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In today’s complex building environments, operational excellence depends on two things: having great teams and tools with deep domain expertise and the ability to adapt quickly. But many organizations are facing a dual challenge: their most experienced operators are retiring, and their building systems are becoming more data-rich and dynamic than ever.
Decision Intelligence is a key AI pattern in Willow (see our blog on all AI patterns here), and Willow’s Activate technology plays a central role in how we structure and apply data with our knowledge graph. Skills and insights powered by Activate technology can reference not just live telemetry, but also static design data like motor horsepower, fan specifications, or architectural features like glazing ratios and materials. Activate Studio is our add-on offering to extend the platform with your own skills.
With this technology, Activate Studio empowers building operators, analysts, and sustainability teams to:
Whether you’re fine-tuning a temperature deadband or encoding a veteran operator’s insight into fan behavior, Activate Studio gives you the tools to own your building intelligence.
Many customers have skilled operators who’ve spent decades learning the nuances of their facilities. These experts know what to look for, what to listen for, and what to fix—often before a problem even surfaces. But as they retire, that knowledge risks disappearing.
Activate Studio helps you preserve that institutional knowledge by turning it into logic that can be executed in real time, across your entire portfolio.
Let’s take a look at the following example:
Mike is a technician with 20 years of experience under his belt. He knows that an increase in power consumption means that a fan is about to fail. With Activate Studio, that insight becomes a Skill. It’s now automatically monitored, triggering alerts, and even creating maintenance tickets.
Every building is different, and every organization has its own standards. Because of that, we want to make sure that we keep in mind the past of the building as we work on adapting it for the future.
With Activate Studio, you can:
Activate Studio is built on top of Willow’s knowledge graph and can reference not just live telemetry, but also static design data, which includes motor horsepower, fan specifications, or architectural information like space type or area. This enables richer, more contextual insights that go beyond what’s happening now to include what should be happening based on design intent or create rich connections between traditionally disconnected data sets like HVAC and Occupancy.
This means you’re not locked into a one-size-fits-all model, leaving you with complete control.
Activate Studio is designed for people who know buildings best just as much as it’s designed for software developers. With an accessible UI, robust IntelliSense, and simulation tools, subject matter experts are able to build and test logic without needing to write code.
No matter if you’re working in the field or behind the screen, Activate Studio’s goal is to bridge the gap between the experience you have and the ability to innovate and improve your process. With the ability to customize insights, scale operational expertise and future-proof your operations, Willow provides more ways to elevate your buildings and get the most out of them.