Smart Buildings

Can’t Touch This! Report Hammers Home Key Message of Post-COVID Buildings

To survive the COVID-19 pandemic, society returned to traditional defensive measures; lockdowns, social distancing, plus soap and water. To cope with the crisis, we have embraced the digital world like never before, seamlessly swapping physical for virtual during the social aspects of work and play. To return to “normality,” we will again turn to technology, but this time in the form of contactless and personal control mechanisms to reduce the spread of infection within our shared spaces. “The default methods of interaction with building equipment and devices may be on the decline due to the emergence of COVID-19. Touchscreens, buttons, cash and credit cards may all soon become technologies of the past as extra vigilant users turn to various forms of contactless interaction and control to minimize the risk of infection,” explains our brand new BIoT report. “Existing and emerging contactless solutions based on a variety of technologies including infra-red sensors, RFID, facial recognition, haptic […]

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