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3. Conclusions

Buildings provide a huge opportunity for lowering energy consumption in a city and positively
impacting the environment. Investing in an advanced platform that aggregates building data and
translate it into actionable insights can dramatically reduce energy use and operational costs.
Reduced building operating costs results in lower costs for tenants, and ultimately these savings
trickle down to consumers. Shoppers have more cash to spend at the Hyperdome stores which
helps stimulate the economy of the entire city.

The partnership between the Hyperdome’s building management company and Switch Automation
was the most critical factor in this program’s success. By working closely with the Switch’s
Engineering Services team to integrate their systems, the building management company of
the Hyperdome has gained new insights and data on the patterns of energy consumption of the
building. The Switch Platform is then able to analgise and visualise the collected data to optimize the
energy usage of the Hyperdome.

Optimising building equipment while maintaining comfortable conditions for occupants continues
to be a challenge. While it’s crucial to lower overall energy usage, if the building temperature is out
of an acceptable range, shoppers are less likely to spend their time and money at the Hyperdome.
Maintaining open lines of communication and collaboration between the Hyperdome’s building
management company and Switch Automation is crucial to the continued success of the project.

There is room for optimisation of buildings in every city. With the proper building network
infrastructure and facilities management team in place, enterprises can connect building systems
and realise huge savings in energy consumption and cost.

Buildings with existing network infrastructure can connect sensors to a comprehensive building
management platform like Switch’s to optimise energy consumption and equipment performance.
Building owners and operators can optimise entire portfolios from a single Platform to lower costs
and drive down energy usage.

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