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Every Wednesday, we send out "the single best resource on technology for buildings", Nexus' Founder Note. Each issue includes a note from Nexus Labs Founder, James Dice, along with a podcast, featured speaker, an event list, and more. Sign up today.

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5 reasons to join Nexus Pro

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Hey friends, Starting this Thursday, April 30th, some Nexus content will be exclusively available to members of Nexus Pro. And starting today, I’ll s

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Nexus #19 (4/21/2020)

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> We estimate that flexible customer-sited resources (electric vehicles, thermostats, batteries, smart water heaters, etc.) could shift up to 30% of p

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🔍 Deep Dive: How to evaluate smart building technology 🔎

Happy Sunday! Since around 2015, I’ve been keeping an Evernote notebook of products in the smart building marketplace. Whenever I see a new startup,

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🎧 #003: Nick Gayeski of KGS Buildings on FDD at scale and 5 waves of smart building tech

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> “I think the first wave of adopters saw energy as the primary benefit. Our experience is that the current wave of adopters sees condition-based or p

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Nexus #18 (4/14/2020)

James Dice

👋 Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter for smart people applying smart building technology—written by James Dice [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwdice/]. If

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Nexus #17 (4/7/2020)

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👋 Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter for smart people applying smart building technology—written by James Dice [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwdice/]. If

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Book Club: Computational Thinking (Week 2)

The deets: * Discussion: Thursday, April 9th, 1:00pm MST | Zoom Meeting [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/890561291] * Current book: Computational Thin

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🎧 #002: Joe Aamidor on getting started with smart buildings, app stores, and open data platforms

> Some of these companies actually just want to be the middleware, and I don't think that's a dirty word. —Joe Aamidor Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter

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Why we need digital twins

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Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter, podcast, and membership community for smart people applying smart building technology—written by James Dice [__GHOST_U

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Nexus #16 (3/31/2020)

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👋 Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter for smart people applying smart building technology—written by James Dice [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwdice/]. If

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🦠 Deep Dive: COVID-19's Impact 🦠

James Dice

It feels like a good time to press pause on our regularly scheduled programming. Here’s an outline of today’s

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Book Club: Computational Thinking (Week 1)

The deets: * Discussion: Thursday, April 2nd, 1:00pm MST | Add to calendar [https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=N2RibDU2dXU4d

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Nexus #15 (3/24/2020)

James Dice

Hi everyone—these are weird times we’re in. I hope this note finds you safe, sane, and healthy. In an effort to make the best use of time coope

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🎧 #001: Nicolas Waern on the three stages of smart building technology

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Episode 001 is an introductory conversation with Nicolas Waern, CEO of smart building consulting firm WINNIIO. In another day and age, Nicolas and I would have never met, but here we were... me in Denver and Nicholas in

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Nexus #14 (3/17/2020)

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We’ve been doing this Nexus thing for 3 months now. If it’s not too much to ask, I would like some feedback so we can keep improving it.

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Nexus #13 (3/10/2020)

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Why building analytics are inevitable—my response to a recent discussion questioning whether analytics will go mainstream.

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Nexus #12 (3/3/2020)

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Why building analytics are inevitable—my response to a recent discussion questioning whether analytics will go mainstream. I’ve also tried something new with this post:

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Nexus #11 (2/25/2020)

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When analytics insights fall flat—One of my essays was featured on the Gridium blog. Here’s a taste:

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Nexus #10 (2/18/2020)

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The “State of Energy Management” Survey of Building Owners (Smart Energy Decisions)—I almost spit out my coffee when I heard on the Modern Energy Management podcast that, according to

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Nexus #9 (2/11/2020)

On the blog: Why We Need Digital Twins for Buildings—this is part two of a three part series on digital twins for buildings. Let me know what you think in the comments

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Nexus #8 (2/4/2020)

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My recent blog post on the merits of an independent data layer has struck quite a nerve on LinkedIn. Which side are you on?

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Nexus #7 (1/28/2020)

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There’s been insightful discussion on LinkedIn on last week’s essay Defining the Digital Twin for Buildings. Check it out

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On the merits of an independent data layer

James Dice

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Nexus #6 (1/21/2020)

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Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter for people applying analytics and other smart building technology—written by James Dice

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Defining the Digital Twin for Buildings

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Houston, we have a problem. Quickly after the oxygen tanks exploded early into Apollo 13’s mission in April 1970, the astronauts were fighting for th

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Nexus #5 (1/14/2020)

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Welcome to Nexus, a newsletter for people applying analytics and other smart building technology—written by James Dice

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Analytics: a human-in-the-loop technology

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The number one misconception about building analytics software is that it will solve problems on its own. Yes… it’s an extremely powerful tool for bu

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Nexus #4 (1/7/2020)

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Welcome to nexus, a newsletter for people applying analytics technology in buildings — written by James Dice. If you’ve be

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Nexus #3 (12/17/2019)

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Welcome to nexus, a newsletter for people applying analytics technology in buildings — written by me, James Dice. If you’v

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Nexus #2 (12/10/2019)

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Welcome to nexus, a newsletter for people applying analytics technology in buildings — written by me, James Dice [http://www.jamesdice.com]. If you’v

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Nexus #1 (12/03/2019)

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Welcome to nexus, a newsletter for people applying analytics technology in buildings — written by me, James Dice [http://www.jamesdice.com]. If you’v

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Introducing nexus

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Welcome to nexus, a newsletter by me, James Dice. 🏢 + 🖥️ Simply put, nexus is for people applying technology in buildings. From engineers and energ

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Partner Pulse: What’s New With KODE Labs?

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Back in November of 2023, we put together this podcast and this case study article on the work that KODE Labs has done for Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) to support a converged data layer with applications that help ESRT meet its carbon neutrality goals and improve the occupant experience. Almost a year has passed since that case study, and the portfolio of KODE OS solutions has continued to expand. We sat down with Nicole Mancino, VP of Marketing at KODE Labs, to learn what the KODE team has been up to in the past year.

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February Member Digest [Nexus Pro]

James Dice

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.

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January Pro Membership Digest [Nexus Pro]

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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.

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