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We Welcome Dr. Rick Huijbregts
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Rick Huijbregts as an Intelligent Buildings Industry Fellow. As an Industry Fellow, he will provide thought leadership, industry education, and key customer strategy support. Dr. Huijbregts is a pillar...
A Message to Our Customers & Partners
2020 will be remembered as an unprecedented year for all of us. Professionally and personally, everyone has had to adapt to temporary, and perhaps some permanent, changes. Notwithstanding all of this, Intelligent Buildings has played a part in helping...
Intelligent Buildings Customer Announces Major Tenant Lease
Global real estate leaders and joint venture partners Thor Equities Group and QuadReal, are pleased to announce over 200,000 square feet at 800 W. Fulton Market has been leased to Aspen Dental Management. Providing top business support and...
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Implementation of Digital Twins in the Global Building Industry: From Cityzenith
A recent Forbes article predicted that a post-coronavirus future will include more contactless interfaces and interactions, strengthened digital infrastructure, better monitoring and use of IoT and Big Data, AI-enabled development, and an increased...
Vendor Risk Management is the Key to Building Cybersecurity – As seen in Realcomm Edge Magazine
Cybersecurity may not be easy, but you might agree by the end of this article that it is easy relative to the broader technology-related problem in commercial real estate (CRE). In other words, cybersecurity is only a subset of the real problem. For...
Why Control Systems Are Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks
By Fred Gordy In addition to being easily found now with IoT/device search engines, common best practices that IT has used for years are not utilized in the OT (operating technology) world. Audits of systems in the United States and Canada — including...
IB New Construction Customer Interview
Following is a sneak preview from the RealcommEDGE Magazine cover article, "Technology Leaders in The Age of Acceleration," due to hit desks later this month. Steve Lefkowitz is the Head of Global Facilities Management for Time Warner. He oversees FM...
Steps To Protect Your BAS from Cyberattacks
By Fred Gordy The biggest thing holding most facility managers back from securing their systems is fear of the unknown. How much will this cost? How hard will the change be? How inconvenient will it be? What else will it add to the daily to-do list?...
IB Cyber Security Featured in Edge Magazine
Written by Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison, Co-Founders, Intelligent Buildings, LLC While more than 80% of all building automation systems are connected to the Internet, more than 3/4 of real estate organizations don’t have any type of building cyber...
IB Quoted in Building Operating Magazine
By Ronald Kovach, managing editor Building Automation The advent of building controls that are out on the Internet is a reminder that even the best of intentions can also produce potentially bad side effects. Facility managers have grown accustomed to...
Pacific Gas and Electric challenging communities to power down
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) knows that some of the best ways to impact greenhouse gas emissions is by reducing energy use and highlighting energy efficiency. That is why the utility launched Step Up and Power Down — an energy savings movement that will empower businesses to encourage smart energy choices by individuals — which is being joined by some big city mayor.
Charlotte company turns focus to securing buildings from cyberattacks
Article originally published in the Charlotte Observer: May 9, 2015 Tom Shircliff, left, and Rob Murchison, right, of Intelligent Buildings, with a screen in their conference room that shows global cyber attacks happening in real time. Diedra Laird –...
Rise of IoT offers benefits and opportunities but must be weighed against risks
The rise of the Internet of Things in Buildings (BIoT) offers up tangible business benefits and many new opportunities for innovation, but these need to be carefully weighed up against the potential risks of increased cyber security vulnerability. The...
Cybersecurity Article for Climate Control Magazine
There is a very real life-safety danger from elevators, indoor air, electricity and other critical aspects of safety in a building, say Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison, as they present a case for a strategic approach to addressing cyber-threats on an...
Do You Know How and What Your Smart Building Devices Are Connected To?
Okay... Your control system was installed a couple of years ago and you were handed riser diagrams, As-Builts, mechanical drawings, etc. and you were good to go. Right? Maybe... Up until recently the standard implementation for a controls network was...
GSA paves way for IT-based buildings
By Drew Robb, Special to GCN In May, the General Services Administration issued an unusual statement, saying it was “working to integrate power controls into [information technology] operations.” By doing this, the agency expected big savings on energy...
Realcomm and IBCon Summary Interview by AutomatedBuildings.com
by Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison Originally published at AutomatedBuildings.com Cyber theme present throughout Sinclair: Well it’s that time of year again for the Realcomm/IBCon Conferences. Attendance was up and so was the energy. To what do you...
