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SMART BUILDING BEST PRACTICE SHOWCASE

Peña Station NEXT
CASESTUDY
Peña Station NEXT Denver, Panasonic, the Denver Airport, LC Fulenwider, and Xcel Energy
Project Details Panasonic
Number of Buildings: 384 Acre Smart City Project
Square Footage: 384 acres Denver, Panasonic, the Denver Airport, LC Fulenwider, and Xcel Energy have partnered have partnered to create the smartest city in the nation. Peña Station
Location: Denver, CO to create the smartest city in the nation. Peña Station NEXT is a smart city development
Project Status: Started constructed along the light rail line from the airport to Union Station. The train station
Start date: 2015 and Panasonic’s Denver Operations Center are both complete and have opened. The
Target Completion date: Panasonic building is a two-story, 113,000 SF facility which includes office and warehouse
Primary Contact: space. It is a net zero energy building which achieved LEED Gold certification. The NEXT is a smart city development constructed along the light rail line
Michael Hess entire development is being built as a smart city showcase to highlight solutions in smart
michael.hess@us.panasonic.com energy, mobility, living, streets, and buildings. Peña Station NEXT also serves as a smart
city lab for the city of Denver, the Denver airport, and Panasonic to test and display best
in class solutions from various technology providers. Panasonic’s legacy in sustainable
technologies and intelligent devices for industry has resulted in a smart, connected
community using real-time analytics and is perfectly positioned for the Internet of Things. from the airport to Union Station. The train station and Panasonic’s
Denver Operations Center are both complete and have opened. The
Panasonic building is a two-story, 113,000 SF facility which includes
office and warehouse space. It is a net zero energy building which
Goals: Operations Energy Efficiency Sustainability Tenant Experience Financial Optimization
achieved LEED Gold certification. The entire development is being built
CHALLENGES:
• Creating a process for all the stakeholders / partners to collaborate and make decisions quickly
• Working with the utility to create the financial case for carbon neutral communities
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• Working with the city, utility and developers on the business case for embedding cameras, sensors, etc. into street lights
• Working with the utility so that private buildings could communicate with their battery and PV, for more advanced demand response as a smart city showcase to highlight solutions in smart energy, mobility,
• Getting the design team to understand the loads in our Network Operations Center
SUCCESSES:
• Selecting Denver - The city, airport, local developer (LC Fulenwider), utility (Xcel Energy), and
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Colorado Dept of Transportation are all partnered to create smart city solutions living, streets, and buildings. Peña Station NEXT also serves as a smart
• Creating Colorado’s first utility scale micro-grid SHOWCASE SPONSORS:
• Net zero energy Panasonic Denver Operations Center
• Creating a new city wide IoT platform that can talk with multiple vendors, and provide one interface
into all city / building services
• Launching autonomous shuttles for the first and last mile of transportation from the light rail city lab for the city of Denver, the Denver airport, and Panasonic to test
and display best in class solutions from various technology providers.
Panasonic’s legacy in sustainable technologies and intelligent devices for
industry has resulted in a smart, connected community using real-time
analytics and is perfectly positioned for the Internet of Things.
Bedrock Portfolio
CASESTUDY
Bedrock Portfolio Building on the massive success of their Digie-winning downtown Detroit
Project Details
Bedrock
Number of Buildings: 45 Revitalizing Urban Centers
Square Footage: 10 million Building on the massive success of their Digie-winning downtown Detroit property portfolio, property portfolio, Bedrock and Hepta Systems have seen a major goal
Location: Various Cities Bedrock and Hepta Systems have seen a major goal of their partnership come to fruition
Project Status: Ongoing as Bedrock has expanded to other sites, cities and states. While the Detroit campus has
Start date: 2011 grown to nearly 10 million square feet of fully integrated, multi-use facilities, including the
Target Completion date: Digie-winning Quicken Loans Technology Center, Bedrock and Hepta have applied the
Primary Contact: principles of their Smart Building Specification to properties in Troy, Michigan, Phoenix, of their partnership come to fruition as Bedrock has expanded to other
John Guardiola Arizona, and 1.5 million square feet across several buildings in Cleveland, Ohio. Hepta
JohnGuardiola@bedrockdetroit.com and Bedrock continue to team up to offer next-level enhancements through analytics and
made-for-mobile interfaces for an unparalleled tenant experience. As Bedrock’s properties
grow from a smart portfolio to a smart city and beyond, the partnership between these
companies ensures success moving forward. sites, cities and states. While the Detroit campus has grown to nearly
10 million square feet of fully integrated, multi-use facilities, including
the Quicken Loans Technology Center, Bedrock and Hepta have applied
the principles of their Smart Building Specification to properties in Troy,
Goals: Operations Energy Efficiency Sustainability Tenant Experience Financial Optimization
CHALLENGES:
• Implementing a holistic view from original specification to project completion requires complete buy-in from architects, engineers, and contractors Michigan, Phoenix, Arizona, and 1.5 million square feet across several
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• Obtaining buy-in from property management and building engineers regarding the benefits of a single monitoring platform
• Normalization of data from all building systems and manufacturers; the integration of legacy systems under one platform
• Establishing a concrete building baseline to measure return on investment, which allows for further investment into the program
• Guaranteeing consistency with multiple projects in progress at any given time
SUCCESSES: buildings in Cleveland, Ohio. Hepta and Bedrock continue to team up to
• Documenting a smart building specification that is now incorporated into all plans by all architects, engineers, and teams that
work on Bedrock developments
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• Lowered per square foot costs on budgeted utilities, adding to the bottom line
• Utilizing a mobile maintenance fleet that monitors the entire portfolio from a single source, allowing
onsite employees’ skill sets to be used for preventative maintenance rather than reactive tasks
• Preventing breakdowns that can interrupt tenants’ business operations, some of whom have 24/7 SHOWCASE SPONSORS: offer next-level enhancements through analytics and made-for-mobile
needs with no allowable downtime
• Real-time monitoring of operational cost of major equipment allowing for continuous retuning and
energy optimization; reduced overall energy costs by 15%-25% on average, depending on utility
interfaces for an unparalleled tenant experience. As Bedrock’s properties
grow from a smart portfolio to a smart city and beyond, the partnership
between these companies ensures success moving forward.
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