Backpack is a comprehensive solution designed to digitize the built world. By collecting data from documents, integrations, surveys, and annual site visits, Backpack aggregates and centralizes building information, ranging from property characteristics, leasing data, utilities, equipment, real-time data, capital plans, and more. This digital foundation powers built-in tools like automated Energy Star scoring and compliance tracking, while providing the insights needed to effectively run decarbonization programs, prioritize capital projects, lower insurance premiums, and enable Backpack’s Marketplace of products and services to offer cash-back rewards.
Backpack was born out of an acquisition of Bractlet in 2021, a software company that developed the industry’s most advanced energy analytics and modeling technology. Motivated by the philosophy that accurate data is the key for driving change, their team is focused on arming the built world with comprehensive, verified, and accessible property data – transitioning the industry away from the days when data sits siloed onsite, scattered across various spreadsheets, leaving you with more questions than answers.
With digitized and up-to-date information, Backpack is empowering stakeholders to leverage robust information to implement sustainability initiatives, provide intelligence for better planning, effectively track results, and tap into opportunities that increase profit.
Delta Air Lines and JLL made a deliberate call at LaGuardia Terminal C: stop relying on engineers to walk rooms multiple times a day just to confirm conditions were still acceptable—and replace those rounds with standardized, proactive alerting.
In this presentation from the January 2026 NexusCast, Peter O'Connor, IT Director at Inova Health System, and Sia Dabiri of Altura, explain how a top-tier health system is finally closing the construction loophole that has allowed unvetted OT devices onto networks for decades.
In this presentation from the January 2026 NexusCast, Douglas Plumley, Software Architect at Dartmouth College, and Andrew Rodgers, Co-Founder of ACE IoT Solutions, dive into step five of the OT device management strategy: maintenance.
In this presentation from the January 2026 NexusCast, John DeVeaux, Enterprise Architect at Hines, and Joe Gaspardone, COO of Montgomery Technologies, dive into the messy reality of the majority of the market: multitenant buildings with tight budgets and decades of undocumented features.
In this presentation from the January 2026 NexusCast, Jim Whalen, Chief Technology Officer at BXP, outlines the two-decade journey of one of the largest real estate developers in the country as they move from simple economies of scale to sophisticated technology orchestration.
In this presentation from NexusCast January 2026, Qian (Grace) Lai, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley, dives into the high-stakes world of securing the Internet of Things within a global financial enterprise.
In this presentation from NexusCon 2025, Connor Gray, Senior Strategic Consultant at Intellibuild, explains how to move beyond basic device discovery into a mature, governed cybersecurity program.
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