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One of the primary goals of integration in smart buildings is providing a unified outlook that facilitates robust historical data analysis. Integration architecture must be designed to support the analysis of data flowing from multiple systems, and this data must be unadulterated, wide-ranging, obedient to a set of rules, reliable, and up-to-date. This requires standardization when the architecture is first designed, and again once when deployed. 

Choosing between an open vs. proprietary protocol is a critical factor affecting building automation system integrations.  Understanding the benefits and drawbacks of each can help you make smarter decisions and make the most of your investment.    

An integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) uses a set of automated tools to integrate software deployed across diverse environments. While iPaaS benefits many industries, it has particular value for commercial real estate.

How much risk of infection can you eliminate in your building? Quite a bit, according to ASHRAE.

Is your building as healthy as possible? Can you demonstrate that to your tenants, students, patients and customers?

Last night in New York City, our own Matt White was pleased to witness representatives from 757 Third Avenue accept their much-deserved Pinnacle Award for Operating Building of the Year in the 500,000-1 million sq. ft. category.

For all of its reputation and glamour, New York City may be best defined by its skyline.