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The Nexus Podcast

Conversations with smart people exploring smart buildings technology, hosted by James Dice. www.nexuslabs.online

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00:56:53

🎧 #089: M&A Roundup with Joe Aamidor

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2022/02/24

“The fragmentation is a very real issue. I don't see it necessarily resolving anytime soon, just because of a lot of these other trends in the market."—Joe AamidorMy HighlightsWhy are we talking about this? (3:02)Deal #1: IBM buying Envizi (9:39)Deal #2: View buying RXWell and IoTium (24:19)Deals #3: Occupant experience apps (37:13)Overall Trends (54:14)You can find Joe on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.

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01:05:50

🎧 #088: From connected commissioning to connected...

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2022/02/17

“I've been giving presentations on why commissioning agents should be using data analytics and commissioning since 2013. It's completely unsatisfying to me to do it the other way. And still the vast majority don't... But the construction industry is different. By the end of the project, they're saying they'll never do another project without analytics. That transformation will happen much faster."—Jim MeachamMy HighlightsAltura’s founding story (2:35)Why is commissioning even a thing

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00:49:46

🎧 #087: Andy Frank on the Independent Data Layer

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2022/02/10

“You've got control systems in the building and interesting applications up in the cloud. And then there's something in the middle and it's really gnarly and messy and ugly and a pain in the butt to work with. That's what we do."—Andy FrankMy HighlightsNovant's founding story (2:47)The challenges Andy sees in the smart building market today (14:36)Where Andy sees the smart building market going (37:44)You can find Andy on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.

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00:50:59

🎧 #086: Building Science + Data Science = Zero Carbon...

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2022/02/03

“You're never going to fix the decarbonization challenges we have today with just data and adjusting active systems. You also have to fix the envelope. And vice versa: envelope only approaches don't solve it either.We need data science AND building science."—Craig StevensonMy HighlightsBuilding science + Data science = Zero Carbon future (11:37)Building science deeper dive (16:14)Data science deeper dive (25:04)How to deliver this in real buildings (36:21)You can find Beth and Craig on

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00:31:37

🎧 #085: A carbon reduction plan for every building on...

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2022/01/27

“What we need is a carbon reduction plan for every existing building on the planet. And we can do that immediately."—Christopher NaismithMy HighlightsWhat did you do as an energy engineer / consultant? (3:27)After target setting and benchmarking, we need to scale up the building decarbonization process. Where are most organizations at today? (5:19)What are all the ways in which the process is not scalable today? (7:26)What is Audette? (8:40)How to fund net zero when it doesn't have a quick payback

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01:23:56

🎧 #084: Finding the signal in the IAQ noise with...

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2022/01/20

“Humans are great sensors, but we're not very good at dashboarding anything. Having this IAQ data can become a change management tool and it could really impact the culture of the occupants in the space."—Shona O'DeaMy HighlightsFounding story of Kaiterra (6:52)Shona on the history of IAQ practice (9:16)Making sense of the wild wild west of IAQ - state of the industry (23:08)Making the business case - current best practice? (33:20)Should it be a stand-alone stack or integrated with building systems

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01:10:54

🎧 #083: QuadReal's quest for a Building OS with KODE...

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2022/01/13

“Stop talking, start doing. The tools are in place. The vendors exist. The folks that understand how to bring this stuff to life exist. So start doing it."—Thano Lambrinos My HighlightsQuadReal's smart building strategy (8:42)What is a Building Operating System? (17:30)Thano's "utopian state" (29:24)Why they say that the "operators love it"? (45:29)Command and control capabilities (59:29) You can find Thano and Edi on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.

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01:03:49

🎧 #082: Demand flexibility in the Long Tail of small...

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2022/01/06

“I like to say 'Use what your mama gave you.' Your building is already a battery. Every building is a battery."—Deepa LounsburyMy HighlightsHistory of Extensible Energy (7:07)History of demand management → load flexibility (9:14)Why the focus on the typically ignored, 100k square foot and under buildings? (24:24)Case studies / real-life examples (50:51)You can find John and Deepa on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.

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01:14:48

🎧 #081: Carlos Flores on how NABERS transformed the...

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2021/12/16

"Real estate companies are not going to go bankrupt because they're inefficient. It's actually just a blip on the bottom line compared to much bigger drivers. Those business drivers are the keys to tackling climate change..."—Carlos Flores My HighlightsHistory of NABERS (6:02)The way things were 15 years ago (19:30)Drivers that have created business transformation (22:30)The way things are now and what this change means (41:46)Future of NABERS, including how the US is different (54:44) You can find

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00:53:06

🎧 #080: Colleen Morris on unlocking building level...

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2021/12/10

“My position is that in this space, when you're really getting systemic you need to be connecting all three (Buildings, Utilities, and Policymakers) in ways that we aren't yet. That's where we'll succeed or fail is how we make the right connections across these sectors."—Colleen MorrisMy HighlightsLots of innovation in only two of the three stakeholders (Utility, Policymakers, and Buildings (5:23)How we met and unpacking Colleen's quote (9:31)All the ways in which utilities make it hard to use

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01:13:10

🎧 #079: Unpacking Stanford University's Smart...

