Introducing Digital Buildings IQ (DBIQ):

Smarter Solutions for Your Building Projects

Instead of convening countless meetings, DBIQ brings all voices together into a shared digital project team.

Syska Hennessy Group created Digital Building IQ (DBIQ) to help our clients plan, design, and deliver the digital experiences that building occupants—regardless of the user group—will feel from the moment they enter a building or campus to the time they leave.

DBIQ ensures that the digital experience supports each of these user journeys with intentionality and precision.

Just as an architect shapes the physical presence of a space, today’s buildings require intentional planning of their digital presence—spanning building access, temperature control, lighting, parking, indoor navigation, user applications, and every touchpoint in between. Each of these elements forms part of a building user’s journey, acknowledging that “occupants” are not merely people in a space, but active users engaging with a digital ecosystem. And behind every one of these interactions lie countless technical options and dependencies.

For modern buildings, these digital touchpoints represent functional experiences for users rather than passive background systems. Whether it’s a tenant accessing workplace amenities, a visiting provider navigating a medical campus, a student interacting with a campus mobile app, or a facilities team member relying on automated systems insights, the digital presence defines how effectively the building supports its users.

DBIQ brings clarity to this complexity. It distills 150-plus available digital experience choices into a clear, concise framework so our clients can decide which experiences they want to offer and how they want them curated.

DBIQ transforms collaboration. Traditionally, aligning key stakeholders around a modern building vision requires multiple workshops, meetings, and iterations. DBIQ eliminates this friction by enabling every stakeholder—owners, operators, IT teams, experience leaders, and more—to make their selections independently within the platform. Their choices are captured digitally, allowing our team to instantly see where priorities intersect, diverge, or reinforce one another. Instead of convening countless meetings, DBIQ brings all voices together into a shared digital project team, revealing the natural synergy across groups and highlighting the clearest path forward.

And DBIQ goes further. Beyond defining the experiences, it maps the hardware, software, sensors, infrastructure, vendors, and integrators required to bring those experiences to life—consolidated into simple responsibility matrices, device bundles, and tech stacks that owners can hand over to their architectural and engineering partners before design commences.

The result: a powerful, practical tool that enables owners to confidently procure and implement the digital ecosystems that make their buildings smarter, more intuitive, and uniquely their own.

Get ready—DBIQ is coming this January!

DBIQ ensures that the digital experience supports each of these user journeys with intentionality and precision.

Syska Hennessy Connections Winter 2025