Cisco Headquarters in Toronto, designed by HOK architects, boasts 10,200 square meters of space and is the first AAA office tower in Canada to achieve LEED EB Gold certification. It features advanced sustainability measures such as a green roof, high-performance systems, and intelligent lighting that integrates with the building’s IT infrastructure. The headquarters promotes a collaborative work environment through themed spaces while significantly reducing energy and water use.

1. INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS
CASE STUDY: CISCO HEADQUARTERS, TORONTO, CANADA

3. CISCO Headquarters
• Location: RBC Waterpark Place, Toronto, Canada.
• CISCO headquarters is designed by HOK architects of 10,200Sq.m area
in 2015.
• A total of 900 people work inside the Headquarters.
• CISCO HQ is the first to achieve LEED EB Gold certification in a AAA
office tower in Canada.

4. Sustainability features:
• High performance building envelope and mechanical systems
• Water saving infrastructure, including a cistern and greywater re-use
• Daylight sensors and state-of-the-art lighting controls
• Bicycle storage, change rooms and showers
• A 7,500 square meter green roof
• A sophisticated energy measurement and verification system

5. Green Features:
• As it is a LEED Core and Shell Platinum building, CISCO HQ employs the
absolute highest standard in sustainable practices at every level.
• Heat reclaim on all ventilation units
reduces energy consumption and ensures consistent temperatures.
• Dedicated outdoor air system
with co2 sensors provides fresh air, similar to opening a window, improving air quality.
• Efficient lighting
with occupancy sensors and daylight harvesting throughout the complex meets LEED
core and shell platinum standards.
• Access to natural light creates a comfortable work environment through the
low height ceilings and core to glass and glazing to ceiling for maximum light penetration.

6. Sustainable Intelligence:
• CISCO HQ is the first to achieve LEED EB Gold certification in a
AAA office tower in Canada.
• 21.9% reduction in GHG emissions from. This is equivalent to the
emissions of 23,000 cars on the road for a year.
• 14.8% less water used from. This is equivalent to filling 225 olympic
sized swimming pools.
• 16.1% reduction in electricity from 2005 to 2010. This is equivalent to
powering 10,000 typical homes in Canada for a year

7. Space zoning:
• It is divided into three themed environments.
• The first is an industry experience and demonstration centre, where Cisco
can show how it addresses business problems in areas such as
manufacturing, health care and real estate.
• The second is a laboratory, a collaborative space where engineers and
start-up businesses can work together to solve customer problems.
• The third is a workroom environment, as a temporary display space where
Cisco can show the effects of transformation and digitization of a featured
industry, changing around once every quarter or so.

8. Internet of Everything

9. Smart Lighting
• Most Connected building in America.
• 1 million SF of commercial office.
• One Network for IP lighting, IP HVAC, metering, security, blinds
• Developer: Oxford Properties,
Building/integrators: EllisDon
• Central management through Cisco Integration Platform (CIP)

10. The user has the option to change the factors like temperature, lighting, adjusting the desk
height. The user can use his smart phone to control the operations by connecting to the
common network.

11. Smart Lighting
• The Philips connected lighting system at Waterpark Place integrates seamlessly
with Cisco’s Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) IT architecture.
• They merge with the building’s IT network and are uniquely identified by IP
address, allowing them to be individually monitored, managed, and controlled.
• Each light point sends and receives data, allowing managers to track occupancy
patterns, changes in temperature, and more while employees can personalise the
lighting in their workspaces.
• Overall, the system offers maximum visibility and better control, and allows Cisco
to reduce energy consumption in their office spaces.

12. Sophistication
• Heating, cooling and lighting will be controlled through the Ethernet rather than
traditional electrical cables; lights will provide advanced analytics such as
temperature, illumination and motion to help the building determine when lights
should be switched on or off.
• In addition, the lights will have their own Internet Protocol address, allowing a
user to turn them on or off with a computer or smartphone.
• Occupancy and weather data will also be fed directly to the air-conditioning
system, allowing the building itself to determine when it should ramp up or scale
back on heating and cooling.

14. The Headquarters is provided with more of Meeting spaces than that of Individual rooms. When a person enters the
office his phone gets all the details of rooms which are vacant and which are occupied when connected to network.

15. Smart meeting rooms adjust for the number of participants, with intelligent sensors monitoring and changing
the temperature, lighting and air as needed.

16. AWARDS
• CaGBC Toronto – Innovation Awards, Commercial Interiors
• ASID NYU/CE Design Competition – Commercial Category, First Place
• Core-Net Global Canadian Chapter – Remmy Award, Workplace Over
20,000 Square Feet

17. References
• www.hok.com/design/region/canada/cisco-systems
• http://www.cisco.com/c/m/enca/innovationcenter
• http://www.lighting.philips.com/main/cases/
• http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/rbc-waterpark-place
• Cisco IOT cases

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