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1 week ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
How it Could Look:Imagine a dedicated online space for each building, branded perhaps with the building’s name. This platform could integrate BIM data with community features, allowing residents, building managers, and potentially even automated systems to interact. Key features could include:Visual Interface Linked to BIM: Users can navigate a 3D model or 2D plan for their building (powered by BIM data).
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1 week ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
Every week, industry leaders and innovators gather to tackle the biggest challenges (and opportunities) in smart buildings, automation, and AI. This month, we’re diving into commercializing the vision—how do we turn groundbreaking ideas into real, scalable solutions? From plug-and-play interoperability to AI-driven efficiency, here’s what the experts had to say. We kicked off with a roundtable discussion where industry leaders shared their perspectives on the future of smart buildings.
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2 weeks ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
Every Monday afternoon, Anto Buryajjo and a panel of industry experts gather to discuss the future of smarter buildings. This week’s session, titled “Isn’t It All Just Semantics Anyway?”, delved into ontologies, metadata, and how emerging technologies like AI and RDF (Resource Description Framework) are shaping the way we understand and manage building data.
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2 weeks ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
As the C4SB Semantic Tiger Team works to unify North America’s competing building ontologies, parallel international efforts are creating a coordinated global framework for semantic interoperability. Here’s how key organizations connect to this mission:Connecting to C4SB: While the Tiger Team bridges Brick/Haystack/223P, ISO integrates these solutions into international regulations.
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3 weeks ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
The latest *Monday Live* episode marked a special milestone: 5 years and 224 episodes of exploring the future of smart buildings. Hosts Ken Sinclair and Anto Budiardjo kicked off the session by reflecting on their journey since April 2020, surviving COVID and evolving discussions from basic automation to cutting-edge AI integration. Here’s a breakdown of the key themes and debates:*”Five years ago, we were just trying to keep the lights on during COVID.
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4 weeks ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) serves as a foundational framework for programs utilizing large language models (LLMs) to access data efficiently. Here are the key components of MCP:MCP Host: Programs that utilize LLMs at their core to access data via MCP. When combined with A2A, an agent becomes an MCP Host, enhancing its capabilities. MCP Client: Clients that maintain direct 1:1 connections with servers for straightforward data exchanges.
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1 month ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
OT/IT Feeds AI, and then OT executes the AI commands. Explore how Operational Technology (OT) networks shape the effectiveness of AI in building control systems. This session delves into the potential of fully autonomous buildings, featuring expert panel discussions on what’s possible today and on the horizon. Attendees will learn to harness analytics and AI to enhance workflows and streamline facility operations in adaptive buildings.
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1 month ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
Monday Live Recap: Ontologies, AI, and the Future of Building DataThis week’s MondayLive! session explored whether ontologies still matter in the age of AI, how they shape data interoperability, and what the future holds for semantic modeling in buildings. Ontologies provide structure—AI thrives on clean, contextualized data, and ontologies help define relationships between systems, points, and metadata.
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1 month ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
This week on Monday Live, we kicked off our April theme—Ontology for Building Month—with an eye-opening discussion featuring Steve Bushby on how semantic data unlocks smarter buildings. “The big gain isn’t in buildings already using these tools—it’s in the millions that aren’t doing anything yet. Ontologies lower the entry cost so more owners can deploy AI and automation without reinventing the wheel.”— Steve BushbyToday, buildings drown in disconnected data.
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1 month ago | 
automatedbuildings.com | Kelly Sinclair |Ken Sinclair
April 9 recognizes the Internet of Things. Today, we’re seeing the full realization of a powerful feedback loop in smart buildings: Operational Technology (OT) feeds data to AI, and AI sends optimized commands back to OT systems. This symbiotic relationship, as highlighted in our 2024 IoT post, has now evolved into the central nervous system of modern building automation.
