C44 -- Delivering an Agile Intelligent Building of the Future

As companies evaluate their real estate portfolio and redefine the value of their space, it is essential that organizations understand the role technology can play to not only ensure the best user experience; but also reduce their capex and opex costs. This will require cross-functional teams made up of Real Estate, IT, and HR, as well as decisions early in the design process to deliver a truly intelligent space. A converged IT/OT network design will help facilitate and support the design and construction process. The average building today has 30+ building subsystems (i.e., lighting, HVAC, Access Control, audio visual, CCTV, shades, etc.), and more than half of those require some IP connectivity. Technology offers a better way to design and construct and with the right decisions made early in the design process, a customer can deploy a converged network with a single ontology and open API's that allows for dynamic operations allowing building subsystems to communicate and automate based on real-time telemetry.