Your August & September Member Digest [Nexus Pro]
Hey friends,
Welcome to the Nexus Pro member digest… a collection of recent highlights you shouldn’t miss.
These digests are designed to save you time and allow you to catch up on the whole month. Then you can dive deeper wherever you’d like.
Enjoy.
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1—Newsletter & podcast highlights
As always, we shipped our Tuesday newsletter and Thursday podcast each week. I also kept my commitment to daily LinkedIn instigation (😂) on Monday-Thursday.
My highlights for those of you that are short-on-time:
- We launched the Nexus Labs Syndicate for investing in smart buildings startups. You can join in on the fun for as little as $1k per deal.
- Volume 10 of The Lens brought together our recent coverage of M&A activity in decarbonization software and continues our series on the growth and importance of platform business models in the digitization and decarbonization of the buildings industry.
- The newsletter and podcast now include short-and-sweet messages from sponsors. If you're interested in sponsoring, you can find the info here.
- I shared how Supervisory Control hasn't changed since the 1980's and how new technology is taking advantage of that.
- Interesting discussion on LinkedIn: Should real estate companies build their own smart building technology?
- My "Single Pain in the Ass" takedown post went semi-viral
- Finally, I loved the last two months of podcast episodes. Topics included the role of consultants, decarbonization, and even robots. If you only have time for one, I'd say Bruce Duyshart is a safe bet!
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2—Members-only goodies from August & September 2022
Nexus SME Workshop with Tom Balme on Restructuring Maintenance Contracts and the Future Value of FDD—Pro Member and Building Optimisation Manager at AMP Capital, Tom Balme was our expert on Restructuring Maintenance Contracts and the Future Value of FDD.
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Nexus Pro Member Gathering with Betsy Ricker on Dartmouth's Smart Building Program—Building Energy Engineer at Dartmouth College and Pro Member, Betsy Ricker, lead the discussion on Dartmouth's smart buildings program.
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SME Workshop with Joy Trinquet on The Evolution of IWMS to Connected Portfolio Intelligence Platforms—Pro Member and Industry Analyst at Verdantix, Joy Trinquet, was our expert on The Evolution of IWMS to Connected Portfolio Intelligence Platforms.
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Pro Member Gathering: Sara Neff on Scope 3 Emissions and Embodied Carbon—Sara Neff, Head of ESG at Lendlease did a deep dive into Scope 3 Emissions and Embodied Carbon. She covered the role of sensors in addressing tenant emissions and innovations in low-carbon materials. Rosy Khakife hosted.
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3—Interesting chatroom posts and conversations
- Why is the BAS industry so stuck? And the home automation industry is easy and much more advanced? by Ben Bartling—Ben is tinkering around with installing Home Assistant on a Linux computer on his home LAN, Wi-Fi system. He asks why can't the BAS industry be like this: the organization's IT person could just create the GUI, auto-discover all the devices, and maintain the facilities OT GUI. From his experience, anything OT related even the GUI's for BAS is very hands-off for the IT department unless they are really actually needed.
- Grid-interactive Efficient Building Controls - an intro by Mike Barker—Mike shares a neat intro to how buildings of the future will co-exist with the grid. He also invites us to a FREE webinar on October 4-5 with Southern California Edison and Tanya Barham to learn the steps to reduce peak energy consumption while electrifying buildings and satisfying occupant comfort.
- Real-time occupancy: binary status or count? by Claire Quinn—Thoughts on how use cases differ if the occ data shows just the status of a space (occupied or not) v. the count (number of people) in a space.
- Best smart building related conference in the UK? by James Dice—Pro Members weigh in on the best smart buildings conferences in the UK.
- Hardwire v. Integration Lighting Controls to BAS by Nicholas Pavlak—Nicholas shares his experience with a large building renovation where the entire HVAC and lighting systems are being replaced and upgraded.
- 5G landlord responsibilities by Paul Bamber—Paul's first post! 👏 He asks other members about their experiences when it comes to the landlord's responsibilities of providing 5G in their building.
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4—New Members
Here are our new members from August and September. If you see these names around Nexus Connect, take some time to say hello!
- Richard Adams, Intelligent Buildings
- Emmanuel Bastide, Alcimed
- Josephine Bromley, Mortar io
- Michael P Brooks, Lockheed Martin
- Mike Case, Buildings Alive
- Benjamin Clee, Novacene
- Bobby Coucoules, Google
- Melanie Danuser, NEEC
- Gabrielle Dudson, Reds10
- Ryan Elliott, Lendlease
- Will Evans, Gridium
- Sarah Gillham, Honeywell
- Grant Gunnison, Zero
- Michael Hediger, Belimo Automation
- Samantha Howe, Wood Mackenzie
- David Larn, Dimension Engineering
- Melissa Lecznar, JLL
- Lee Odess, Latch
- Neha Mahajan, Thomson Reuters
- Andrew Marse
- Jonathan McFarlane, Place
- Kerry Meade, NEEC
- Rasean Miller, Nuworld Energy
- Liam Murray, Build-Apps
- Omar Nasser, Aquila Commercial
- Lars Olsen, Haus Olsen Consulting
- Jon Parmer, Aquicore
- Sameer Pradhan, Auto Design X
- Richard Reid
- Shadi Sherafat, DLR GRoup
- Kenny Trowers, Syska
- Tom Waters, Synchronous Building Automation
(If your name doesn't have a link, you haven't created your profile on Nexus Connect! Hit reply and we'll help get you sorted out.)
