10 Smart Building Technologies With A Measurable Financial Return

Executive Summary

Real estate and facilities executives remain under constant pressure to deliver new cost savings and efficiencies. This report highlights ten retrofittable smart building technologies that can deliver a measurable financial return across rent, energy, maintenance and security costs. The report covers technologies such as demand-controlled ventilation, predictive fault detection and diagnostics (FDD), remote security management and solar-plus-battery systems. The analysis finds that a new generation of AI-powered technology solutions is helping firms realise further savings by driving automation and smarter decision-making. Firms can also extend the benefits of smart building technology by integrating multiple solutions, such as predictive energy insights with building controls. Corporate executives and facilities services firms should use this report to understand innovation and inform their future building technology roadmaps. Smart building software vendors can also use it to identify innovative solutions and partnership opportunities.