Articles Tagged with ''smart buildings''

Results from the 2019 Energy Efficiency Indicator study by Johnson Controls, released April 29, showed a clear trend: Investment is up.

People expect their homes to be the healthiest place they occupy and they want the technology to control it.

Facilities are intelligent only to the extent that their operators collect, analyze, and learn from the information at their disposal.

Schools want products that will help them reach their sustainability goals. School districts across the country are investing in renewable energy.

Smart products enable service providers to take a more proactive approach to addressing HVAC system and equipment issues, said Susie Gornick.

Corporate America is making pledges to take action against climate change, which is opening up opportunities for HVAC contractors.

New technologies are making customer service, staff training, and product manufacturing and installing faster and more efficient.

A school district is using Venstar’s Explorer SchoolStat thermostats as a cost-effective replacement for its old energy management system.

Georgetown’s Energy and Utilities department invited Aircuity to evaluate how its platform could help reduce energy consumption while improving lab safety.

Is it possible that buildings of the future will be a strategic asset — that they will operate in an intelligent way to be productive facility managers and monetizable for real estate owners? Is it possible that the traditionally conservative and risk-averse building and construction industry would leverage the latest technologies, such as the IoT, big data, cloud computing, data analytics, deep learning, and artificial intelligence, for the benefits of saving energy, reducing operational expenditures, increasing occupancy comfort, and — most importantly — meeting increasingly stringent global regulations and sustainability standards?