Best YI Technology Podcasts (2025)

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🎧 #188: AI Hesitancy in Facility Management with James Coleman of Princeton 36:54

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Episode 188 is a conversation with Brad Bonavida and Rosy Khalife from Nexus Labs, as well as James Coleman from Princeton University. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcri…

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🎧 #187: AI, Energy, and Engagement: Lessons from NexusCon with CBRE’s April Yi 40:24

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Episode 187 is a conversation with James Dice and Rosy Khalife from Nexus Labs, as well as April Yi from CBRE. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast:…

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🎧 #186: What are Technology-Enabled Services and How Will They Change the Industry? 44:06

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Episode 186 is a conversation with Brad Bonavida and James Dice from Nexus Labs, as well as Leslie Beu from Clockworks Analytics and Reed Powell from MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace…

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🎧 #185: NexusCon Ski Package, Session Sneak Peeks, and Lightning Article Review 35:54

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Episode 185 is a conversation with Brad Bonavida, Rosy Khalife, and Ainsley Muller from Nexus Labs. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 18…

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🎧 #184: The NexusCon Episode 30:25

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Episode 184 is a conversation with James Dice, Rosy Khalife, and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team dives into details and teasers for this years NexusCon. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 184 webpage. Sign-up (or refer a friend!) to the Nexus Newsletter.…

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🎧 #183: Agentic AI, Understanding Building Data, and Space Utilization Takeaways 38:34

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Episode 183 is a conversation with James Dice and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs, as well as Devan Tracy from Lockheed Martin. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The…

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🎧 #182: Smarter Construction, Open Source in BAS, and closing thoughts from NexusCon 2024 38:43

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Episode 182 features James Dice, Rosy Khalife and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 182 webpage. Sign-up …

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🎧 #181: Nicholas Dumoulin of DREAM Real Estate on Occupancy-Based Ventilation Control 41:03

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Episode 181 features James Dice, Rosy and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs, as well as Nicholas Dumoulin from Dream Real Estate. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The…

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🎧 #180: A Discussion with Chris Tjiattas of Walmart on Smart Building Gamification and Pilot Projects 36:01

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Episode 180 features James Dice, Rosy and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs, as well as Chris Tjiattas from Walmart. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcas…

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🎧 #179: A Discussion with Andrew Rodgers on Horizontal Architectures 36:19

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Episode 179 features James Dice, Rosy and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs, as well as Andrew Rogers from ACE IoT Solutions. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nex…

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🎧 #178: A chat with the Nation’s Refrigeration Expert, Cross-System Energy Management, and Ontology Hot Takes 40:20

7M ago40:20

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Episode 178 features James Dice, Rosy and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs, as well as Keilly Witman from Refrigerant Management Solutions. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transc…

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🎧 #177: Case Study: California State Dominguez Hills uses chiller plant optimization software to save money, improve performance 43:22

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Episode 177 features Keith Gipson from Facil.AI and Kenny Seeton from California State University Dominguez Hills and is our 15th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their s…

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🎧 #176: FDD Insights, IoT Data Overwhelm, Tariff Optimization, and the Kilroy Matrix 34:12

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Episode 176 features James Dice, Rosy and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 176 webpage. Sign-up (or refe…

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🎧 #175: Dirty Jobs of Energy Management, Bad Asset Tags, Treating OT like IT, and Occupancy-Based Control 38:48

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Episode 175 features James Dice, Rosy and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 175 webpage. Sign-up (or refe…

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🎧 #174: BESS RFI, Refrigeration Crisis, OT Cyber Attack Upticks, and Smart Buildings That Aren’t Flashy 30:38

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Episode 174 features James Dice, Rosy and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 174 webpage. Sign-up (or refe…

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🎧 #173: Decarb Software, CMMS RFI Takeaways, OT Network Wisdom, and AI Overhype 46:47

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Episode 173 features James Dice, Rosy Khalife, and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Labs. In this episode of the Nexus Podcast, the Nexus Labs team breaks down the top stories relevant to energy managers, facility managers, IT/OT managers, and workplace managers. Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 173 webpage. Sign-up…

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🎧 #172: Change My Mind: Metering vs. Occupancy Counting 57:56

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Episode 172 features Tom Arnold from Gridium and Jess Horne from XY Sense in our latest Change My Mind Series. This series showcases lively debates where vendors and industry experts tackle tough questions, challenge assumptions, and defend their viewpoints on trending topics. In this episode, an expert in space utilization and an expert in energy …

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🎧 #171: The Untapped Market: Simplifying Technology for Simple Buildings 58:04

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Episode 171 features Bob French from 75F, Kelle Donohue from Strato Automation, and Mike Bendewald from Mantis Innovation. In our Vertical Roundup Series, we’ll cover the unique needs and solutions across various sectors. Today, we’re discussing Simple Buildings. Enjoy! Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 171 w…

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🎧 #170: Case Study: AFL’s Journey from Unruly Spreadsheets to Auditable Data and Insights 46:31

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Episode 170 features Lauren Trapp and Brandon Money from AFL and is our 14th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. This conversation explores A…