Beyond Environmental Benefits, Cities Seek Green Initiatives to Improve Economy and Urban Living
by Becky Ham Original Post: November 1, 2011 The city of Phoenix, Arizona has doubled its population in the past 20 years without increasing its water consumption—a minor miracle in a region that receives less than 10 inches of rainfall each year. The...
Intelligent Buildings Principal Interviewed about Smart Cities
From: Constructech Magazine In an age of pervasive connectivity, construction companies can help build the next connected municipality. $20 billion. That is the amount of money that will be invested in smart- city technology by 2020. The smart city is...
Carolina’s group calls for major changes the electric power model
Originally published at Charlotte Business Journal Kevin Elkins, Senior Staff Writer Charlotte Business Journal A Carolinas utility trade association is calling for fundamental changes in the industry. The N.C. Utility of the Future Steering Team issued...
Intelligent Buildings Principals Interviewed about Building Analytics
EMAIL INTERVIEW – Tom Shircliff, Rob Murchison and Ken Sinclair Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison are the principals of Intelligent Buildings, LLC, a smart real estate professional services company that they co-founded in 2004. Intelligent Buildings...
Automated Buildings Interview of IntelligentBuildings®
IntelligentBuildings® is a Charlotte, NC based company co-founded by Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison. IntelligentBuildings® provides strategic consulting and software services for real estate development and management in commercial, institutional and...
Cybersecurity: Time Is Right To Talk To IT
At a good conference, you often get bonus sessions in the form of hallway conversations with speakers and attendees. That happened at this year’s Critical Facilities Summit. The topic was one that’s been much in the news recently: cyber security. Fred...
Intelligent Buildings Co-founder, Tom Shircliff speaks at Duke University on Increasing Energy.
Jim Rogers (retired CEO of Duke Energy) moderated a panel discussion focused on the City of Charlotte’s Envision Charlotte program, which has significantly lowered energy use in the City of Charlotte’s urban core through public-private collaboration and...
What It Means To Be A ‘Smart City’
By linking environmental sustainability and economic growth, Charlotte is showing the way. Author: Bob Graves ~ Associate Director of the Governing InstituteOriginally published...
Roadmap of the Possible Challenge
by Tom Shircliff and Rob MurchisonOriginally published at AutomatedBuildings.com We are grateful that Ken has kicked off the discussion of “Roadmap of the Possible” and is inviting industry stakeholders to contribute to the dialogue. We all owe it to...
Intelligent Buildings Cybersecurity Expert Featured in ControlTrends
Cyber Security Expert Fred Gordy Waives the Cyber Security Caution Flag! Censys Device Search Engine Picking Up Exposed Niagara 4 — Wake Up! Author: KEN SMYERS Originally published...
IB Selected as Future 50 Company by SmartCEO
Intelligent Buildings, LLC was selected as a 2016 Future 50 company by the SmartCEO organization. SmartCEO awards celebrate entrepreneurship and the achievements of businesses and The Future 50 Awards program is the largest and most anticipated SmartCEO...
Inc. Ranks IB Among Nation’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
Building Design Consultant Stresses Efficiency, Cyber Security; Records 194% Revenue Growth CHARLOTTE, N.C. (August 12, 2015) – Intelligent Buildings, LLC, a nationally recognized smart real estate advisory services company, has been ranked among the...
Can Charlotte find the right energy mix?
Study committee formed From the Charlotte Business Journal :http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/print-edition/2013/12/20/can-charlotte-find- the-right-energymix.html John Downey Senior Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal Many experts forecast the...
Puget Sound Energy Launches ‘Urban Smart Bellevue’ Energy Efficiency Program
Originally published at KPLU.org Bellamy Pailthorp, KPLU.org Emma Johnson, The City of Bellevue’s resource conservation manager, stands in front of one of the public white boards the city is using to promote awareness for the Urban Smart program....
Intel for Security Integrators About Smart Buildings
Smart commercial buildings are an emerging trend, but what is the role of the security integrator in these types of projects? Written by Karyn Hodgson With a “green” design that produces more energy than it consumes, Ethernet-connected lighting, total...
Building Cybersecurity Risks are not Smart Buildings’ fault
By Intelligent Buildings There have been significant changes to even the most basic building controls systems for past 30 years! While the smart building's movement is arguably 15 years old at best, the building systems cybersecurity problem started...
IB Approach Featured in In-Buildings Magazine
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers Intelligent Buildings LLC is a smart real estate services company that takes a technology approach to building owners' new projects and existing portfolios. “We have never been just about energy, sustainability or innovation as...
