A system comprising a plurality of smart utilities and a personal smart device, wherein the smart utilities include one or more of: a utility controller; transportation equipment including an elevator; HVAC equipment; electrical equipment including lighting; a safety device including one or more of a fire extinguisher and a hazard detector; and a security system component including a motion detector, wherein the personal smart device is configured to: communicate with the smart utilities over one or more networks that are dissimilar; transmit first instructions to the smart utilities to return self-identifying information; wherein the self-identifying information includes one or more of: a type of smart utility, a geographic location identifying whether the smart utility is within a building or at an outside location, a floor in the building on which the smart utility is located, and a subdivision in the building where the smart utility is located; and wherein the personal smart device is further configured to: transmit second instructions to more than one of the plurality of smart utilities, as a subgroup, to activate an identifying beacon, wherein the subgroup includes more than one of the smart utilities, grouped by the type of smart utility, the floor in the building on which the smart utility is located, and the subdivision in the building where the smart utility is located, and wherein the identifying beacon is one or more of a visual and an audible identifier; and wherein the personal smart device aggregates into a dataset received self-identifying information from the smart utilities and forwards the aggregated dataset to a building management system, BMS, for monitoring and controlling of the smart utilities by the BMS. communicate with the smart utilities over one or more networks that are dissimilar; transmit first instructions to the smart utilities to return self-identifying information; wherein the self-identifying information includes one or more of: a type of smart utility, a geographic location identifying whether the smart utility is within a building or at an outside location, a floor in the building on which the smart utility is located, and a subdivision in the building where the smart utility is located; and wherein the personal smart device is further configured to: transmit second instructions to more than one of the plurality of smart utilities, as a subgroup, to activate an identifying beacon, wherein the subgroup includes more than one of the smart utilities, grouped by the type of smart utility, the floor in the building on which the smart utility is located, and the subdivision in the building where the smart utility is located, and wherein the identifying beacon is one or more of a visual and an audible identifier; and wherein the personal smart device aggregates into a dataset received self-identifying information from the smart utilities and forwards the aggregated dataset to a building management system, BMS, for monitoring and controlling of the smart utilities by the BMS. transmit second instructions to more than one of the plurality of smart utilities, as a subgroup, to activate an identifying beacon, wherein the subgroup includes more than one of the smart utilities, grouped by the type of smart utility, the floor in the building on which the smart utility is located, and the subdivision in the building where the smart utility is located, and wherein the identifying beacon is one or more of a visual and an audible identifier; and wherein the personal smart device aggregates into a dataset received self-identifying information from the smart utilities and forwards the aggregated dataset to a building management system, BMS, for monitoring and controlling of the smart utilities by the BMS.