“The point of Nirvana  is to have a self-tuning, self-commissioning building that is completely adapting itself (based on) the outside conditions and internal conditions of a building. That is clearly an endgame here that we're all after, but that is only one aspect of what you're talking about in terms of the investment you make.”—Jim WhalenMy HighlightsHow Jim thinks about building tech in three interrelated buckets

The landlord-tenant split incentive and how it makes technology a challenge and how we're very early in solving it

A smart buildings endgame

Boston Properties' data journey and how they've applied what they've learned and how they're looking for the next set of tools

How Jim is thinking about analytics as the next toolset

Jim's keys to the success they've had in the last 10 years digitizing buildings