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Analog Devices' Five-Step Framework for Integrating 5 BAS Across 130 Sites
When an alarm fired at one of Analog Devices' sites, Armando Zuniga's team had to find the right Excel sheet, look up the password, log into a site-specific BAS, and start troubleshooting. That process wasn't scaling well across 130 sites. Analog Devices, formed through the merger of Linear Technology and Maxim Integrated, runs offices, manufacturing, and R&D labs across both.
Analog Devices wanted to quickly scale an integrated solution to this problem, so they designed the project for a full rollout from day one. Working with KODE Labs (integration platform) and AlfaTech (services), they built a five-step framework: Assess → Standardize → Integrate → Verify → Continuous Improvement.
The Assess step caught proprietary BAS issues at each site upfront, before any data onboarding started. An extremely valuable step to building a strong foundation before integrating, which is commonly overlooked.
After the assessment, they were able to standardize and integrate rapidly. "Site A is going to look not very different from site B," said Sergey Gutkin, Head of Smart Buildings at AlfaTech. That repeatability is what makes 130 sites tractable.
The integration platform provider, KODE Labs, replaced site-by-site logins with one interface for graphics, schedules, and writeability across five BAS vendors. Given Analog Devices' critical lab spaces, KODE enabled per-zone optimal start/Stop algorithms so that optimization didn't risk impacting critical operations (as opposed to per-AHU or per-floor).
As of NexusCon 2025, three campuses are integrated, roughly 800,000 square feet in 90 days. The remaining sites get the same framework.
127 sites still to go, but the repeatability framework that was built from the beginning gives the team confidence that can continue to scale effectively.
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When an alarm fired at one of Analog Devices' sites, Armando Zuniga's team had to find the right Excel sheet, look up the password, log into a site-specific BAS, and start troubleshooting. That process wasn't scaling well across 130 sites. Analog Devices, formed through the merger of Linear Technology and Maxim Integrated, runs offices, manufacturing, and R&D labs across both.
Analog Devices wanted to quickly scale an integrated solution to this problem, so they designed the project for a full rollout from day one. Working with KODE Labs (integration platform) and AlfaTech (services), they built a five-step framework: Assess → Standardize → Integrate → Verify → Continuous Improvement.
The Assess step caught proprietary BAS issues at each site upfront, before any data onboarding started. An extremely valuable step to building a strong foundation before integrating, which is commonly overlooked.
After the assessment, they were able to standardize and integrate rapidly. "Site A is going to look not very different from site B," said Sergey Gutkin, Head of Smart Buildings at AlfaTech. That repeatability is what makes 130 sites tractable.
The integration platform provider, KODE Labs, replaced site-by-site logins with one interface for graphics, schedules, and writeability across five BAS vendors. Given Analog Devices' critical lab spaces, KODE enabled per-zone optimal start/Stop algorithms so that optimization didn't risk impacting critical operations (as opposed to per-AHU or per-floor).
As of NexusCon 2025, three campuses are integrated, roughly 800,000 square feet in 90 days. The remaining sites get the same framework.
127 sites still to go, but the repeatability framework that was built from the beginning gives the team confidence that can continue to scale effectively.
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