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🎧 #169: Case Study: T-Mobile scales digital metering across data center portfolio 52:06

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Episode 169 features John Coster from T-Mobile and Mark Chung from Verdigris and is our 13th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. This convers…

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🎧 #168: The talent gap & what you can do about it 58:06

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Episode 168 features Lewis Martin from LMC, Lawrence Trifiletti from LONG, and Nicholas Gayeski from Clockworks. This conversation explores the state of the talent in the industry . Enjoy! Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 168 webpage. Sign-up (or refer a friend!) to the Nexus Newsletter. Learn more about The…

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🎧 #167: Case Study: Leveraging Tech to Operate Lean with Harris Capital 53:11

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Episode 167 features George Garth from Harris Capital, Justin Anders from COMMSecurity, and Matthew Taylor from NDY and is our 12th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their…

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🎧 #166: Case Study: Using FDD to Catalyze the Digital Transformation of RYCOM’s Facility Management Services 49:53

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Episode 166 features Laura Towsley from RYCOM and Leon Wurfel from Bueno and is our 11th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. This conversatio…

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🎧 #165: Buyer Roundup: Tech trends in logistics, distribution, and industrial facilities 39:59

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Welcome to our latest podcast series, Buyer Roundup! Each month, we’ll chat with Buyers from different verticals to check in on what’s new and what has them excited these days. Episode 165 features Drew DePriest from McKesson and Charles Blaschke from NorthPoint Development. This conversation explores how to make these smart buildings smarter and m…

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🎧 #164: Case Study: The Museum of London 49:29

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Episode 164 features Jason Pohl from Buildings IOT and Steve Watson from The Museum of London and is our 10th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings progr…

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🎧 #163: Higher Ed Roundup: Smart Buildings at Stanford, Boston, and Kansas State 1:03:05

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Welcome to our latest podcast series, Buyer Roundup! Each month, we’ll chat with Buyers from different verticals to check in on what’s new and what has them excited these days. Episode 163 features Gerry Hamilton from Stanford University, Dan Quigley from Boston University, and Durga Sarilla from Kansas State University. This conversation explores …

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🎧 #162: Case Study: Peak demand management at scale at Macerich shopping centers 1:01:07

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Episode 162 features Ryan Knudson from Macerich and Jon Schoenfeld from Buildings IOT and is our 9th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. This…

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🎧 #161: Nexus Labs Update - People Counting, Marketplace, and NexusCon! 28:50

2y ago28:50

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Episode 161 is a Nexus Labs Update featuring James Dice speaking on the shifts in focus of Nexus Labs. Enjoy! Find full show notes and episode transcript on The Nexus Podcast: Episode 161 webpage. Sign-up (or refer a friend!) to the Nexus Newsletter. Learn more about The Smart Building Strategist Course and the Nexus Courses Platform. Check out the…

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🎧 #160: Case Study: KIPP DC Schools wants autonomy, deploys IDL, FDD, Supervisory control, CMMS 57:35

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Episode 160 features Nathan Morris from KIPP, Stephen Dawson from Normal Software, and Terry Herr from Intellimation and is our 8th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their…

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🎧 #159: Case Study: QuadReal rolls out passive optical networks for OT devices 1:01:22

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Episode 159 features Thano Lambrinos from QuadReal and Wayne Kim from Andorix and is our 7th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. This convers…

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🎧 #158: Case Study: Limbach Holdings digitizes HVAC and Controls Service 37:36

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Episode 158 features Richard Davis from Limbach Holdings and is our 7th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. This conversation explores how Li…

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🎧 #157: Case Study: Decarbonization on the WattCarbon Marketplace 36:58

2y ago36:58

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Episode 157 features McGee Young from WattCarbon, Alan Greenberg, and DR Richardson from Elephant Energy and is our 7th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart build…

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🎧 #156: Case Study: Sleep Country deploys AI-enabled thermostats in 200+ stores 40:51

2y ago40:51

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Episode 156 features Mary de Guzman from Sleep Country and Omar Tabba from BrainBox AI and is our 6th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. Mar…

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🎧 #155: Case Study: The Empire State Building 48:42

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Episode 155 features Dana Schneider from Empire State Realty Trust and Etrit Demaj from KODE Labs and is our 5th episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings pr…

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🎧 #154: Case Study: University of California Irvine overhauls BAS, adds FDD 56:15

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Episode 154 features Joseph Fleshman from University of California Irvine and Jim Meacham from Altura Associates and is our fourth episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their …

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🎧 #153: Case Study: Unpacking BGO's cybersecurity program 43:39

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Episode 153 features Ben Cooper from BGO and is our third episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. Ben talks about the asset type due diligence an…

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🎧 #152: In The Field: Stacks+Joules Graduate Nathanseth Cruz 36:04

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Episode 152 is the second episode in our new workforce series, In The Field. In The Field features people working boots on the ground in the built environment, giving real-life perspectives on their roles, backgrounds, and aspirations. Episode 152 features Stacks+Joules graduate and senior controls technician Nathanseth Cruz of Dual Fuel and Stacks…

