed a powerful native Apple application optimized for performance and reliability. By developing natively, we ensured the app has fast, reliable access to the device’s camera hardware and robust offline capabilities.
If a technician is working on a roof with poor cellular service, the app securely queues the photos and data locally and syncs them to Google Workspace the moment connection is restored.
Support
Before deploying the app to the entire workforce, we conducted rigorous field-testing simulations to ensure data integrity, reliable sync speeds, and battery efficiency. Following a smooth rollout, we provide continuous technical support and updates, ensuring the application scales alongside Adaptive Green’s growing client portfolio.
Agile Deployment with React Native
Leveraging React Native combined with the Expo ecosystem, we developed a high-performance cross-platform application optimized for Apple devices.
This modern stack allowed us to build an incredibly smooth, native-feeling UI while significantly accelerating the development timeline. Crucially, we implemented robust offline capabilities: if a technician is working on a roof with poor cellular service, the app securely queues the photos and data locally and syncs them to Google Workspace the moment a connection is restored.
CI/CD
Thanks to our pipeline setup we have a smooth test-flow for development and auto-deployments for new releases & builds to the app-store.
