— Resources
What we've learned, written down.
Insights, reference cards, technical writeups, case studies. We're building this section up over the back half of 2026 — long-form pieces, gated reference downloads, the kind of thing we wish we'd had ten years ago when we were in your seat. Featured content below. The full Insights archive is open to anyone.
— The credibility document
The Line Card.
The two-page distillation of forty-one years — scope, licenses, partner certifications, current client roster. Built for prequals, proposal packages, and first BD introductions.
Quick Reference
General Line Card
The full Athena scope — mechanical, BAS, general contracting, security, service department. Licenses, partner certifications, current client roster, contact.
Download the line card— Playbooks & field guides
Deeper material.
Multi-page documents and technical writeups. Things worth reading end-to-end when you are about to make a real decision.
Playbook
Legacy Controls Migration Playbook
How to modernize the head-end without rewiring the building. TAC Xenta, I/A Series, Andover Continuum, pneumatic-to-DDC. Twisted-pair migration controllers. The phased pathway. Real budget numbers. Part of our Legacy Migrations content thread.
Download the PlaybookChecklist
BAS Cybersecurity Checklist
The network questions your BAS provider should be able to answer. Segmentation, authentication, patch cadence, remote access, incident response. Practical, not paranoid — a working checklist for facility managers whose systems are now on the network.
Download the checklistBuyer’s Guide
BAS Buyer’s Guide
For owners and facility managers scoping a new BAS or replacing an old one. Platform selection, the questions your integrator should answer, the traps to avoid in procurement, and how to structure a maintenance contract that actually gets serviced.
Download the guide— Manufacturer resources
From the platforms we install.
Official overviews from Johnson Controls, Schneider Electric, Tridium, and Argus — the four platforms we work in. Helpful if you're evaluating which one fits your building, or trying to understand what your existing system actually is.
Johnson Controls
Facility Explorer BAS
Achieve next-generation building performance.
Schneider Electric
EcoStruxure Foresight
AI-powered operations platform for the built environment.
Tridium
Niagara Framework
Machines talking to machines, talking to you. The open framework underneath most BAS.
Argus Controls
Argus Axia Grow Control
Controlled environment agriculture — every variable matters.
— Reference material
Spec sheets, planning guides, and product overviews.
The manufacturer documents we send clients most often. Some hosted here as EcoXpert and Facility Explorer partner materials, some linked out to the source. Grouped by manufacturer — expand a section to see the docs.
Schneider Electric 7 documents
EcoStruxure Building Operation — Interactive Architecture (V2)
The full EBO stack, drawn out. Field devices, controllers, servers, and the operator layer — with the integration points we use most.
View the PDFSpaceLogic Twisted Pair Adapter — Specification Sheet
The technical spec on the TPA-E — the device that lets modern BACnet/IP controls run over your existing twisted-pair wiring. Companion to our Migration Playbook.
View the PDFEcoStruxure IT System Planning Guide (v7.1)
How EBO deploys on modern IT infrastructure. Network segmentation, VLANs, ports, and the questions your IT team will ask before you break ground.
View the PDFSpaceLogic TRC Room Controller
The room-level controller behind zone-scale EBO deployments. Product overview and configuration options.
View the PDFEcoStruxure Access Expert — Product Brochure
The cloud-hosted access control platform. Full product brochure — architecture, integrations (video, intrusion, elevator, intercom), licensing tiers, and hardware line. Pairs with our Access Expert vs. Security Expert field guide.
View the PDFEcoStruxure Access Expert — Specification Sheet
The IT-facing datasheet. Architecture, workstation requirements, network connectivity, database capacity, and the ports your IT team needs to know about. The doc to send security or IT before an install conversation.
View the PDFEcoStruxure Security Expert — Product Brochure
The on-premise access control platform. For buildings where data sovereignty matters — government, healthcare, defense, high-security research. Product brochure and platform positioning.
View the PDFJohnson Controls 1 document
— Live now
Recent thinking from our team.
Long-form pieces, published as we write them. Open access, no gating.
Building Automation
Access Expert or Security Expert? A field guide to Schneider’s two access control products (and who should install them)
Read moreBuilding Automation
Cloud-managed BMS, explained — what Neeve actually does.
Read moreBuilding Automation
Twisted-pair adapters, compared — the open T1L standard vs. Schneider’s free topology.
Read more— Learn more
The broader ecosystem.
Standards bodies, training programs, publications, and communities that shape this work. None of these sites are ours — but they're worth knowing if you do this for a living.
— Industry Standards
— Building Automation Training
Tridium / Niagara
Niagara Framework training and resources. The underlying platform we use for open-protocol BAS integration.
Mt. SAC Building Automation
Mt. San Antonio College Building Automation Systems department. Hands-on BAS training in the Inland Empire.
Smart Buildings Academy
Online short-form courses on building automation. Useful for facility managers, operators, and integrators alike.
— Industry Publications
— Women in Construction
— Follow along
More thinking, more often.
Long-form pieces, technical takes, day-to-day from the firm — on LinkedIn. Connect with us where the BD conversation actually happens.
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A career in BAS, HVAC, or mechanical.
If you got here because you're thinking about getting into this work — we hire, we apprentice, and we have actual humans you can talk to before you commit.
See careers— Next step
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