Building Smart Companies, Not Just Smart Buildings

Smart buildings aren’t broken.. Their data is.

From inconsistent BAS naming to years of legacy configuration, most buildings struggle not because they lack sensors, but because the underlying data model is untrustworthy.

In this episode of The Down Low with Joe, Nick Gayeski, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Clockworks, breaks down what a decade of FDD deployments has taught him about data quality, ontologies, and why XETO and ontologies matter more than any dashboard or AI feature.

We discuss:
• Why bespoke naming kills scale, speed, and ROI
• How Clockworks thinks about FDD, optimisation, and (eventually) write back
• The real-world state of ontology adoption and where XETO fits in
• Why integrations and metadata need the same investment as hardware
• How partnerships and skilled labour shortages shape building performance
• What’s actually slowing down digital transformation in the built world

About Nick Gayeski:
Nick is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Clockworks, one of the most established analytics platforms in the industry, helping owners, operators, and service teams detect faults, optimise performance, and get value from building data at scale.

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