Smart Buildings on the Bleeding Edge

Smart buildings have become a bleeding-edge technology integration movement in the built environment over the past few years. The 2020 pandemic and the subsequent return to the office saw the need to release many new IoT smart building solutions before they were thoroughly tested and, therefore, came with a degree of risk often associated with bleeding-edge technology. Early adopters weighed the risks and opted to move forward to solve immediate needs around indoor air quality, building access, occupancy levels, and social distancing requirements.

Based on the growing development of IoT sensors, edge/cloud computing, and data management, smart buildings integrate data sources, inputs, and user types with actionable information to create more efficient, effective, and engaging spaces. But what’s next? This chapter will explore how the smart building impact is calculated, the evolution of smart buildings, the use of smart construction techniques...