Buildings contribute 40% of all energy use around the world, they consume 70% of all electricity and emit 40% of all greenhouse gases. Global initiatives such as the Paris Climate Agreement and the United Nations’ 17 sustainability goals have identified energy efficiency in buildings as the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. Smart building technologies have demonstrated that substantial energy savings are available with the adoption of connected lighting and environmental control systems. However, for the vast majority of buildings, the cost of retrofitting smart technologies is simply too great, meaning the fight against climate change is left stumbling at the first step. “Energy conservation is a difficult problem to solve, and it’s a problem that should be solved through technology,” says Logan Soya, founder and CEO of building data firm Aquicore. “I think that the main drawback is not that not all technologies work on the first try, it’s that sometimes […]