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2021/12/02

“We needed an incredible sophistication at the building level, but we also need to do this in a way that is not just reliable, but also makes sense from an affordability standpoint and more and more makes sense from a sustainability standpoint."—Lincoln BleveansMy HighlightsWhy is building technology important? To the U, to students, to other stakeholders. (7:29)Energy & Sustainability - unpack the goals and initiatives (net zero by 2050) (27:06)What use cases and tech have you implemented? (to get

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00:44:51

🎧 #078: Stacy Smedley on the road to zero carbon...

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2021/11/24

“Step one (of 3) on reducing embodied carbon emissions is to start thinking about if we have to build a building at all. So if we just stopped building right now, there's plenty of empty space for us to put all that square footage into that we say we need. And beyond that, we have more than we need."—Stacy SmedleyMy HighlightsQuick overview of Stacy's background - lots of activities! (2:02)A primer on emissions from construction - What is embodied carbon? (8:31)LEED - why hasn't it scaled

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00:55:04

🎧 #077: Jon McFarlane on an open source building...

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2021/11/17

“You can build anything on top and change things rapidly. Because of the platform business model, there's an ecosystem, so things are continuously evolving."—Jon McFarlaneMy HighlightsFounding story of PlaceOS (4:32)Other industries besides office that are being disrupted by the internet (8:25)What is PlaceOS? (13:00)Platform approach - what is a platform (29:44)Why open source? (35:27)Hot takes on LinkedIn (43:36)You can find Jon on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to

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01:05:23

🎧 #076: The evolving role of the Master Systems...

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2021/11/11

“Those that adapt and recognize what's coming will continue to live on and those who want to keep their Blockbuster stores open with videos on the shelves, they're not going to be here in a few years' time."—Rob Huntington My HighlightsMike Brooman on defining the MSI and the types of stuff they do: it's about mastery of technology and people skills to be the glue that brings all the systems together (1:24)Brian Turner on what an MSI is and when they should get brought in (7:58)Rob Huntington on the

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01:03:34

🎧 #075: Anto Budiardjo on Smarter Stacks and solving...

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2021/11/04

“I know people have different views on what digital twins is all about. I think that if digital twins are fundamentally an integration challenge then the most pressing problem is how to make things work with each other."—Anto Budiardjo My HighlightsReflecting on 30ish years of integration efforts (5:54)The smarter stack framework, how it came about, why it's valuable, and how it describes a new paradigm for our industry (18:05)Why is integration so hard? (32:34)How connection profiles help solve the

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01:06:51

🎧 #074: Andrew Rodgers on what "open" really means

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2021/10/28

“You hear so many arguments defending the status quo.”—Andrew Rodgers My HighlightsAndrew’s answer to my favorite question is the pain-consumer distance and how the market isn’t self-regulatingThe difference between open ecosystems and open sourceHow it all comes down to capabilities that are unlocked and personal preferenceOpen vs. interoperableWhere open source fitsWalking up the stack from the edge and what open means at each level (hardware, BACnet, APIs, platforms)Why closed ecosystems won’t

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01:00:40

🎧 #073: Michael Grant on the latest trends in...

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2021/10/21

“APIs are like toothbrushes: everybody's got one but nobody wants to use anyone else's."—Michael Grant My HighlightsMichael's background and COO role at multiple companies (1:07)What is Metrikus? (9:24)How Metrikus plays as an overlay and independent data layer (14:03)Making the business case and whether technology providers should capture the full value their solution provides (19:14)How Michael thinks about the data model component (26:28)Reflection on our recent LinkedIn discussion on the quote

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00:59:37

🎧 #072: Kilroy Realty and Intelligent Buildings on...

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2021/10/14

“We were lucky enough that early on we built a team that included facilities management, physical security, sustainability, and IT.And we said, 'What are our common goals? Where can we reinforce each other? What are all stakeholders' needs and how can we solve them together?'"—Bayron Lopez PinedaMy HighlightsThe origin story of the Kilroy smart buildings program, how IB helped set it up and how it led to the creation of the OT team (6:51)Deep dive into network convergence (13:18)What the roadmap

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01:07:13

🎧 #071: DEI Today in the Smart Buildings Industry

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2021/10/07

“Diversity, equity, and inclusion isn't something that can be an add on. It's not a new part of your business. It should be integrating into your business. How do your core values align with your DEI efforts, your business practices, etc? Everything is literally connected."—Tara Turk Haynes My HighlightsThe status quo of DEI and the smart buildings industry today (3:11)The value of diversity to the industry (10:51)The talent war, the process of hiring and building diverse teams (22:10)The action

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00:53:44

🎧 #070: Will Cowell de Gruchy on simplifying IoT,...

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2021/09/30

“You need no more evidence than the fact that McKinsey estimates that its largest practice within three years will be sustainability to know that the ESG transformation is the new digital transformation."-Will Cowell de Gruchy My HighlightsWhat is Infogrid (11:30)The founding story (12:07)What Infogrid does today and how much traction they have (18:07)To what Will attributes Infogrid's incredible growth (25:14)The top 5 use cases Infogrid deploys and a few of the weirdest they've done (38:06) You

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