Self-paced online course

Smart Building Consultant Course

Advise building owners on smart technology — sensors, systems integration, analytics, and tenant experience — with vendor-neutral judgment.

$97 · one-time payment · secure checkout

Course curriculum

01

The smart building stack and market landscape

A vendor-neutral map of the territory: field devices and sensors, controllers and building systems (BAS, lighting, access, metering), networks and protocols at concept level (BACnet, open APIs), data platforms/digital twins, and the application layer (FDD analytics, space utilization, tenant apps).

02

Use cases that actually pay

Smart building projects fail when technology leads and problems follow.

03

Assessing the building: current-state discovery

The assessment methodology: system inventory (what exists, what age, what protocols), network readiness review, data availability audit (can you even get the points out of the BAS?), stakeholder interviews (operations, IT, leasing, tenants), and gap analysis against target use cases.

04

Architecture, vendors, and avoiding lock-in

The decisions that haunt buildings for 15 years.

05

Cybersecurity and data governance for building systems

OT security is now a board-level issue.

06

Roadmap, business case, and running the engagement

Pulling it together: the phased roadmap (foundation → quick wins → advanced use cases), business case construction (hard savings, soft value, risk mitigation), governance for ongoing operation (who owns the analytics findings?), and consulting delivery — assessment engagements, owner's advisor roles, pricing models, and the executive presentation that gets funded.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Map the smart building stack: devices, networks, platforms, applications
  • Assess a building's current state and define use cases that pay
  • Evaluate vendors and avoid lock-in with an integration-first mindset
  • Address cybersecurity and data governance for building systems
  • Build the roadmap and business case owners will fund

Who it’s for

  • Facilities and PropTech professionals, systems integrators moving to advisory, and commercial real estate staff leading smart-building initiatives.

Price

$97

one-time payment

Enroll — $97

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Questions

How do I get it?

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What if it isn’t right for me?

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About this courseThis is a self-paced educational course. Completing it does not award a professional certification, license, degree or academic credit, and it does not count toward any licensing or continuing-education requirement. It is not real estate or property management pre-licensing or continuing-education coursework, and it is not legal, tax, financial or investment advice. Follow your licensing authority's rules and your brokerage's policies.

Smart Building Consultant Course

Advise building owners on smart technology — sensors, systems integration, analytics, and tenant experience — with vendor-neutral judgment.

Enroll — $97
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