So you have a customer who might be interested in a retrofit, what next?
One of the most common ways to start the retrofit sales process is to perform a site audit. To be clear, this is not a ASHRAE energy audit or a IPMVP pre-audit.
This audit exists to ensure you have an accurate understanding of what needs to be done in order to perform a site retrofit.
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we discuss:
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We are entering a retrofit market.
Those of you who have built your entire business around capital projects and construction work need to prepare.
There is a lot of opportunity in the market that will potentially be missed by people who are not prepared for it.
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we discuss:
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Podcast we are going to explore Measurement and Verification together.
We are going to look at:
In this episode we will be discussing Smart Buildings Academy's plans for 2023 and beyond.
As you all well know we are big into transparency and collaboration.
One of the best ways to develop ideas and products rapidly is to place the concepts out into the market and test them.
Today we will be discussing the ideas we are exploring as a business both ideas that are 100% going to happen and things we are currently exploring.
In this episode, we're going to be talking with my good friend Donny Walker, of Newcomb and Boyd.
Donny, and I met back when I still worked at Johnson Controls was part of their analytics and system integration group. And even then I knew that Donny was a unique individual.
You see, I'd met a lot of consultants, I've met a lot of commissioning agents, I've met a lot of engineering firms. And I was like, this is interesting. I'm talking to a guy who gets it. He's not just about the spec. He's not just about only what the owner wants, he is about the system that delivers results.
In this episode we will dive deep into how to build out monitoring based commissioning programs that deliver results.
In this episode we discuss the talent management lifecycle with Lewis Martin of Charlton Morris.
Lewis lays out a step-by-step planning for discovering, hiring, developing, and retaining talent within the smart buildings industry.
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https://podcast.smartbuildingsacademy.com/397
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, we speak with Glen Spry on the topic of wireless energy management.
Glen is going to take us on a journey looking at how energy management can be achieved with a wireless system. Beyond that Glen will help us to understand the impact of energy management on the grid and how to utilize energy data to better manage our facilities.
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, we speak with Drew DePriest.
Drew has an extensive background in the building automation space and has the unique experience of being a BAS technician, proptech professional, working as an OT professional for the CRE space, and working for a managed service provider as an owner's rep.
My hope is that you will get multiple looks at several career pathways during this podcast and you will leave with a better understanding of the possibilities within the smart buildings space.
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast Bayron Lopez helps us to unpack the world of IT from a customer's point of view.
So often we are busy thinking "How can I respond to this spec?"
Or
"How can I be compliant with XYZ requirement?"
But how often do we stop to think about the operational side of the systems we install?
In this episode Bayron helps us to understand the customer's point of view. Join us as Bayron gives us a behind the scenes look at how IT decisions are made and how we can avoid that dreaded not-qualified decision from IT.
Are you tired of the same old team meetings?
Scrambling to find a topic and hoping that your team retains what you covered?
In this episode the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we are wrapping up our series on 52 game changing strategies that will grow and improve your BAS team in 2023!
How does the building envelope effect a buildings performance?
What role does acoustics have on occupant comfort?
What can we learn from the design philosophies of the residential and light commercial sectors?
In today's episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we unpack all this and more with Barry Cope, Group Managing Director of the Building Compliance Testers Association.
I hope you enjoy this episode!