WiredScore Deepens Ties to Chicago

Willis Tower was the fourth Chicago building to win WiredScore’s platinum rating, after 150 N. Riverside, 111 N. Canal St., and the Chicago Board of Trade Building.

CHICAGO—WiredScore, the company behind an international rating system for technological capacity in commercial buildings, has decided to deepen its commitment to the Chicago region. It just brought on Christine Torres, formerly a vice president at Colliers International, as head of WiredScore Chicago. The move is part of a larger expansion, which has brought the New York City-based firm’s Wired Certification platform to six countries.

“Prior to WiredScore, there wasn’t a way to precisely communicate how much an owner invested in a building’s technology,” Torres tells GlobeSt.com. The introduction of cloud computing has increased the importance of technology in the workplace, and with the company’s Platinum, Gold, Silver and other certifications, “you can determine very quickly which buildings have invested in infrastructure.”