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Business decision-makers understand the value of smart building technologies but struggle to deploy them due to shrinking budgets and senior leadership woes, a new report has found.
Research from HVAC company Jonson Controls based on interviews with 100 building decision-makers across the UK & Ireland found that while almost all decision-makers (99%) understand the value of this technology, just a third (34%) installed them on their premises. Budget constraints were cited as the key roadblock for almost two-thirds (64%) of the respondents, while almost half (42%) couldn’t get senior buy-in.
Drilling deeper into these two problems, Johnson Controls found that commercial space organizations need to spend up to $3.7m per building when, oftentimes, they have $1.8m at their disposal.
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Senior leaders, on the other hand, face a different challenge: do they become early adopters and face all the challenges that status brings, or will they be “forced to make urgent improvements down the line”.
[HEADING=1]Smart building benefits[/HEADING]
At the moment, occupant health and safety are their main concerns, and smart tech helped almost all (87% of the respondents) during the difficult Covid-19 pandemic. In the future, however, the focus on climate change will only grow, and with it - the importance of smart building tech. In five years, energy efficiency will probably be the number one priority. In a decade, it might pivot towards sustainability and net zero.
“Smart buildings haven’t only helped businesses get through the pandemic – they’re also essential to achieving ambitious sustainability targets like Carbon Net Zero,” said Andy Ellis, VP and General Manager, Johnson Controls UK&I.
“Smart solutions that integrate with your fire, security, controls, HVAC, and occupancy systems can look across a whole building to see in real-time where efficiencies can be made. Without technologies like these to do the hard work for building staff, achieving new levels of sustainability targets and creating healthy workspaces – that support both the environment and employees – will be hard.”
Besides keeping employees safe and healthy, and minding the environment, there are many other benefits of smart building technologies for small and medium-sized businesses. Improved building efficiency, through - for example - smart lighting, can lead to reduced energy consumption and, consequently, more savings. What’s more, predictive maintenance can reduce the costs of expensive repairs.
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Research from HVAC company Jonson Controls based on interviews with 100 building decision-makers across the UK & Ireland found that while almost all decision-makers (99%) understand the value of this technology, just a third (34%) installed them on their premises. Budget constraints were cited as the key roadblock for almost two-thirds (64%) of the respondents, while almost half (42%) couldn’t get senior buy-in.
Drilling deeper into these two problems, Johnson Controls found that commercial space organizations need to spend up to $3.7m per building when, oftentimes, they have $1.8m at their disposal.
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[li]Here’s our list of the best smart home devices right now [/li][li]We’ve built a list of the best cheap smart home devices on the market [/li][li]Check out our list of the best smart home security systems available[/li][/ul]
Senior leaders, on the other hand, face a different challenge: do they become early adopters and face all the challenges that status brings, or will they be “forced to make urgent improvements down the line”.
[HEADING=1]Smart building benefits[/HEADING]
At the moment, occupant health and safety are their main concerns, and smart tech helped almost all (87% of the respondents) during the difficult Covid-19 pandemic. In the future, however, the focus on climate change will only grow, and with it - the importance of smart building tech. In five years, energy efficiency will probably be the number one priority. In a decade, it might pivot towards sustainability and net zero.
“Smart buildings haven’t only helped businesses get through the pandemic – they’re also essential to achieving ambitious sustainability targets like Carbon Net Zero,” said Andy Ellis, VP and General Manager, Johnson Controls UK&I.
“Smart solutions that integrate with your fire, security, controls, HVAC, and occupancy systems can look across a whole building to see in real-time where efficiencies can be made. Without technologies like these to do the hard work for building staff, achieving new levels of sustainability targets and creating healthy workspaces – that support both the environment and employees – will be hard.”
Besides keeping employees safe and healthy, and minding the environment, there are many other benefits of smart building technologies for small and medium-sized businesses. Improved building efficiency, through - for example - smart lighting, can lead to reduced energy consumption and, consequently, more savings. What’s more, predictive maintenance can reduce the costs of expensive repairs.
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