Collecting and analyzing buildings data is not a new process and the emergence of the Internet of Things in Buildings (BIOT) has begun to generate enormous amounts of data and information about buildings in recent years. However, the real estate and smart buildings markets have been relatively slow to develop a data-driven culture within their organizations. Only with that cultural shift can buildings hope to fully embrace the full potential of Big Data analytics and the BIoT. “Taken as a whole the industry is somewhat “late to the party” in terms of mainstream adoption and scalable solutions that link into the activities of the rest of the enterprise relative to other industries,” states our latest report Towards Data-Driven Buildings: Big Data For Smart Buildings 2018 to 2023. “Many facilities managers, CIOs and CFOs have developed a solid understanding of the value potential of smart building data, but the wider business still often lack an understanding […]