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5—SME Workshops featuring… you!
What are you an expert in? I know that each of you has a deep expertise that would help us move forward as a community. Our SME workshops are a great way to get your name out there, build relationships, and get feedback on your ideas.
To grab a spot on our calendar in the future to teach the community... just hit reply and we'll work out the details.
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6—Upcoming events
There's a lot of fun to be had in October! Here are a few things to look forward to...
- New Member Orientation: Nexus Founder, James Dice, hosts an introduction to the Nexus Labs Community and how you access and take advantage of all the resources that come with your Pro Membership. This is for new members or those who've not taken advantage of all the resources at the Nexus Community. TBA
- Subject Matter Expert Workshop: CTO and Co-Founder of SmartLocus, Inc., Victor Taylor, will lead us with A Primer on Machine Learning. October 13 @ 9:00 am MT.
- Member Gathering: TBA October 26 @ 9:00am MT.
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7—Build the future of this community with us!
Here’s what we’re needing help with this month…
- Event planning: Looking for speakers for upcoming SME workshops and Pro member gatherings
- Adding resources to the Nexus Pro Library. Please help!
- Post your thoughts on Nexus Connect and respond to others' thoughts. Community engagement is one of the ways we can "lift all boats".
Feel free to provide feedback and input whenever you'd like!
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Thanks for reading and thanks for being a Nexus Pro member. As always, I’d love if you hit reply and let me know how we can improve your membership.
—James
P.S. for all of you new members, here are some handy links:
- Anonymous member feedback form (constructive criticism is always appreciated!)
- Modify your account (E.g. modify your plan from monthly to annual, switch credit card, etc - just click account in the upper right corner)
- Submit your podcast interview idea
- Submit your friendly rant podcast idea
- Add the Nexus Pro podcast feed to the player of your choice
- The Nexus Vendor Landscape
- The Archive (all posts with a ⭐ are for members only)
- Add your project to the Nexus Labs consulting waitlist
P.P.S Did you know we have enterprise memberships? Hit reply if you'd like to see more of your colleagues in Pro.
Hey friends,
Welcome to the Nexus Pro member digest… a collection of recent highlights you shouldn’t miss.
These digests are designed to save you time and allow you to catch up on the whole month. Then you can dive deeper wherever you’d like.
Enjoy.
---
1—Newsletter & podcast highlights
As always, we shipped our Tuesday newsletter and Thursday podcast each week. I also kept my commitment to daily LinkedIn instigation (😂) on Monday-Thursday.
My highlights for those of you that are short-on-time:
- We launched the Nexus Labs Syndicate for investing in smart buildings startups. You can join in on the fun for as little as $1k per deal.
- Volume 10 of The Lens brought together our recent coverage of M&A activity in decarbonization software and continues our series on the growth and importance of platform business models in the digitization and decarbonization of the buildings industry.
- The newsletter and podcast now include short-and-sweet messages from sponsors. If you're interested in sponsoring, you can find the info here.
- I shared how Supervisory Control hasn't changed since the 1980's and how new technology is taking advantage of that.
- Interesting discussion on LinkedIn: Should real estate companies build their own smart building technology?
- My "Single Pain in the Ass" takedown post went semi-viral
- Finally, I loved the last two months of podcast episodes. Topics included the role of consultants, decarbonization, and even robots. If you only have time for one, I'd say Bruce Duyshart is a safe bet!
---
2—Members-only goodies from August & September 2022
Nexus SME Workshop with Tom Balme on Restructuring Maintenance Contracts and the Future Value of FDD—Pro Member and Building Optimisation Manager at AMP Capital, Tom Balme was our expert on Restructuring Maintenance Contracts and the Future Value of FDD.
---
Nexus Pro Member Gathering with Betsy Ricker on Dartmouth's Smart Building Program—Building Energy Engineer at Dartmouth College and Pro Member, Betsy Ricker, lead the discussion on Dartmouth's smart buildings program.
---
SME Workshop with Joy Trinquet on The Evolution of IWMS to Connected Portfolio Intelligence Platforms—Pro Member and Industry Analyst at Verdantix, Joy Trinquet, was our expert on The Evolution of IWMS to Connected Portfolio Intelligence Platforms.
---
Pro Member Gathering: Sara Neff on Scope 3 Emissions and Embodied Carbon—Sara Neff, Head of ESG at Lendlease did a deep dive into Scope 3 Emissions and Embodied Carbon. She covered the role of sensors in addressing tenant emissions and innovations in low-carbon materials. Rosy Khakife hosted.