2017 Best Places to Work honorees revealed
By Jen Wilson – Associate Editor/Print, Charlotte Business Journal The time has come once again for the Charlotte Business Journal's Best Places to Work program. That program recognizes companies that have benefits, policies and practices in place...
Intelligent Buildings Co-Founders Comment on Smarter Buildings
By Lori Lovely Most commercial, industrial, and retail buildings today use some level of intelligent system, most commonly in lighting, HVAC, or security. Because the technology is advancing so rapidly, it’s now possible to collect more data and use it...
Can Hackers Target Your Building Automation System?
By Fred Gordy Building automation systems have historically been installed with convenience in mind. Isn’t that why facility managers started using a browser instead of having to install a specific application on all the PCs that needed to access the...
Technological Advancements in Smart Building Design
Most commercial, industrial, and retail buildings today use some level of intelligent system, most commonly in lighting, HVAC, or security. Because the technology is advancing so rap- idly, it’s now possible to collect more data and use it to accomplish...
A Strategic Overview for City Revitalization: Fairborn, Ohio
Like many American cities that experienced significant growth for several decades after World War II, Fairborn, Ohio, (population 33,000, located in the western part of the state, near Dayton) found itself beginning to stagnate in the mid-1970s....
Cyber Attacks Can Pose Risks Far Beyond Initial Point Of Entry
“Cyber security is widely perceived as one of the most prominent threats facing society today,” begins our latest report Cyber Security in Smart Commercial Buildings 2017 to 2021. However, this is not necessarily because attackers are infiltrating...
2015 Smart Building Wrap-Up
Author: Rob Murchison & Tom Shircliff, Intelligent Buildings, Inc. Originally published as Realcomm Advisory http://realcomm.com/advisory/720/1/2015-smart-building-wrap-up In 2015 the smart buildings solution space paradoxically generated more...
GSA Connects to Improve
by Hannah Moss (read original article on govloop) I generally think of the General Services Administration as the agency that runs government. I know, I know. There’s a lot that goes into governing, but just consider the agency’s mission statement: The...
Intelligent Buildings, LLC Co-Founders Win Industry Award
Controls Trends Award presented at AHR Conference CHICAGO, March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Intelligent Buildings, LLC, a smart real estate advisory services company was honored when its co-founders, Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison received the prestigious...
Intelligent Buildings Co-founder Selected to Teach at Harvard Continuing Education
Rob Murchison, Co-founder of Intelligent Buildings, LLC, has been selected as an instructor for the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Executive Education for the second year of their smart building and smart cities curriculum. The class is...
Intelligent Buildings: Start Simple with an IB Advisory Starter Kit, but Get Started!
Originally published | JULY 17, 2014 BY KEN SMYERS | www.controltrends.org ControlTrends met up with Tom Shircliff, Co-founder, Intelligent Buildings, LLC at IBcon 2014. Intelligent Buildings, LLC is premiere Buildings Solution Provider with one of...
The Changing Face of Infrastructure Monitoring
By Drew Robb ServerWatch Donald Trump is rumored to be heavily involved in it. Cisco Systems is all over it via its Cisco Connected Real Estate (CCRE) initiative. Numerous power, cooling and building-automation systems (BAS) vendors are jumping on the...
Building IQ: IntelligentBuildings® are Becoming Part of Global Real Estate Market
At one time, security cameras capturing an entire building’s entrances on a single wall of monitors elicited “oohs and aahs.” Today, a skyscraper’s every system—including HVAC, signage, elevators, light and temperature control, and yes, even...
Realcomm Advisory by IntelligentBuildings®Intelligent Buildings: Facts vs. Myths
Author: Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison, Intelligent Buildings With all the information and misinformation about “intelligent” and “green” buildings, it’s sometimes hard to understand what innovation really means in relation to your enterprise. If...
Intelligent Buildings Role in GSA National Project Announced
SOURCE: Environmental Systems, Inc. Leading Environmental Building Technology Companies to Participate in GSA Smart Building Contract Awarded to IBM Environmental Systems, Inc, SkyFoundry, Tridium and Intelligent Buildings, LLC providing technology and...
Intelligent Buildings® Client Strategy Featured by Fast Company
THE GOVERNMENT’S LANDLORD SMARTENS UP AND GOES GREEN By now you’ve heard plenty about smarter cities and even a “decade of smart,” but what about a smarter courthouse? Or a smarter federal building? Despite the flurry of deals signed by cities and even...