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Dartmouth Integrates Metasys BMS to Planon IWMS So Device and Firmware Data Drive Capital Planningc

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Dartmouth College pushes BACnet firmware and device data from Matasys to Planon so IT and ops teams can budget and plan upgrades.

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🎧 #192: Steve Burrell of NAU on the Campus's 10 Year Smart Buildings Transformation

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Episode 192 is a conversation with James Dice and Brad Bonavida from Nexus Lab, as well as Dr. Steve Burrell from Northern Arizona University.

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Nexus Marketplace Update: Drone & Aerial Inspection Systems

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Drone inspection can act as an autonomous and agile optical sensor, thermal sensor, security camera, professional photographer, and more.

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Facing Escalating BAS Integration Costs, CannonDesign Cut a $100K Controls Proposal to $29K by Bringing in an MSI to Mediate the Integration

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CannonDesign watched a BAS access quote climb from $66K to $100K, then brought in an MSI to review the architecture and cut it to $29K.

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NAU’s CIO Chose Buy Over Build to Turn 1M IoT Points Into Actionable HVAC Control

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Northern Arizona University’s CIO realized that aggregating IoT data wasn’t the hard part; relational context was. After choosing buy over build, the team moved from raw BACnet feeds to ontology-driven HVAC control, achieving 30% energy savings.

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LAX Migrates From Excel-Based Meter Tracking to Automated Data Mapping for Environmental Compliance

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At LAX, environmental reporting once meant field visits, clipboards, and emailed meter photos. The airport is now connecting 1.2M+ data points and normalizing what already exists to improve compliance and create new sustainability opportunities.

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