đ§ #020: Andrew Rodgers on what "open" really means for smart buildings
September 24, 2020
âYou hear so many arguments defending the status quo.â
âAndrew Rodgers
Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter and podcast for smart people applying smart building technologyâhosted by James Dice. If youâre new to Nexus, you might want to start here.
The Nexus podcast (Apple | Spotify | YouTube | Other apps) is our chance to explore and learn with the brightest in our industryâtogether. The project is directly funded by listeners like you who have joined the Nexus Pro membership community.
You can join Nexus Pro to get a weekly-ish deep dive, access to the Nexus Vendor Landscape, and invites to exclusive events with a community of smart buildings nerds.
Episode 20 is a conversation with Andrew Rodgers, co-founder of ACE IoT.
Summary
This is a masterclass on what the word open means for buildings. Open is a very controversial and murky topic. I think Andrew clears some of that up in this conversation⌠itâs about choice. Itâs about self-actualization.
Donât let the deep nerdiness of this conversation scare you away. If we could unlock the data in our buildings and open up communication, we could do things like help mitigate climate change, create healthier indoor environments, and finally automate our buildings.
Andrew and I talked about myths, definitions, and walked through each layer of the smart building stack to unpack it in depth, including how we can learn from slime molds, which have it all figured out.
THE ABOVE AUDIO, VIDEO, SUMMARY, AND LINKS WILL ALWAYS BE FREE. PODCAST DEEP DIVES WITH MY REACTIONS, MY TOP HIGHLIGHTS, AND THE FULL TRANSCRIPT ARE EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF NEXUS PRO.
Hereâs this weekâs deep dive outline:
My reaction, including highlights:
Andrewâs answer to my favorite question is the pain-consumer distance and how the market isnât self-regulatingÂ
The difference between open ecosystems and open sourceÂ
How it all comes down to capabilities that are unlocked and personal preferenceÂ
Open vs. interoperableÂ
Where open source fitsÂ
Walking up the stack from the edge and what open means at each level (hardware, BACnet, APIs, platforms)Â
Why closed ecosystems wonât help us realize our future vision as an industry and how slime molds have it all figured outÂ
The VOLTTRON open ecosystem and how it innovation happens with that modelÂ
How open-source can solve our workforce shortageÂ
Examples of other tech from other industries going from closed to open and how open source is free like puppies.Â
How open is Niagara?
The vision for VOLTTRON and how AceIOT deploys it for their clientsÂ
âYou hear so many arguments defending the status quo.â
âAndrew Rodgers
Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter and podcast for smart people applying smart building technologyâhosted by James Dice. If youâre new to Nexus, you might want to start here.
The Nexus podcast (Apple | Spotify | YouTube | Other apps) is our chance to explore and learn with the brightest in our industryâtogether. The project is directly funded by listeners like you who have joined the Nexus Pro membership community.
You can join Nexus Pro to get a weekly-ish deep dive, access to the Nexus Vendor Landscape, and invites to exclusive events with a community of smart buildings nerds.
Episode 20 is a conversation with Andrew Rodgers, co-founder of ACE IoT.
Summary
This is a masterclass on what the word open means for buildings. Open is a very controversial and murky topic. I think Andrew clears some of that up in this conversation⌠itâs about choice. Itâs about self-actualization.
Donât let the deep nerdiness of this conversation scare you away. If we could unlock the data in our buildings and open up communication, we could do things like help mitigate climate change, create healthier indoor environments, and finally automate our buildings.
Andrew and I talked about myths, definitions, and walked through each layer of the smart building stack to unpack it in depth, including how we can learn from slime molds, which have it all figured out.
THE ABOVE AUDIO, VIDEO, SUMMARY, AND LINKS WILL ALWAYS BE FREE. PODCAST DEEP DIVES WITH MY REACTIONS, MY TOP HIGHLIGHTS, AND THE FULL TRANSCRIPT ARE EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF NEXUS PRO.
Hereâs this weekâs deep dive outline:
My reaction, including highlights:
Andrewâs answer to my favorite question is the pain-consumer distance and how the market isnât self-regulatingÂ
The difference between open ecosystems and open sourceÂ
How it all comes down to capabilities that are unlocked and personal preferenceÂ
Open vs. interoperableÂ
Where open source fitsÂ
Walking up the stack from the edge and what open means at each level (hardware, BACnet, APIs, platforms)Â
Why closed ecosystems wonât help us realize our future vision as an industry and how slime molds have it all figured outÂ
The VOLTTRON open ecosystem and how it innovation happens with that modelÂ
How open-source can solve our workforce shortageÂ
Examples of other tech from other industries going from closed to open and how open source is free like puppies.Â
How open is Niagara?
The vision for VOLTTRON and how AceIOT deploys it for their clientsÂ
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