Eric Stromquist and Ken Smyers of ControlTrends.org invited me onto their ControlTalk NOW show last week, ending November 8, 2015. What fun! We talk I0T Stacks! What are they? Who has them? Why are they needed now? How does Project Haystack fit in? They even threw in the question "What is Google's (now Alphabet's) Nest up … Continue reading Talking Smack about the Building IoT Stack
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Buildings IoT Industry Gives Industrial Internet Consortium Something to Reference
On June 17th the Industrial Internet Consortium, with companies like Cisco, Intel, GE and IBM at the core, formally released its IoT Reference Architecture Document, making it available for complementary download. When I wrote about the first public showcasing of the reference model at the IoT World Forum in Chicago in October, the resulting BuildingContext post was … Continue reading Buildings IoT Industry Gives Industrial Internet Consortium Something to Reference
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
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
Four New Ways to Scan Your Whole Building for Energy Waste
Looking at any system from a high-level and as a whole is usually the best way to get to know its key drivers. Individual buildings and portfolios of buildings are no different. While the idea of a quick and remote data analysis to assess energy performance of whole buildings is alluring, actually extracting information for business … Continue reading Four New Ways to Scan Your Whole Building for Energy Waste
In NYC, Rudin EVP Explains Why Buildings Need a Brain
John Gilbert, COO/EVP/CTO of Rudin Management Company (RMC) spoke at a Greenbiz VERGE Salon event on Sept. 16 in New York City on how technology and data are transforming the future of buildings and cities. Gilbert speaks often on the integration of technology into the built environment. He also addressed the audience at the RealComm conference in Las … Continue reading In NYC, Rudin EVP Explains Why Buildings Need a Brain
Clinton Pushes for Energy Efficient Casinos
In her address to to attendees of the National Clean Energy Summit this week, Hillary Clinton talked of the US becoming the "clean energy superpower of the 21st century." "Climate change is the most consequential, urgent, sweeping collection of challenges we face," said Clinton. "The threat is real, and so is the opportunity … if … Continue reading Clinton Pushes for Energy Efficient Casinos
