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A particle counter gave Intuitive Surgical the evidence it needed to rethink cleanroom ventilation

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Intuitive Surgical didn’t change its cleanroom ventilation strategy because energy models said it should. It changed course because it finally had data that its manufacturing and EHS teams were willing to trust.

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Access control ransomware left front doors unusable for days—no backups turned it into a pay vs rebuild decision

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An access control ransomware attack left the front doors of a commercial building unusable for days—and turned a routine IT incident into an operational and financial gut check.

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MacDonald Miller’s FDD Pivot: From Custom Rules to a Buy-Not-Build Strategy

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After nearly eight years deploying a fault detection and diagnostics platform built around heavily customized rules, MacDonald Miller decided the model simply didn’t scale.

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Armis, KODE Labs, and IntelliBuild Link Cyber Asset Discovery to Building Ops Workflows

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Armis, KODE Labs, and IntelliBuild announced a partnership aimed at connecting cybersecurity asset discovery, building performance analytics, and digital commissioning into a shared workflow for building owners.

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Facing State Penalties, Hudson Pacific Used FDD and MBCx to Pull EUI Below Target

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Washington State’s building performance standards forced Hudson Pacific Properties to move faster on an underperforming Seattle office building—or face roughly $0.30 per square foot in annual penalties.

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Why Walmart Is Deploying Millions of Sensors Across Its Supply Chain

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Walmart is rolling out millions of sensors across its U.S. supply chain, moving from occasional manual inventory checks to continuous, real-time tracking.

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