They say they looked into having timers or switches installed but that it didn't prove feasible. I don't think they tried very hard. There's still a physical w

They say they looked into having timers or switches installed but that it didn't prove feasible. I don't think they tried very hard. There's still a physical wire running through the wall to the light. You put a manual dimmer switch downstream of the smart controller's output and it will just work like a regular dimmer switch. Any electrician can do it. Even in the worst case scenario where they need to run some additional wiring to put the switch in an appropriate location, you're talking maybe $400 for a few hours of labor per room worst case scenario. More realistically with a bulk rate it's probably closer to $100 per room. I don't know how many rooms this building has, but it's probably in the dozens, certainly not thousands. Again, worst case scenario you don't need to add switches for every room, it's okay if some of the smaller rooms with fewer lights stay on, and work can be done progressively to keep costs down and minimize disruptions. I wouldn't call it cheap or quick, but it would definitely be much less than $1.2 Million and 2 years.