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COURSE 03

Network Infrastructure for the Connected Home: An Integrator’s Perspective

Every luxury home delivered today is a networked building. and the architect’s decisions about IDF/MDF location, conduit routing, and mechanical room adjacencies directly determine whether the network infrastructure can perform at enterprise grade.

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Audience
Architects
Credit
AIA LU
Length
60 min
Format
In-person, virtual, or on-site

About This Course

Every luxury home delivered today is a networked building. and the architect’s decisions about IDF/MDF location, conduit routing, and mechanical room adjacencies directly determine whether the network infrastructure can perform at enterprise grade. This course approaches residential networking from the design side, using enterprise-class Ubiquiti UISP/Pro architecture as the reference point. Attendees leave understanding what the integrator needs from the drawings, and why network infrastructure is a design discipline. not a vendor problem.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe the functional difference between consumer-grade and enterprise-grade residential networking, and explain why the latter requires architectural accommodation.
  2. Locate telecommunications rooms, equipment closets, and IDF/MDF spaces appropriately within a luxury residential floor plan, accounting for thermal load, access, and cable-run distances.
  3. Specify minimum conduit infrastructure. home-run pathways, horizontal distribution sleeves, and outdoor AP rough-ins. at the CD phase.
  4. Coordinate with the network/AV integrator on access point placement to avoid ceiling and wall conflicts with architectural finishes.

60-Minute Outline

0:00–0:05 Welcome and learning objectives
0:05–0:18 What enterprise-grade residential networking looks like and why it matters (Ubiquiti UISP/Pro reference architecture)
0:18–0:32 Designing the right space: IDF placement, thermal load, and cable-run geometry
0:32–0:45 Access point placement, outdoor network rough-ins, and coordination with ceiling design
0:45–0:55 Case study: correct vs. incorrect IDF placement and its downstream consequences
0:55–1:00 Q&A and certificate distribution
Instructor
Mike Restrepo
Owner. Restrepo Innovations · Elite Pro Crestron Dealer · HTA Luxury Certified · OSHA Certified · Ubiquiti UISP/Pro Partner
Why This Matters

An IDF placed against an exterior wall in a Florida room or adjacent to a boiler generates enough heat to shorten equipment life by years and voids manufacturer warranties. An access point blocked by an HVAC trunk means dead zones in the rooms owners use most. and a retrofit that damages the ceiling finish the architect specified.

Schedule

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Available in-person at your firm, virtually via Zoom, or at our Franklin Lakes showroom. No speaking fee. Lunch provided for in-person sessions.

Or email directly: office@restrepoinnovations.com