Crown Resorts Ltd. of Australia strives to be a model of sustainability for the entire gaming industry and to do its part in helping the City of Melbourne achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2020. BUENO Systems, a SkySpark partner, has been working with its customer, Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, … Continue reading SkyFoundry Analytics Case Study: Crown Melbourne Casino and Entertainment Complex
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How DC Does Building Analytics
by Terry Herr, Intellimation In a densely populated metro like the City of Washington DC, heating and cooling buildings consumes the most energy and makes the largest contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG ) emissions. DC’s built environment contributes 75% of all its GHG emissions, which is almost double the national average of 38%. In 2013, … Continue reading How DC Does Building Analytics
Genentech Manages Large Portfolio of Critical Facilities by ‘One Set of Numbers’ Rule
Genentech/Roche has innovation in its DNA, and is now showing all the markers of a leader in data-driven strategies for facilities management and building operations. Genentech/Roche cut the ribbon on its latest building in South San Francisco on May 21st, with California Governor Jerry Brown holding the scissors. The Governor came to call attention to how such private … Continue reading Genentech Manages Large Portfolio of Critical Facilities by ‘One Set of Numbers’ Rule
San Leandro High School Students Demonstrate the Power of Data to Transform Facilities Management
Using OSIsoft’s leading real-time operational intelligence software infrastructure and echoMESH’s meters and service, students at San Leandro High School learned how easy it is to make a difference and transform their environment through simple data-driven insights. As part of a hands-on STEM project (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math educational initiative), students analyzed power usage patterns … Continue reading San Leandro High School Students Demonstrate the Power of Data to Transform Facilities Management
Round up the Right Data, Not Usual Suspects
“Round up the usual suspects,” is one of the classic quotes from the 1942 film Casablanca. When this phrase is muttered as the plan of action, you’re far from the truth. The 1995 crime thriller ‘The Usual Suspects’ picked up on that thought and built it into one of the most twisted plots of all … Continue reading Round up the Right Data, Not Usual Suspects
“Coil Crime Scene Investigation” by Dean Taylor & Jim Lee
Operational forensics is the practice of using building automation system data and data analytics to determine the sequence of events leading up to an incident and to determine root cause. Imagine walking into your facility on a Monday morning to find water covering the floor. Water damage is everywhere – mechanical rooms, laboratories and … Continue reading “Coil Crime Scene Investigation” by Dean Taylor & Jim Lee
When Cloud Companies Build Towers, Tech Transfers into Real Estate
Salesforce Tower, a new, 61-story project at 415 Mission Street in San Francisco, won’t be open and occupied until sometime in 2017, but its influence on top-end office properties is already being felt. Jim Whalen SVP & CIO of Boston Properties, co-developer of the tower, explained the tech transfer phenomena in a RealComm panel discussion … Continue reading When Cloud Companies Build Towers, Tech Transfers into Real Estate
New Era of IoT-Enabled Retail Launched
The Smart Mall, as realized by Taubman Properties under the technical direction of CIO/CTO Michael Osment, is a particularly advanced variety of the Intelligent Building. “Connectivity is not an afterthought in the design of a Smart Mall. It is the driver,” explained Osment when interviewed by Realcomm’s Jim Young today. Taubman's new $315M mall in Sarasota was … Continue reading New Era of IoT-Enabled Retail Launched
Open Software Architecture Demo’d by UC Cal’s openBAS
One big lesson from the last few decades in building automation system (BAS) technology is that proprietary and closed systems create barriers to innovation. Many system integrators and building owners who lived through this period felt the sting of this lesson profoundly when they were stymied in their efforts to use information technology to improve energy efficiency and … Continue reading Open Software Architecture Demo’d by UC Cal’s openBAS
How do you Spell IoT for Smart Buildings?
All the Big IT companies are running campaigns touting their role in the coming Internet of Things (IoT) computing era. A common vision is that software, particularly mobile apps, will reign supreme over embedded systems-on-a-chip, sensors, wireless communications and other components making more of the physical world digitally addressable thus bringing greater productivity, health, comfort … Continue reading How do you Spell IoT for Smart Buildings?
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