Ctrl Building
Intelligent Buildings Made Alive through Right Integrations

From bustling Times Square to the Brooklyn waterfront, the lights glittering across New York City catch the attention of everyone. With environmentally friendly and energyefficient features, these buildings are not just piles of concrete and steel like the traditional ones. As sustainability goals top the corporate agenda, energy efficiency enabled through intelligent building technology, advanced lighting controls, and the internet of things (IoT) is helping achieve this mission.

This is where Ctrl Building makes a difference, taking ‘smart’ to a new level. Spearheaded by sheer engineering excellence and rich industry expertise of Cofounders Michael Martino and Jeff DeCaito, Ctrl Building is writing a new chapter in the intelligent building space.

As organizations realize the true potential of intelligent buildings, Ctrl Building is helping them bring their buildings to life in a highly efficient way. Specializing in specificationgrade integration for intelligent lighting control and IoTconnected building systems, the company empowers its clients with an end-to-end integration solution, turning their smart-building vision into a fully functional physical environment.

Despite the fight for supremacy in the advanced lighting controls space, Ctrl Building is racing ahead with its unique purpose of bridging the gap between various stakeholders in the implementation process.

When pursuing workplace sustainability, comfort, and efficiency through strategic device planning and sensor deployment, enterprises struggle to maintain harmony between electric engineers, lighting designers, contractors, and other parties involved in a construction project. Whether manufacturers, designers, or contractors, Ctrl Building caters to the specific needs of all parties involved across the timeline of a project, from design through construction and ongoing space management.

For specifiers, the Ctrl Building team draws on its in-depth technical knowledge of lighting control systems to provide comprehensive technical training.

These training programs focus on educating specifiers on the latest capabilities in smart-building technology. The company also helps them with device layouts and wiring diagrams, along with project budgeting and status reports.

“On the contractor level, we conduct prewire walkthroughs and educate them on the mechanism and programming of various systems,” adds DeCaito. The team also creates the bill of materials according to the design plans and works with the client’s suppliers to deliver a working system on time and within budget.

For building owners, Ctrl Building offers service contracts and helps them troubleshoot control issues or change any programming previously implemented.

Ctrl Building also focuses on solving supply chain issues when it comes to sourcing materials or products for installation. As opposed to the 12 to 16 weeks lead time offered by competitors for lighting control materials, Ctrl Building finds an edge in the market by reducing this time to two to four weeks.

“As integration partners, we help our customers with everything from device layouts, supply and project management to equipment commissioning. Once the lighting and connected building systems are installed by the contractors, we program these systems to meet the designed intent. We call this ‘spec-grade integration’,” says Martino.

To accomplish these results, Ctrl Building employs the latest technology like wireless EnOcean-based protocol systems, wireless Bluetooth control systems, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) systems, along with advanced sensor technologies. For instance, a depth sensor can track human movement down to the cubic inch level and provide data and analytics based on how people are moving and operating through every space.

With its robust solutions, services, and capabilities, Ctrl Building has assisted numerous renowned organizations in implementing new control systems or redesigning existing ones that translate into significant labor and cost savings.

Walking the talk, Ctrl Building is committed to providing its customers with a comprehensive integration package from spec to completion.