Industry Leaders Share how to Improve a Building’s Operations and Business

ATLANTA – October 25, 2018 – On November 7 and 8, Lucid, an  Acuity Brands, Inc.(NYSE: AYI) company, will be hosting the  Connected Building Summit 18. Speakers and participants will explore the convergence of traditional building data and IoT data streams that are being harnessed to improve a commercial building’s performance and occupant experiences. The event includes user sessions on leading topics for customers, partners and prospects such as methods to deploy and achieve concrete results, forecasts from industry experts, and hands-on training sessions.

The Summit focuses on how digital technologies have redefined the vision and expectation of energy management, facilities operations, sustainability programs and corporate real estate for existing and new buildings.

“We are excited to have an amazing group of engaged industry leaders take part in our annual summit,” said Will Coleman, CEO of Lucid. “These leaders are using data and software in their building portfolios and are driving significant and tangible results with it.”

Notable speakers include leaders from LinkedIn, Cushman & Wakefield, Stanford and Northwestern University. There will be networking opportunities to share perspectives and best practices on how data can improve building and business performance.

“The opportunity today is for businesses to put their building to work for them. This summit highlights how building managers and owners can create an intelligent foundation that collects and centralizes data to transcend the existing savings model,” said Greg Carter, Acuity Brands Lighting’s Senior Vice President of Connected Building Software. “Connected buildings and building systems are creating smart businesses that leverage data’s insights to drive future,  additional revenue streams.”  

Learn more at the event, which will be held at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, California on November 7 and 8, 2018. To sign up for the Connected Building Summit 18,  visit our website or  contact us.

Click  here for more information on Acuity Brands full range of IoT and lighting-based solutions and  Lucid’s BuildingOS software platforms.

About Lucid, an Acuity Brands Company

Lucid provides software solutions for connected buildings. Lucid's cloud-based BuildingOS™ data and analytics platform enables building operators to make data-driven decisions to improve building efficiency, and drive better building and business performance. The leading industry application development suite, DGLux™, supports system operators to build and deploy custom interfaces for buildings’ systems. Lucid’s solutions are utilized in more than 500 organizations, 70,000 buildings and 1.5 billion square feet of commercial buildings. It empowers thousands of professionals at every level of the customer organization to mange systems, improve energy efficiency, reduce costs, manage capital decisions and drive business performance from their buildings. For more information, visit  https://lucidconnects.com/.

About Acuity Brands

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is the North American market leader and one of the world’s leading providers of lighting and building management solutions. With fiscal year 2018 net sales of $3.7 billion, Acuity Brands currently employs approximately 13,000 associates and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with operations throughout North America, and in Europe and Asia. The Company’s products and solutions are sold under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting®, Holophane®, Peerless®, Gotham®, Mark Architectural Lighting™, Winona® Lighting, Juno®, Indy™, Aculux®, Healthcare Lighting®, Hydrel®, American Electric Lighting®, Antique Street Lamps™, Sunoptics®, eldoLED®, Distech Controls®, nLight®, ROAM®, Sensor Switch®, Power Sentry®, IOTA®, Lucid® and Atrius™.  Visit us at  www.acuitybrands.com.



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