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subject matter experts a few years
back, smart building technology
became part of our daily vocabulary.
The event enabled us to identify
and assemble the teams of experts
needed to fulfill our vision.

We crafted a compelling business
case wrapped around energy savings,
operating efficiency, environmental
responsibility and employee health
to help justify the funding needed for
our smart building. Quite frankly, it
would be irresponsible to construct a
new building today that isn’t techno-
logically savvy.

As our new home develops, our core
electrical, mechanical, life safety and
mission critical systems are being
wed through the services of a master
systems integrator (MSI) focused
on satisfying specific use cases that
target our savings and efficiency
objectives.

Continuous commissioning, reduced
HVAC wasted run time, energy
savings, extended equipment life, unique space. As we strive to com- preventive maintenance and in some
improved air quality, occupant com- plete the installation of our smart instances actually make system
fort, lighting control and occupancy technology, our work will be centered adjustments.
awareness are just a few of the bene- around finalizing graphics, user inter-
fits we anticipate. Thousands of sen- faces, use cases and fault detection Throughout 2018 we’ll be running
sors and probes will be bringing back diagnostics. Technically the possibili- checks and balances, fine tuning
a wealth of data that will be used to ties are endless; therefore, developing cyber security and ensuring that all
responsibly keep our buildings living use cases (e.g., utilizing occupancy systems on our converged network
and breathing. sensors from the lighting control properly communicate to satisfy our
system to change local BMS controls use cases and sequences of opera-
Our goal is to rely more on building from occupied to unoccupied modes) tions. We will also be bringing all this
intelligence to tell us what the build- will keep us focused on high value data to a single user-friendly dash-
ing needs and when it needs it. solutions that align with our organiza- board.
tional objectives.
We’re now set to move more than Training and empowering our FM
5000 employees including our CNN We will be selecting the appropriate work force to take advantage of this
Broadcast Operations and HBO fault detection diagnostic software wealth of building information will
Digital Media Productions unit to 30 (or building system analytics) to be a high priority in 2018. In some
Hudson Yards in 2019. help intelligently manage the wealth cases, we might even be convert-
of data generated by these smart ing wrench turners into technology
What are your highest priority tech- building systems. Data for the sake geeks. In the end, we need to ensure
nology initiatives in 2018 and what of data is useless. It needs to be all systems are properly commis-
are the drivers behind those initia- actionable. Ultimately, by automating sioned and our teams are trained and
tives? tasks and sequences, we intend for ready for opening day.
our smart building to communicate
Essentially, 2018 has become an all directly with our work order tech- What technology/automation/inno-
hands-on deck effort to deliver this nology: assign work tickets, drive vation trends do you see having the

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