Keith Gipson, Founder and CEO, and Danielle Radden, Director of Growth at facil.ai join us this week on ALN Th@3 pm ET to discuss the ability to dramatically reduce energy costs, using standardized APIs that allow smart HVAC assets to talk with each other, and the grid. Recording and Highlights The facil.ai approach also includes use of AI to optimize performance that aligns with demand-...

There is a Lot going on these days. . . The National Facility Management Technology 2025 conference last week in Baltimore saw two ALN Organizational Members get called back to provide an encore presentation on Asset Management, AI and robotics. ALN Board Member Rich Culbertson points out that Secretary of U.S. Transportation Sean P. Duffy's support of the&...

Cherie Chenoweth has been at San Juan Unified School District for more than 20 years and has been responsible for multi-delivery procurement methods, developed and created cash flows for bond tracking and sales for three bonds equating to $1.2 billion. In her current position as Coordinator of Facilities Business & Compliance, overseeing fiscal and purchasing for construction, M&O and cus...

The National Property Management Association is wrapping up the March Asset Management Awareness Month with programs to help federal executives be prepared for uncertain sale of assets. See more below in Ideas. You can join us this afternoon, Tuesday 25 March, at 3 pm ET to discuss the book “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI.” (Even if you haven’t...

Jim Dieter, ALN Chair and CEO will lead discussions on “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI" by Yuval Noah Harari. Mr. Dieter says the book provides important new ways to think about information, networks, documents, bureaucracy, and more issues that are extremely relevant for asset leadership and asset management. Join us hereWednesday 13 Mayat 3p...

One way to think about Digital Twins is that they are virtual representations of your actual assets . . . perhaps think about them as Virtual Assets. However you think about Digital Twins, you can benefit from the National Institute of Building Science' web series on the subject. See more below in Sources. This week's ALN Th@3 will explain why the upcoming ALN Book Club Discussion series i...

ALN Th@3 pm ET this week will address the false dichotomy of “We can’t afford to maintain our bridges.” We can’t afford not to. ALN Senior Fellows and guests will address the anniversary of the Key Bridge collapse and the Pittsburgh Fern Hallow Bridge in a panel on solutions to the challenge of maintaining public infrastructure. Panelists: - Marty Rowland, PhD, ALN Senior Fellow - Rich Culber...

David McKeown, long-time stalwart of the Institute of Asset Management asks us to "Look away from the madness, for a moment! This is what our world actually needs - we absolutely can choose this! This is the long term I choose. With me?" See more about his recent Linkedin post below in Ideas, which also includes information about ALN A55K Professional Certification Training from the Andrew Ja...

There are times to plant a flag in the calendar and say, “From this day forward things were different.” February 11, 2025, was such a day. That is when the Linux Foundation announced the acquisition of the Coalition for Smarter Buildings (C4SB) so it could be the entry into solving building industry operating system issues was such a date. Rick Justis, C4SB Executive Director, joins us th...

Big actions often create big results. However, sometimes small initiatives ramp up to become very large. This week, one of those seemingly small initiatives was announced by the Linux Foundation at the ASHRAE winter conference. The Linux Foundation will acquire the Coalition for Smarter Buildings (C4SB). The non-profit C4SB will now become a Foundation and will provide the "umbrella" code and...