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How AI and IoT Can Prevent School Shootings


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Getting Organizational Buy-in for Smart Technology

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3 Examples of a Smart Building

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Elevating Restroom Hygiene with IoT Innovations

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Navigating the Internet of Things in Facilities Management

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How Digital Twins Technology Enables Smart Buildings, Smart Cities

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How to Team Up with IT for Cybersecurity

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How to Use Internet of Things Technology to Prevent Water Damage

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5 Steps to Solve the Puzzle of an Aging BAS

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Leaders Wanted: How FM Has Evolved During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Four Hurdles on the Path to Smart Buildings

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What Can a Smart Building Platform Do For You?

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Custom Built vs. Marketplace Smart Building Platforms

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What You Need to Know About Stand-Alone Boiler Controls

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Understand the Benefits and Limitations of Smart Building Platforms

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Has the Mission of Your Organization's Data Center Changed?

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Beyond the Smart Buildings Hype

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What Is the Internet of Things?

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What Is BACnet's Role in the Building Internet of Things?

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How Does the Building Internet of Things Compare with Current BAS?

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How to Tackle 4 Challenges in Planning Smart Buildings

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What Can the Building Internet of Things Do for FMs?

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What Is the Building Internet of Things?

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How to Specify High-Tech Boilers to Get What You Want

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Sensors, Better Communication Tech Mean Better Data for Boilers

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Advanced Digital Technology Revolutionizes Boiler Market

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New Connected Backflow Preventer Released

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Understanding the Benefits of the Medical Internet of Things

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3 Roadblocks to Getting to Smart Buildings

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5 Steps on the Road to Smart Buildings

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Questions to Ask for Successful Energy Planning

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How to Use Big Data to Improve Occupant Experience

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Smart, Green Buildings: 3 Stages of Development

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How to Select IoT Products for Smart, Green Buildings

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How Hackers Exploit Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

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Smart Buildings: Efficient and Resilient. But Secure?

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Building Internet of Things: Boon to As-A-Service Model

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Dreaming Up Colors with Brainwave Scans

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5 Smart Building Strategies for High-Performance

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Building Internet of Things: Minor Challenges, Major Benefits

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Understanding Building Performance With Internet of Things Technology

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Building Internet of Things Makes Greener, Smarter Buildings

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What are the Bottom-Line Benefits from Climate Action?

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Understanding the Benefits of Workplace Analytics

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Building Internet of Things Adds Ample Opportunity for Office Upgrades

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The Facility Manager's Role in Colocation, Cloud, and Edge

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What's Next in Mass Notification Systems?

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Technology Leads to Better Open Office Designs

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Broadband Infrastructure for Commercial Buildings: Technology Options

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Why Control Systems Are Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks

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Getting the Most out of Smart Sensors

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IoT and Renewables Boost Zero Energy Goals

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Technology Spurs Growth in Zero Energy Buildings

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Benefits of LED-based Smart Lighting Systems

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Why the Building IoT Is Different Than the IoT

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Four Steps Help FMs Move to Smart Buildings

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The Future of Building Automation Starts with Data

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Wireless Systems Add Capabilities, Benefits for Lighting Controls

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Man Thwarts Workplace Tracking With Chip Bag

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Amazon's Alexa for Business May Mean Change for FMs

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Understanding the Building Internet of Things

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Building Internet of Things: Myths and Facts

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Is Now The Time To Invest In New Technology?

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Automated Demand-Response Gaining Momentum

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IoT, Drones and Software: Technologies Converge

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Understanding Your Building Internet of Things Options

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Building IoT: Should You Choose a Horizontal or Vertical Solution?

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INFOGRAPHIC: Elements of a Building Internet of Things Platform

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Senators Propose Internet of Things Cybersecurity Bill

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LEED, ADA, WELL: What To Look Forward To At NFMT Orlando

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Four Tips Can Help FMs Tackle Building Internet of Things Projects

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Four Tips Can Help FMs Tackle Building Internet of Things Projects

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Four Questions to Ask Before Starting Building Analytics

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Smart Buildings Success Includes Dashboards, Data Analytics, Monitoring

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8 Lighting Controls Technologies Offer Energy Efficiency, Smart Building Gains

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An Editor's View of High-Performance Buildings + Workplaces

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Convergence of Direct Digital Controls And Internet of Things Brings High-Performance HVAC

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Benefits of HVAC Direct Digital Controls Systems

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Internet of Things Brings New Paradigm of Connection for Lighting Controls Systems

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How FMs Should Collaborate With IT For Building Internet of Things Implementation

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Cyber Security: Where IT Expertise, FM Vigilance Is Most Critical

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SIDEBAR: Use Available Technology To Optimize the Office

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Answer Is In The Details: Understanding Smart Technology For Facilities

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Overcoming Obstacles To Smart Buildings

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Edge Devices Are Spurring IoT Transformation of Buildings

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5 Wireless Options for High-Performance Building Systems

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How Wi-Fi, EnOcean, and Bluetooth Contribute to Building Internet of Things Goals

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Dell Accelerates IoT Adoption with New Edge Gateway for Small Spaces

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Sierra Monitor’s FieldPoP Device Cloud IIoT-Empowers Modern Workspaces

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Data Center As A Service (DCaaS), Colocation Offer Data Center Flexibility, Expandability

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Beyond Smart Grid: New Terminology, Focus on Interoperability and Data

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How GSA Achieved Sustainable Success in 5 Key Areas

