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Realcomm Live Showcases Industry's Most Innovative Intelligent Building Projects

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Each week Realcomm Live speaks with influential industry leaders and subject matter experts about top-of-mind topics impacting the commercial and corporate real estate industry. We also showcase some of the industry’s most successful and notable smart building projects.

The following five projects highlight exciting technologies and innovations that are setting new standards in building design, the use of PoE low voltage power, 5G and CBRS, AI, IoT, data strategies, sustainability, health and wellness, and more.

Milan Innovation District (MIND): Innovation at Human Scale

Visit the new global innovation district in Milan. MIND, the Milan Innovation District, is a unique living lab in Europe that is setting new standards in technology, sustainability, wellness, safety and “Innovation at Human Scale.”

Guests: Andrea Ruckstuhl, Head of Lendlease, Continental Europe and Susan Constantine, Head of Podium at Lendlease Italy

Innovative Digital Districts: NATIONAL LANDING

National Landing is poised to be one of the most innovative digital districts in the world! Learn how an investment in next-generation connectivity infrastructure and technology will establish this D.C. area as the first 5G smart city.

Guest: Vardahn Chaudhry, JBG Smith

Delivering Power Over Ethernet: The Sinclair Hotel Fort Worth

PoE is the latest innovation to help make "DC powered" building a reality. From guest experience to business operations that incorporate the latest in AI, IoT and data strategies, The Sinclair Hotel in Ft. Worth is the first truly low-voltage connected hotel in North America.

Guest: Farukh Aslam, CEO and President, Sinclair Holdings

At the Intersection of Building Science and Data Science

Fifth & Dinwiddie is a sustainable, passive housing project where developers balance first-costs with aggressive building performance goals and long-term operating costs to achieve attainable, sustainable, tech-enabled housing.

Guests: Derrick Tillman, Bridging the Gap Development, Donny Walker, Newcomb & Boyd and Craig Stevenson, AUROS Group

Attainable, Sustainable, Tech-Enabled Housing

MultiGreen intends to build 40,000 units of attainable, sustainable, tech-enabled workforce housing apartments. Partnering with RealFoundations, they are establishing a scalable operating model and robust technology platform to support these development goals.

Guests: Randy Norton, Founder and Chairman of the Board, MultiGreen and David Stanford, Enterprise Managing Consultant, RealFoundations

Nancy Stone, Managing Partner, SVP Operations & Events, Realcomm Nancy Stone joined Realcomm as a Managing Partner in 1999. In her role as Events Director, she oversees the delivery of the annual Realcomm | IBcon | CoRE Tech conferences and is also Executive Editor of the RealcommEDGE Magazine. Prior to joining Realcomm, Nancy spent 20 years with CBRE, where her role included nationwide technology implementation and education for all enterprise applications.

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