The past twelve months have been anything but normal, in fact, 2021 could go down in history as the first year of the “new normal” as we came to terms with a pandemic that is reshaping the world. While 2020 will always be seen as the year that rocked the world with restrictions, and lockdowns, 2021 will be the year we accepted COVID as a challenge to overcome by adapting the way we live and work in the new public health reality. Now, as we move into 2022, we can begin to analyze the data and trends to see what the next year holds for the smart building sector. Perhaps the biggest evolution in buildings during the pandemic has been the continued trend of remote work and how that is establishing itself as a long-term reality for modern society. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the US workforce spent just 5% of their total working time remote from […]