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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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00:59:45

🎧 #109: Demystifying wireless technology for CRE

The Nexus Podcast ·

2022/07/14

“One perspective is I don't see wires anymore. Still, in the backend, there are lots of wires and there are lots of different wireless connectivity and frequencies and technologies that support building systems.So the term wireless can refer to a number of technologies. And I think that's where people will get confused in terms of, what is wireless? Cellular vs. WiFi vs. LoRaWAN or other protocols being used to transmit data wirelessly."—Greg JonesMy HighlightsMontgomery Tech’s background

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01:22:53

🎧 #108: Mid-2022 M&A Roundup with J³

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2022/07/07

“The environment that we've been in for many years and that we are currently in and heading into is very relevant for what's going on in the space, beyond the fact that smart buildings is highly fragmented and there is natural momentum towards M&A and rolling up a lot of these point solutions or single players from just an industry perspective."—Jeanne CaseyMy HighlightsThe general environment that we're existing in (4:10)M&A trends in smart buildings (20:25)Measurabl x Hatch Data (27:14)Arcadia x

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00:49:36

🎧 #107: Balancing Embodied and Operational Carbon...

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2022/06/30

“As we draw down the operational carbon side of things, our embodied carbon piece of the pie is going to be closer to 50% of overall carbon emissions from the building sector."—Carmel PrattMy HighlightsBright Power (6:18)How to think about what percentage of a building owner's carbon footprint is operational vs embodied (8:58)How to balance embodied carbon and operational carbon (20:14)Key takeaways and ways the industry needs to change (29:34)Carveouts (46:45)You can find Carmel on LinkedIn.Watch

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01:09:22

🎧 #106: A day in the life of a digitized,...

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2022/06/23

"I like the buildings industry because it's a physical manifestation of our values. A building that is truly net zero, set up to have composting, electric vehicle charging, bike racks that really protect your bike, is a physical manifestation of how much you value your employees. There's nothing better than taking the concept of bettering the environment and putting it into something real that you can touch."-Kat WestMy HighlightsHow Kat and Drew got into sustainability (12:22)Day in the life of a

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01:10:12

🎧 #105: What the small buildings market has been...

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2022/06/16

“The reason why less than 10% of the commercial building market actually use building automation can be summarized by just one factor. I could show you 20 images of every building control software or fault diagnostic software out there and it's exactly the same story.Whether it's a small IOT or big medicine, it's a product designed by college-educated building engineering who really think that there's somebody in a button-down Oxford in an air conditioned office doing nothing but driving those

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01:07:03

🎧 #104: New York City's unique RTEM program

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2022/06/09

"Why would you get something that tracks consumption but doesn't include fault detection and diagnostics? Something that doesn't also include predictive analytics and performance optimization?"—Ryan BaxterMy HighlightsWhy NYC real estate is so unique (8:49)Top 5 NYC PropTech startup pitfalls (13:57)NYSERDA's Real Time Energy Management Program (RTEM) (32:26)RTEM's Hackathon (58:04)Carveouts (1:04:20)You can find Ryan on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.

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01:02:40

🎧 #103: Nuveen's top technology priorities

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2022/06/02

“In the landscape of proptech there is such a lack of data and lack of access to our own data and our potential ability to make better investment and operational decisions."—Jeanne CaseyMy HighlightsAbout Nuveen and your role (6:52)An outsider’s perspective on the insides of real estate (13:03)The state of smart buildings and smart buildings venture capital (25:41)Thoughts on “head of innovation” roles (41:42)Carveouts (57:56)You can find Jeanne on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get

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00:57:17

🎧 #102: Unpacking 2022's major themes with Newcomb &...

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2022/05/26

“One of the things that COVID showed us is that so many people's buildings are not responsive to occupancy. So no matter how well you designed the building with efficient devices, not responding to occupancy is like leaving something on and walking away from it. It's basic sustainability of provide what's needed and don’t waste resources."—Donny WalkerMy HighlightsDefining Low Voltage (2:53)Newcomb & Boyd's background (7:55)IBcon and the integration of smart building and sustainability

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00:52:40

🎧 #101: Virtual Engineering with Hank

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2022/05/19

"Virtual engineering is an inevitability. It's not a, 'there may be a breakup of this vertically integrated stack, this monolithic stack that everybody owns.' It will happen."—Zach DenningHighlightsHow the software layer improves upon the existing control system (6:42)Building re-engineering (8:35)Combating the diminishing returns argument (14:33)Demystifying machine learning (25:11)How Hank fits into JLLT's product strategy (34:53)Dealing with skepticism and the desire to control things manually

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01:07:50

🎧 #100: Decarbonization, blockchain, and the Building...

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2022/05/12

“The current state of climate reporting is a bit like choose your own adventure, but also grade your own paper."—Tegan KeeleMy HighlightsWhy carbon accounting and reporting is important (10:15)Why blockchain is needed (27:23)Nantum OS and what a building OS is (45:44)Carveouts (1:02:32)You can find Tegan and Sonu on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.

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01:12:58

🎧 #099: Duke University's Decarbonization and...