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🎧 #151: What we do @ Nexus Labs 28:13

2y ago28:13

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Episode 151 dives into what James and Rosy do at Nexus Labs beyond the podcast. From the pro membership community, to the courses platform, partnerships, and the marketplace, this episode brings you up to speed on all things Nexus Labs. We also hear from people who use these products and the impacts that they have. For more information check out th…

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🎧 #150: Case Study: LONG Building Technologies on FDD 50:19

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Episode 150 features LONG Building Technologies and is our second episode in the Case Study series looking at real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies. These are not marketing fluff stories, these are lessons from leaders that others can put into use in their smart buildings programs. Leslie Beu and Lawrence Trifiletti talk…

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🎧 #149: Change My Mind: The Independent Data Layer 1:08:33

2+ y ago1:08:33

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Episode 149 is the first episode in our new debate style series called Change My Mind. This idea came from Nexus Pro member Pete Swanson. So thank you Pete, and we love that our community continues to inspire us to keep experimenting with the pod. The first topic is the independent data layer, and the debate center’s on if all buildings over a hund…

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🎧 #148: Foundations: Intro to Horizontal Architectures 14:51

2+ y ago14:51

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Episode 148 is part of a new series called Foundations. The idea behind this series came from conversations with many of you from our Nexus community. We'll be covering topics that keep coming up time and time again, that don't have a lot of beginner resources. These are concepts that we explore in our Nexus Foundations course, our six week online …

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🎧 #147: Deep Dives: Audio/Visual Systems and The Role They Play 58:34

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Deep Dives will be a new series of episodes featuring one on one conversations with various subject matter experts. Episode 147 is our first episode in this format featuring Ernie Beck from NV5 Engineering & Technology, discussing audio/visual systems, and the role they play. Ernie draws parallels from A/V stacks to traditional building stacks, tea…

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🎧 #146: In The Field: Facility Manager Mary Gloven 24:30

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Episode 146 is the first episode of a new series called In The Field. In The Field will feature people working out in the built environment giving real-life perspective on their day-to-day, and how smart building technologies fit, or don't fit in. This is one of our most creative concepts on the podcast to-date, featuring a self-narrative and then …

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🎧 #145: Early Stage: Waste Tracking with WATS 36:40

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Early Stage is another new series of episodes featuring early stage founders of startups hoping to fill a gap in the smart buildings marketplace. Episode 145 is a conversation with Meredith Danberg-Ficarelli and Laura Rosenshine from WATS. Meredith and Laura share their passion and insights to better manage the waste we all produce. And they’re eag…

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🎧 #144: Case Study: How the University of Iowa integrated FDD into maintenance operations 43:20

2+ y ago43:20

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Episode 144 is the first episode in a new series diving into case studies of real life, large scale deployments of smart building technologies. For this first episode, we talk with the University of Iowa regarding their integration of FDD via Clockworks Analytics. This project started in 2014 and includes 6.8 million square feet across 47 buildings…

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🎧 #143: Updates + AMA: June 2023 25:20

2+ y ago25:20

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Episode 143 is the first new podcast after taking a break to reformat and expand our podcast platform. Updates + AMA will be a series of shorter episodes for us to discuss industry news, what's happening behind the scenes at Nexus, and to answer questions from our pro members. Towards the end, we have an ask me anything (AMA) where pro members can …

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🎧 #142: Living buildings and where technology fits 1:06:11

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"The building industry can be the first to show the world what it looks like for an industry from within itself to transform itself in line with a sustainable future." —Lindsay Baker My Highlights Lindsay's background (4:45) Occupant application now versus its inception (17:37) Ideas from WeWork (24:51) The Institute and living buildings (29:33) Ho…

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🎧 #141: CRE Market Talk #2 with Mandi Wedin and Joe Gaspardone 1:06:53

2+ y ago1:06:53

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"So many organizations want to sell ESG solutions, but very few have their own ESG statements, goals, or positions. If you don't want it, why would I?" —Mandi Wedin Highlights Joe's introduction (1:05) Mandi's introduction (2:01) ESG+R and why we care (4:21) How DEI fits into ESG+R (12:26) Greenwashing from the investor's perspective (17:01) Green …

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🎧 #140: The value of occupancy data and reducing risks with leak detection 1:03:14

2+ y ago1:03:14

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"You can't just sell the data. It's got enormous value, but it needs to be manifested and taught in such a way that people can react to it." —Mike Moran My Highlights Mike's background (1:17) Bayron's background (3:00) Kilroy's assets and real estate strategy (4:03) How the business case is made for smart buildings (7:36) Communicating the ROI (12:…

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🎧 #139: Q1 2023 M&A Roundup with J³ 1:10:29

2+ y ago1:10:29

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"Even with heat pumps and electrification, demand flexibility is a really big issue. You need controls to be able to use or roll back energy at the right times and that becomes increasingly important as you have more variability in terms of the generation of energy on the grid." —Joe Aamidor Highlights Jeanne's introduction (1:05) Joe's introductio…