“Commercial buildings, including office, retail, hotel, and hospital buildings, can all benefit from installing smart technologies. However each of these sectors has its own unique business goals to achieve, stakeholders to satisfy, and barriers to overcome, so the opportunities are different for each sector. The most favorable technologies will also change over time, as smart technologies continue to grow into interconnected systems that learn and adapt to human behavior,” states a new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). The report entitled, ‘Smart Buildings: A Deeper Dive into Market Segments’ explores the similarities and differences in energy saving potential between the major building use types. It assesses current adoption levels and makes specific recommendations on how each building type can best gain from smart technology for energy and other benefits. Office Offices make up the largest energy consuming group within the commercial buildings sector, but as the report points out, there is […]