Speaker:
Herb Hauser

There has been talk of “smart buildings” for quite some time. But the real technology opportunity in real estate is the “genius building” – one which treats a building not as a machine which includes multiple subsystems, but as a fully integrated entity. In a genius building, information systems interact with the traditional utilities of heating, plumbing and power to create a uniquely dynamic experience, reducing operating costs, improving functionality and marketing appeal, and delivering such a significant return on investment that a cutting edge building is also a cost-effective building. A genius building delivers benefits to its owners, its construction team, its management team, and the people who live, work or transact their daily lives within it.

Herb Hauser, the nation’s foremost authority on integrated technology strategy for the real estate industry, will discuss the various elements you need to know to move your company toward producing high value, high ROI genius buildings. Topics include:

• How to maximize efficiency, integration and sustainability through technology strategy to improve your building’s IQ
• The information utility’s business benefits
• How to make sure your “green” building is also the color of money
• Why no builder or owner today can ignore the integration imperative
• How to structure utility and technology design for maximum economic sustainability.
• How genius buildings will fit into the genius communities of the future – and how you can guarantee that you will, too.