Smart Buildings

A New Year, A New Mindset for the Smart Building Sector

The Internet of Things – human centric lighting, environmental controls, access control, big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain. All these systems and offerings, among others, have been evolving side-by-side to help create smart buildings and smart cities. The development of this smart sector has, so far, been stunted and fragmented with vendors unsure what to offer and customers unsure what to buy. 5G, AI, blockchain, AR, VR, and other hyped technologies will not reach maturity in 2019, at least not for the smart technology industry. However, as 2018 progressed signs emerged that 2019 may be the year that all the industry stakeholders start to push in the same direction, a fundamental step for any sector. “Though there have been a lot of tech advancements in 2018, the real change has been in terms of the mindset,” said Hannah Prideaux, business development director at District Technologies in an interview with Forbes. This change of mindset […]

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