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Building Owner Meetup: Dirty Jobs - Constructing a Data Layer

At our September Building Owner Meetup, we gathered our community of building owners to facilitate conversations specifically focused on constructing a device layer.

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The Silent Utility: Why Water Is the Next Big Opportunity in Smart Buildings

Ainsley Muller

Water systems remain the least digitized building infrastructure despite posing major risks—from catastrophic leaks to Legionella outbreaks. New non-invasive sensors now offer targeted solutions without requiring comprehensive building automation, transforming water from a utility bill line item into a managed asset with real-time visibility.

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

James Dice

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.

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Why Building Demand Optimization Is So Hard (And Who's Making It Easier)

Ainsley Muller

While utilities and policymakers promote “demand flexibility” as a simple way for buildings to cut costs and support the grid, the reality is far messier: siloed systems, manual playbooks, and misaligned incentives make coordination far harder than theory suggests. Emerging solutions—like aggregators handling grid relationships, automation providers standardizing control, and readiness assessments that reveal real system capabilities—are making progress, but success today comes from solving specific pieces of the puzzle rather than achieving full multi-system optimization.

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Nexus Labs July APAC event: What's the deal with DAS

Poor cellular coverage is the number one tenant complaint in many commercial buildings, and DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) is often proposed as the solution. But with costs ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, building owners need to understand what they're really getting. Our panel explores the critical questions every owner should ask before investing in DAS technology in our latest Nexus APAC building owner meetup.

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Beyond Scheduled Maintenance: Tech-Enabled Services Align Building Owner and Contractor Incentives

Ainsley Muller

Building service contracts are shifting from hourly billing to outcome-based models. Learn what building owners should ask when renewing HVAC and controls maintenance contracts to drive better results and predictable costs.

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