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health care sector all have
stringent ‘green’ targets to
reduce energy and lower
their buildings’ impact on
the environment. The low
capital expenditure re-
quired for virtual solutions
results in fast payback times.
Extensive testing at three
different university campus-
es attained energy savings of
5% annually with a payback
of under five years. Most of
these savings have been gained in building zones with rooms Watch how these partnerships helped University of British
that have low occupancy for extended periods of time. In lecture Columbia utilize data to make their campus smarter: youtu.be/
halls with periodic classes, the Bridge reduced fan run-time hours Oxz0c-R3N2w
by 20-40%.
Implementing virtual solutions can be accelerated by excellent Stefan Storey is director and co-founder of Sensible Building
partnerships. Integrating between systems to ensure uninterrupt- Science and leads partnerships and innovation strategy. He has
ed data communication can be challenging. Bridging Wi-Fi data PhD in Building Science, Master’s degree in Mechanical
to building controls was advanced with partnerships with Cisco Engineering, a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics, and
Systems, along with control vendors and energy management specializes in building science and data analytics. Stefan
consultation partners Prism Engineering and SES Consulting. With contributes expertise in building design and operation including financial analysis
the support and innovation possible with the right partners, the of commercial buildings, risk analysis, operations & maintenance, post occupancy
future is looking bright for virtualized smart building solutions. evaluation, energy performance and IAQ evaluation.

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