Switch’s new online training center provides Platform announcements, user guides and educational resources to aid our customers’ and partners’ smart building journeys. Our aim is to share knowledge of digital facilities management, improve the skills of existing digital engineers and create new ones along the way. Totally open and accessible for all Switch customers and partners, our help center is divided into three sections:
‘Welcome’ features articles detailing new product releases and other Switch news.
‘Using the Switch Platform’ includes an extensive range of user guides detailing how to use the Platform. All aspects of the Platform are described here, including everything from fundamental terminology to Platform workflows, viewing building data, analyzing data and utilizing system control.
‘Resources’ contains a range of helpful resources including e-books, case studies, webinars, videos and product descriptions. Partners and customers alike can use these documents to enrich their knowledge of smart building tech and its benefits.
While user guides are organized by user type for simplicity, all resources are readily accessible for users looking to gain more value out of the Platform. Moreover, we’re continuously adding new product release information and news, so users are encouraged to check in regularly.
“The new Switch Help Center reflects our relentless drive to push the burgeoning smart building industry forward. This online training center features a range of simple user guides all in one place, allowing anyone to learn how to leverage a smart building platform. We will be updating our resource hub continuously, so please let us know if there is something you’d like to see there.”
- Rebecca Reel, Director of Smart Building Engineering
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This e-book explains how the right smart building platform can facilitate the green building certification process, streamlining communications between departments and across different sources, to help you efficiently measure progress, create performance benchmarks and determine how to conserve resources.
This e-book explains what effect global crises can have on real estate asset value. Discover how smart building tech can reduce operating costs and increase asset value while still delivering a safe, comfortable tenant experience.
We partnered with smart buildings expert and author of “Smarter Buildings. Better Experiences.,” Bruce Duyshart, to create this comprehensive roadmap to guide your strategic smart buildings program strategy development.
As a building manager you’re constantly juggling competing priorities like rising energy costs, pressure to save money, facility management staff cuts, tenant demands, investor and board expectations and more.
This e-book explains why remote building analysis, reporting and control is essential during a global crisis. Receive practical advice on how to use smart building tech to adjust your operations, reducing operating and energy costs while still delivering a safe, comfortable tenant experience for essential workers.
This white paper explores the meaning of the term “smart building,” and the value associated with investing in a smart building program. It presents best practices for creating a smart building program and utilizing connected, IoT technology across a portfolio.
As climate change intensifies, the urgency to act on one of our biggest levers—energy use in commercial and retail buildings—has never been clearer. Every kilowatt saved is a step closer to sustainability, slashing greenhouse gas emissions while moving us toward essential climate goals. Whether you’re overseeing a retail portfolio or managing a single commercial space, boosting energy efficiency doesn’t just cut costs—it creates healthier, more comfortable spaces for everyone. Now is the time to act.
Smart building technology is constantly evolving and improving, and there are several trends that are expected to take center stage in 2023.
When it comes to being a building owner or operator, you have a lot to balance.
