# Switch Automation

> Switch Automation is a Denver-based enterprise software company that connects the messy mix of controls, meters, sensors and facilities systems already installed across commercial-building portfolios. Its vendor-neutral platform normalizes that data into a digital model, finds faults and energy waste, benchmarks sites and can automate corrective actions. The practical pitch is less futuristic than it sounds: owners get one operational view without replacing every aging controller in the basement.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Denver, United States
- **Founders:** Deborah Noller (CEO and Co-Founder), John Darlington (CTO and Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 39 employees in the supplied company record; a 2021 interview said the team had grown from 46 to 67, so current public headcount is uncertain.
- **Products:** Switch Platform, Switch Dx3, Portfolio Benchmarking, Building Fault Detection and Alert Analysis, Energy Management and Optimization
- **Notable:** The company says it supports 6,500+ buildings, 2,100+ financial-services buildings, 200M+ square feet and 180B+ processed data points across 15+ countries., A Fifth Third Bank case study reported average monthly energy savings approaching 25% through portfolio benchmarking., An Austec case study reported a 12.6% energy-cost reduction at Hyperdome Shopping Centre.

## Products & services

- **Switch Platform** — A vendor-neutral enterprise platform combining building connectivity, a normalized data layer, digital twins, analytics, energy management, fault detection and automation across portfolios.
- **Switch Dx3** — A digital device discovery and readiness tool that scans building networks, systems and devices to assess connectivity, network integrity, cybersecurity signals and readiness for data collection.
- **Portfolio Benchmarking** — Portfolio dashboards and comparative analytics for energy, water, carbon and operational performance across multiple sites; a freemium version was announced in 2022.
- **Building Fault Detection and Alert Analysis** — Continuous analytics that detect equipment and operational issues, prioritize alerts and help teams verify that corrective work produced the intended result.
- **Energy Management and Optimization** — Monitoring, analytics, benchmarking and control workflows designed to identify waste, improve equipment schedules and support decarbonization reporting.
- **Engineering and implementation services** — Integration, onboarding, data tagging, training, analytics configuration and operational support sold alongside the SaaS platform.

## Achievements

- The company says it supports 6,500+ buildings, 2,100+ financial-services buildings, 200M+ square feet and 180B+ processed data points across 15+ countries.
- A Fifth Third Bank case study reported average monthly energy savings approaching 25% through portfolio benchmarking.
- An Austec case study reported a 12.6% energy-cost reduction at Hyperdome Shopping Centre.
- An Oxford Properties case study reported US$160,000 in operating savings over three months; another company page describes opportunities worth up to US$1 million annually.
- A 2026 company report on six Cushman & Wakefield properties said energy savings exceeded 10% and annual cost reductions exceeded US$290,000 across more than 1 million square feet.
- Switch and Austec received a 2018 FM Industry Award for Excellence in Collaborative Partnerships.
- Switch was included in KPMG's 2022 Real Estate Innovations Overview.
- The company launched what it called its first APAC smart-building suite in a 39-story Singapore office property in 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Switch announced a research collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on semantic building data and autonomous operations, citing a six-property Cushman & Wakefield deployment.
- **2025-01** — The company published an overview arguing that data-driven building management can improve efficiency, costs and sustainability.
- **2024-11** — Switch and Metrikus formed a strategic alliance around integrated building data, visualization, analytics and centralized control.
- **2024-10** — Switch introduced an Intel Market Ready Solution within the Intel Partner Alliance.
- **2024-09** — Switch joined the Neeve Application Partner Ecosystem to pair its platform with secure OT edge infrastructure.
- **2024** — Efficient Capital Labs disclosed providing Switch non-dilutive growth financing intended to preserve founder equity and extend runway during a tighter capital market.

## Links

- Website: https://www.switchautomation.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/switch-automation
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SwitchHQ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/switchautomation
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwitchAutomation/

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Last updated: 2026-08-20