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2022/05/05

“When I ask my team to put together an energy efficiency project, it's their job to get off the energy island and go get integrated into the other conversations that are happening when we plan a project."—Casey CollinsMy HighlightsCasey's background (2:43)Duke's campus (5:40)Duke's decarbonization plan (9:20)The role of retrofits (18:32)The building operations world is drowning in disorganised data (22:19)Price on carbon and the business case for technology (36:54)Technology from a workforce

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01:05:29

🎧 #098: Louise Monger on Schneider Electric's...

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2022/04/28

“I recently read a great quote, 'Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.'"—Louise MongerMy HighlightsLouise’s background (2:10)What Louise has learned coming from the client side to vendor side (24:41)Trends in real estate technology (29:20)‘Open’ systems and SE’s approach (44:13)Role of the MSI and SE’s approach (49:04)Software partnerships and SE’s approach (56:26)Building Graph: Schneider’s IDL product (1:01:04)You can find Louise on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube

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00:55:51

🎧 #097: Indoor air quality strategies and standards...

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2022/04/21

“Joe Allen made this very clear business case around cognitive function that any real estate sales person with a pulse could pick up and say, 'Hey, if you're going to double cognitive function with better air quality, Class A offices must offer this increased air quality."—Ben MyersMy HighlightsIAQ today (15:08)The Clean Air in Buildings Challenge and what this means for the industry (20:31)How BXP and Senseware started working together for water conservation (24:29)BXP's IAQ standards

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00:56:57

🎧 #096: Cory Clarke on why View assembled the full stack

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2022/04/14

“The big caveat is that it's a fully vertically integrated stack, but it's composable and open."—Corey ClarkeMy HighlightsSummary of Cory's work at RXR Realty (8:50)Cory’s contrarian take on the future of tenant apps (19:10)Why View bought WorxWell and their product strategy today (22:05)How landlords can measure occupant experience (44:36)Carveouts (52:15)You can find Cory on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.

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01:09:08

🎧 #095: Antony Slumbers on what it means to own a...

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2022/04/07

“Just knowing about real estate in the real estate industry is now necessary but it's not sufficient, because fundamentally the industry is moving from being product-based to service-based."—Anthony SlumbersMy HighlightsOverall real estate trends for techy types (16:22)The current sustainability trends in decarbonization and changes in the real estate industry (46:53)Smart Assets defined (54:48)Skillsets and mindsets we need for the transition from dumb assets to smart assets (57:00)Carveouts

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00:54:41

🎧 #094: The ESG data gap with Ryan Knudson

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2022/03/31

“Carbon neutrality is a big lift and technology is a cornerstone of that. The way we look at our assets now is from a supply and demand perspective. We've really been able to hone in our demand side through investments in building automation technology."—Ryan KnudsonMy HighlightsMacerich’s sustainability target and plan (11:09)ESG reporting and the emerging so-called “data gap” (22:25)New technology that can help close the gap (42:43)Carveouts (50:36)You can find Ryan on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or

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00:55:57

🎧 #093: Mesa's simple smart buildings kit

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2022/03/24

My HighlightsWhat problem was Sidewalk Labs trying to solve when it created Mesa? (8:56)Use cases for Mesa (16:07)How Mesa collects tenant feedback to optimize the heating and cooling of buildings (28:47)Mesa's success with schools and offices in reducing their energy consumption (33:22)How Mesa delivers a quick ROI to buildings (49:27)Carveouts (51:09)You can find Rachel and Josh on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access to Nexus.

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01:36:36

🎧 #092: AMP Capital's Data-Driven Maintenance Program

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2022/03/17

“We realized that we needed to go out to tender nationally for our BMS and HVAC service contracts. We needed to transition these contracts from what was traditionally a plan-preventive-maintenance approach to a much more data-driven approach that ensured we created a collaborative engagement between our service contractor, the analytics vendor, and AMP.Without that collaboration, we realized that just deploying analytics was not going to get us to the outcome that we wanted to get to."—Tom Balme My

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00:44:33

🎧 #091: The power of occupancy data with Rags Gupta

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2022/03/10

“Our mission is to make the built environment people-aware. Our vision is to replace passive infrared. That, by definition, is a horizontal vision. By definition, you can't have applications for all those different types of end users."—Rags GuptaHighlightsButlr's founding story (13:22)Butlr and their products (21:00)Why Butlr chose to go the API-first route (25:23)Use cases and Butlr partners (29:03)Carveouts (40:59)You can find Rags on LinkedIn.Watch on YouTube or read on the web.Get full access

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00:52:14

🎧 #090: The democratization of building controls

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2022/03/03

“By making controls simple and transparent every day and for every building, you massively increase energy efficiency without even talking about analytics or AI."—Alex RohwederMy HighlightsBefore the acquisition of J2 Innovations (3:20)Why Siemens wanted to acquire J2 Innovations (9:23)What separates J2 Innovations (12:44)Where does fin stop and J2's customers' products begin? (16:09)Democratization of building controls (19:11)Alex's definition of "platform" (33:25)What Alex is excited about this

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