In a post-pandemic world that’s also confronting a climate crisis, facility managers are faced with unprecedented challenges. While running a property efficiently and safely has always been important, many companies are now grappling with ambitious environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, and office buildings find themselves in competition with home offices as employees consider their comfort and health.
To help address these challenges, many facility managers have started the process of transforming their properties into smart buildings. And for good reason: Intelligent building automation systems (BASs) can give facility managers visibility into their operations to make decisions that can drastically improve building efficiency, safety, and sustainability. In fact, there are now about 45 million smart buildings worldwide, and Juniper Research expects that number to multiply to 115 million by 2026 with 90% of these being nonresidential.