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10th September 2025
Ben Muwoki interviews Elizabeth Redmond, Head of Sales at R-Zero. Most healthy building pilots don’t fail because the technology isn’t promising. They fail because they can’t prove value beyond a teaser. Elizabeth shares how R-Zero pivoted from health-only pilots to energy-first pilots that validate kWh savings and flip cleanly into portfolio-wide rollouts.
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In this episode of The Climate Gap: Quick Cuts, Ben Muwoki interviews Andy Frank, founder of Novant and a 25-year veteran of smart-building tech. Andy argues that most smart-building failures aren’t technical; they’re human. We chase dashboards and pilots but skip coordination, outcomes, and the basic question: Why are we doing it this way?
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Most pilots don’t fail because the idea is bad. They fail because the design, stakeholders, and standards don’t anticipate a thousand-building future, forcing rework at scale.
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Too many smart building pilots stall, not because the tech fails, but because the support does. Andy has seen it from both sides, as an operator managing facilities at scale and as an advisor guiding Fortune 500s through digital adoption.