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Hey friends,
Today we’re finishing up our Nexus Labs Wrapped 2024 with a final category: Case Studies! In our Case Study series, we dive into real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies supported by the Nexus Marketplace.
These aren’t marketing fluff stories. They’re also not pilot projects. They’re deep commitments to changing how buildings operate, with real lessons from leaders who’ve done the work.
You can find our entire Case Study Series here. But these were your top three favorites…
Today, the job market is transforming, thanks, in part, to the Digital Revolution within our buildings. Skilled labor shortages and overwhelming maintenance backlogs can cripple service providers who rely on the historic way of servicing buildings. Focusing solely on recruitment, labor utilization, and keeping the maintenance Excel spreadsheet up to date is how service providers fall behind on technology adoption. Meanwhile, there are shining examples of embracing digitization and climbing up the value chain to provide efficient solutions to building owners. Tools like fault detection & diagnostics (FDD), when implemented and adopted appropriately, can enable service providers to elevate their value proposition by tapping into the data within the buildings they serve.
In this case study, we sat down with Laura Towsley of RYCOM and Leon Wurfel of Bueno to hear the story of using data-driven tools, like FDD, to guide a smart building service provider through the Digital Revolution, leading to more efficient and valuable services to their customers.
While cloud-connected operational devices have revolutionized our ability to operate buildings, they have also introduced a massive rise in cybercrime: more connected devices equals more opportunities for bad actors to get into the network. The estimated yearly loss due to cybersecurity crimes in 2025 will be $10.5 trillion worldwide, and the average cost of a data breach will be nearly $5 million. The increase in cybersecurity crime and network-connected devices has created a flywheel effect that building owners simply can’t ignore: cybersecurity must be addressed.
BGO (BentallGreenOak) is a real estate investment company with over $82 billion in assets under management and 27 offices worldwide. With such a diverse profile geographically and by building vertical, BGO is naturally a target for cybersecurity attacks.
BGO has been forced to create robust standards and best practices for OT data in addition to IT data so that data is not siphoned, risks don’t become reality, and reputation isn’t lost. BGO has become an industry leader in the field of cybersecurity, all based on a uniform and well-adopted set of processes and procedures (like OT Network Convergence) for bringing buildings up to a cybersecurity benchmark We sat down with Ben Cooper, Director of Property Technology at BGO, to learn more.
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In 2018, Harris Capital had a vision to build a new home for the companies it invests in, a place for philanthropy, and a building that matched the character of the neighborhood it resides in. Just steps from the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where people commonly use Gate 6 and Gate 7 into the stadium as landmarks, this building would become Gate 8: an extension of the elegant East Melbourne neighborhood.
George Garth, General Manager of Property Operations, led the project from the buyer’s side from the pre-construction phase to standard building operation. Garth sat down with us to discuss the project and provided insight into the vision for the building. He was joined by Matthew Taylor, the state of Victoria Smart Buildings Lead for NDY, who supported the design of the building and was responsible for all things technology, including IT, control systems, AV systems, security systems, and more. When design turned into implementation, COMMSecurity played a critical role as the master systems integrator (MSI) on the project team. Justin Anders, General Manager for COMMSecurity, also added his perspective on the project to the conversation.
With a well-defined project scope and representation from a diverse group of stakeholders, we asked Garth, Taylor, and Anders to walk us through the process of creating a rarity: a small building that operates lean, surpasses sustainability targets, and delivers a state-of-the-art user experience by integrating technology into its core design.
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And that’s a wrap on Case Study Articles for 2024. Again, you can see all of our Case Studies here. Let us know what you’d like to see us cover in 2025.
— The Nexus Labs Team
Hey friends,
Today we’re finishing up our Nexus Labs Wrapped 2024 with a final category: Case Studies! In our Case Study series, we dive into real-life, large-scale deployments of smart building technologies supported by the Nexus Marketplace.
These aren’t marketing fluff stories. They’re also not pilot projects. They’re deep commitments to changing how buildings operate, with real lessons from leaders who’ve done the work.
You can find our entire Case Study Series here. But these were your top three favorites…
Today, the job market is transforming, thanks, in part, to the Digital Revolution within our buildings. Skilled labor shortages and overwhelming maintenance backlogs can cripple service providers who rely on the historic way of servicing buildings. Focusing solely on recruitment, labor utilization, and keeping the maintenance Excel spreadsheet up to date is how service providers fall behind on technology adoption. Meanwhile, there are shining examples of embracing digitization and climbing up the value chain to provide efficient solutions to building owners. Tools like fault detection & diagnostics (FDD), when implemented and adopted appropriately, can enable service providers to elevate their value proposition by tapping into the data within the buildings they serve.
In this case study, we sat down with Laura Towsley of RYCOM and Leon Wurfel of Bueno to hear the story of using data-driven tools, like FDD, to guide a smart building service provider through the Digital Revolution, leading to more efficient and valuable services to their customers.
While cloud-connected operational devices have revolutionized our ability to operate buildings, they have also introduced a massive rise in cybercrime: more connected devices equals more opportunities for bad actors to get into the network. The estimated yearly loss due to cybersecurity crimes in 2025 will be $10.5 trillion worldwide, and the average cost of a data breach will be nearly $5 million. The increase in cybersecurity crime and network-connected devices has created a flywheel effect that building owners simply can’t ignore: cybersecurity must be addressed.
BGO (BentallGreenOak) is a real estate investment company with over $82 billion in assets under management and 27 offices worldwide. With such a diverse profile geographically and by building vertical, BGO is naturally a target for cybersecurity attacks.
BGO has been forced to create robust standards and best practices for OT data in addition to IT data so that data is not siphoned, risks don’t become reality, and reputation isn’t lost. BGO has become an industry leader in the field of cybersecurity, all based on a uniform and well-adopted set of processes and procedures (like OT Network Convergence) for bringing buildings up to a cybersecurity benchmark We sat down with Ben Cooper, Director of Property Technology at BGO, to learn more.
In 2018, Harris Capital had a vision to build a new home for the companies it invests in, a place for philanthropy, and a building that matched the character of the neighborhood it resides in. Just steps from the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where people commonly use Gate 6 and Gate 7 into the stadium as landmarks, this building would become Gate 8: an extension of the elegant East Melbourne neighborhood.
George Garth, General Manager of Property Operations, led the project from the buyer’s side from the pre-construction phase to standard building operation. Garth sat down with us to discuss the project and provided insight into the vision for the building. He was joined by Matthew Taylor, the state of Victoria Smart Buildings Lead for NDY, who supported the design of the building and was responsible for all things technology, including IT, control systems, AV systems, security systems, and more. When design turned into implementation, COMMSecurity played a critical role as the master systems integrator (MSI) on the project team. Justin Anders, General Manager for COMMSecurity, also added his perspective on the project to the conversation.
With a well-defined project scope and representation from a diverse group of stakeholders, we asked Garth, Taylor, and Anders to walk us through the process of creating a rarity: a small building that operates lean, surpasses sustainability targets, and delivers a state-of-the-art user experience by integrating technology into its core design.
And that’s a wrap on Case Study Articles for 2024. Again, you can see all of our Case Studies here. Let us know what you’d like to see us cover in 2025.
— The Nexus Labs Team
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