---
3—Interesting chatroom posts and conversations
- Why is the BAS industry so stuck? And the home automation industry is easy and much more advanced? by Ben Bartling—Ben is tinkering around with installing Home Assistant on a Linux computer on his home LAN, Wi-Fi system. He asks why can't the BAS industry be like this: the organization's IT person could just create the GUI, auto-discover all the devices, and maintain the facilities OT GUI. From his experience, anything OT related even the GUI's for BAS is very hands-off for the IT department unless they are really actually needed.
- Grid-interactive Efficient Building Controls - an intro by Mike Barker—Mike shares a neat intro to how buildings of the future will co-exist with the grid. He also invites us to a FREE webinar on October 4-5 with Southern California Edison and Tanya Barham to learn the steps to reduce peak energy consumption while electrifying buildings and satisfying occupant comfort.
- Real-time occupancy: binary status or count? by Claire Quinn—Thoughts on how use cases differ if the occ data shows just the status of a space (occupied or not) v. the count (number of people) in a space.
- Best smart building related conference in the UK? by James Dice—Pro Members weigh in on the best smart buildings conferences in the UK.
- Hardwire v. Integration Lighting Controls to BAS by Nicholas Pavlak—Nicholas shares his experience with a large building renovation where the entire HVAC and lighting systems are being replaced and upgraded.
- 5G landlord responsibilities by Paul Bamber—Paul's first post! 👏 He asks other members about their experiences when it comes to the landlord's responsibilities of providing 5G in their building.
---
4—New Members
Here are our new members from August and September. If you see these names around Nexus Connect, take some time to say hello!
- Richard Adams, Intelligent Buildings
- Emmanuel Bastide, Alcimed
- Josephine Bromley, Mortar io
- Michael P Brooks, Lockheed Martin
- Mike Case, Buildings Alive
- Benjamin Clee, Novacene
- Bobby Coucoules, Google
- Melanie Danuser, NEEC
- Gabrielle Dudson, Reds10
- Ryan Elliott, Lendlease
- Will Evans, Gridium
- Sarah Gillham, Honeywell
- Grant Gunnison, Zero
- Michael Hediger, Belimo Automation
- Samantha Howe, Wood Mackenzie
- David Larn, Dimension Engineering
- Melissa Lecznar, JLL
- Lee Odess, Latch
- Neha Mahajan, Thomson Reuters
- Andrew Marse
- Jonathan McFarlane, Place
- Kerry Meade, NEEC
- Rasean Miller, Nuworld Energy
- Liam Murray, Build-Apps
- Omar Nasser, Aquila Commercial
- Lars Olsen, Haus Olsen Consulting
- Jon Parmer, Aquicore
- Sameer Pradhan, Auto Design X
- Richard Reid
- Shadi Sherafat, DLR GRoup
- Kenny Trowers, Syska
- Tom Waters, Synchronous Building Automation
(If your name doesn't have a link, you haven't created your profile on Nexus Connect! Hit reply and we'll help get you sorted out.)
---
5—SME Workshops featuring… you!
What are you an expert in? I know that each of you has a deep expertise that would help us move forward as a community. Our SME workshops are a great way to get your name out there, build relationships, and get feedback on your ideas.
To grab a spot on our calendar in the future to teach the community... just hit reply and we'll work out the details.
---
6—Upcoming events
There's a lot of fun to be had in October! Here are a few things to look forward to...
- New Member Orientation: Nexus Founder, James Dice, hosts an introduction to the Nexus Labs Community and how you access and take advantage of all the resources that come with your Pro Membership. This is for new members or those who've not taken advantage of all the resources at the Nexus Community. TBA
- Subject Matter Expert Workshop: CTO and Co-Founder of SmartLocus, Inc., Victor Taylor, will lead us with A Primer on Machine Learning. October 13 @ 9:00 am MT.
- Member Gathering: TBA October 26 @ 9:00am MT.
---
7—Build the future of this community with us!
Here’s what we’re needing help with this month…
- Event planning: Looking for speakers for upcoming SME workshops and Pro member gatherings
- Adding resources to the Nexus Pro Library. Please help!
- Post your thoughts on Nexus Connect and respond to others' thoughts. Community engagement is one of the ways we can "lift all boats".
Feel free to provide feedback and input whenever you'd like!
---
Thanks for reading and thanks for being a Nexus Pro member. As always, I’d love if you hit reply and let me know how we can improve your membership.
—James
P.S. for all of you new members, here are some handy links:
- Anonymous member feedback form (constructive criticism is always appreciated!)
- Modify your account (E.g. modify your plan from monthly to annual, switch credit card, etc - just click account in the upper right corner)
- Submit your podcast interview idea
- Submit your friendly rant podcast idea
- Add the Nexus Pro podcast feed to the player of your choice
- The Nexus Vendor Landscape
- The Archive (all posts with a ⭐ are for members only)
- Add your project to the Nexus Labs consulting waitlist
P.P.S Did you know we have enterprise memberships? Hit reply if you'd like to see more of your colleagues in Pro.
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