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Smart Government Buildings: Q&A With GSA’s Director of Facilities Technology, Peter Pierpont

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Data Analytics, Internet of Things Create New Frontier in Fire and Life Safety

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Form and Function: Opportunities To Improve BAS Usability

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The zigbee alliance to Unveil Universal Language for the IoT from CES 2017 – Making it Possible for Smart Objects to Work Together on Any Network

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ZigBee Alliance and Thread Group Successfully Demonstrate Products Running ZigBee’s Universal Language for Smart Devices on Thread Networks

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Smart Buildings, Building Internet of Things Offer Operational Savings, But IT Partnership Is Crucial

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Lighting Controls Upgrades Done Right Mean Energy, Cost Savings

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Overcoming Obstacles To Smart Buildings

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Edge Devices Are Spurring IoT Transformation of Buildings

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With All the Exciting Building IoT Technology, Where Do FMs Start?

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Data, Cybersecurity Are Key Parts of Building IoT Business Plan

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How To Choose Between Start-Ups and Established Companies

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Intersection of Mobile and Building IoT Creates Powerful Efficiencies for FMs

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Advantages of Combining Mobile and the Building IoT

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Rapidly Growing Number of High-Tech Products Can Generate, Report, and Analyze Facility Data

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Enlighted Mentioned in Gartner's Market Guide for Smart Lighting

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Smart Buildings Can Help Bridge Gap Between Design And Operations

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Building Internet of Things Partnerships: Cross-Industry Cooperation

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Building IoT Partnerships May Lead To Transformation of Building Products Market

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Bridging The Gap Between IT and FM

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Smart Steps to High Performance

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Sustainable FM: Peter Strazdas Helps Train a New Generation of FMs To Lead the Profession

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How The Building Internet of Things Works For WMU

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Copie Davis Appointed New Director of Channel Development for RF Code

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Four Questions For Evaluating Smart Building Platforms

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LEDs Are An Ideal Platform for the Building IoT

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Common IoT Applications for LED Lighting Systems

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SIDEBAR: Overcoming Privacy Concerns With Network Lighting Systems

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Four Wireless Technologies Set Standard For Building Internet of Things Systems

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Best FM Education Returns To Las Vegas

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The Power and Convenience of Networked BAS Come With Cybersecurity Concerns As Well

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How Common Are Attacks Through The BAS?

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Steps To Take To Improve BAS Cybersecurity

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SIDEBAR: 10 Questions FMs Should Ask About Cybersecurity

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Comfy: Funding Opens Door to Building IoT Offerings Beyond HVAC

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How Big Data and the Building Management System Contribute to High-Performance Goals

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Four Questions For Evaluating Smart Building Platforms

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Data Management Plans Are Crucial For Facility Managers

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Cyber Security: As Tech Becomes More Complex, New Issues Surround Data Security

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How Will Data Be Shared?

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Where Does the Building Automation System Fit In An Internet of Things World?

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Use BAS For Onsite Systems and Operations, But Make Use of Third-Party Software As Well

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SIDEBAR: 3 Tips To Make Good BAS Choices

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Experience Helps FMs Get Ahead of The Curve

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Building Internet of Things Startups Are Rewriting The Rules

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How To Evaluate Building Products From IoT Startups

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SIDEBAR: 6 Questions Can Reduce Risk of New Building Technology

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SIDEBAR: What's Behind the Building Internet of Things Boom?

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Eliminating "Dead Spots" in Large Buildings with a Distributed Antenna System

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What is the Building Internet of Things?

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Building Internet of Things Thrives on Free Flow of Data

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Next Step in Building Internet of Things: Interconnectivity and Integration

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Making The Business Case For Smart Buildings

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Internet of Things Growing in Healthcare Facilities

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Bi-Partisan Bill To Help Standardize Internet of Things

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SIDEBAR: How Mobile And the Building Internet of Things (IoT) Are Complementary

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Know the 3 Technologies Reshaping BAS

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Understanding Benefits of Virtualization in World of BAS

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Big Data Helping BAS Operate at Peak Performance

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Organizations Work To Deliver Seamless, Interoperable Connectivity for the Internet of Things

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Daikin: Company Acquires Minority State in Cloud-Based Building Automation Company

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IoT Facility Applications Engage Issues Like Resilience, Staffing, Analytics

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PNC Tower Uses Cutting Edge Building Systems but Runs on the Basics

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Cleveland Clinic Happily Takes IoT Connectivity to Extremes

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Data Plays Important Role at U.S. Institute of Peace Building

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Building IoT Builds on Systems, Tools, Already in Use

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With IoT, IP Addressable Components Are Key to Data Extraction

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IoT Is Next Step for Facilities, but Understanding and Trust Must Catch Up

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Benefits to Facility Managers of IoT Capability, Sensors

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How Building IoT Offers Accountability to Occupants

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Making Facilities Ready to Optimize IoT for Tenants

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Value of Internet of Things to Green Buildings

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IoT Lighting Controls Taking the Lead in Efficient, Green Applications

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Complexity of Commercial Buildings a Challenge to IoT Applications

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Big Future Predicted for IoT, but a Simple Definition Is Elusive

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How Internet of Things Is Automating Demand Response Programs

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How Automated Demand Response (ADR) Works in Power Utilization

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How OpenADR Standard Aims to Help with Automated Demand Response

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Internet of Things Products

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The Benefits of the Building Internet of Things

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What Is The Internet of Things?

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Internet of Things Can Enable Smart Facility Environmental Controls