5 Smart Building Trends To Look-Out For In 2019
Holding over two decades of experience, Abhijit leads the team in Southeast Asia and India and is engaged in the business development for new to the region opportunities.On 2019 is we will see a huge boost in real-world smart building innovation, as the concept moves from marketing hype to commercial reality.
Much of this innovation, as outlined in more detail below, is driven by rich, real-time location data and new indoor mapping technologies.
Intelligent, connected, thinking buildings will soon be-come an integral part of the smart city of the near future. Not only are they far more efficient, automated and precise, they are more habitable for residents and boost productivity for companies and workers.
Five smart building trends
The commercial real estate imperative drives much short-term smart building innovation. Plus, there are longer-term environmental concerns and benefits that are the more vital catalyst for change.
The United Nations anticipates that the world's population will top 10 billion by 2060, with over two-thirds of the world's population living in urban areas by 2050. Smarter buildings that produce energy instead of merely consuming it, are part of a wider, more fluid smart city ecosystem and point the way to our eco-friendly urban future.
We can identify five broader smart building trends to look out for in 2019, each powered by location intelligence: IoT-connected "thinking buildings", 5G-powered safer buildings, location-aware smart parking and offices, smarter sustainable developments and a wider move towards open, more collaborative and transparent data platforms.
The value of location data in the IoT era
Over the next three to five years, we expect to see the widespread transformation of many existing urban structures into what we might refer to as "thinking buildings".
Buildings new and old are rapidly becoming equipped with millions of Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices and sensors, allowing them to closely manage their power use.
Energy efficiency wins will be driven by a combination of automated, dynamic smart building management alongside a more resourceful use of space by a building's inhabitants.
As the IoT moves from hype to commercial reality in the 5G era, combining and integrating IoT generated building data with the latest highly detailed three-dimensional indoor mapping and rich, real-time location intelligence technologies will be revolutionary.
5G indoor mapping means safer buildings
That's also why Allied Market Research projects that smart buildings are set to grow at a rate of more than 19 percent between 2018 and 2024.
The IoT is also set to usher in a new era of indoor mapping technologies and positioning systems. Offering the ability to map buildings and locate objects within them with an unparalleled degree of accuracy.
Rich, real-time indoor environment mapping and location-data-driven applications will produce `living' 3D representations of indoor spaces from smart offices and IIoT factories through to connected campuses, hospitals, entertainment venues, shopping malls and more. Something that will prove vitally important for security and emergencies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered smart buildings will be automatically linked to the latest geospatial fire, ambulance and police response systems such as, for example the ground-breaking new UP100 state-level contact center in UttarPradesh (UP). Giving the emergency services the means to respond faster and more efficiently than ever before.
Smarter parking and the high-IQ office
Parking is a huge issue throughout India's urban landscapes, with real-time location data enabling smarter parking technologies: making spaces easier to find for drivers and helping to manage spaces automatically and dynamically.
The smart office is flexible, connected, highly efficient and location intelligent. Using the latest position tracking technologies in-side buildings, for example, will enable millions of businesses to gain a greater understanding of how spaces are used and physical resources are utilized.
Not only will these developing and emerging technologies allow companies to achieve huge cost savings, they will also be used to boost employee engagement and productivity levels.
Smart office applications, for example, will make use of real-time location intelligence to help staff use the spaces around them in more efficient, productive and ecofriendly ways.
Smart buildings and energy conservation
Tracking movement throughout an office also offers the ability to develop systems that respond automatically and dynamically to conserve energy. Helping businesses to minimize their carbon footprints, saving trillions of dollars in the process.
From `net-zero' urban developments such as the Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE) in Ahmedabad to projects such as Deloitte's The Edge building in Amsterdam, that "produces more electricity than it consumes", conserving energy is both a commercial and environmental necessity.
Open spatial data means cleaner, healthier buildings
Finally, the drive to efficiency and sustainability in smart building innovation will rely on the use of IoT and location data platforms that enable and encourage collaboration, connectivity and transparency. Vital as buildings evolve from standalone units to connected urban hubs.
From efficient, automated and connected heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) and the latest transformative waste-management systems in Indian cities through to the wider connectivity between buildings and the smart city ecosystem, IoT and location data needs to be easily and widely shared, used and understood.
These smart building innovations - better parking, automated waste management and dynamic emergency response systems, in particular will transform the Indian city over the next decade. Improving citizens' lives, boosting workplace productivity and significantly contributing towards a more sustainable world.
That's also why Allied Market Research projects that smart buildings are set to grow at a rate of more than 19 percent between 2018 and 2024.
The IoT is also set to usher in a new era of indoor mapping technologies and positioning systems. Offering the ability to map buildings and locate objects within them with an unparalleled degree of accuracy.
Smart building innovations - better parking, automated waste management and dynamic emergency response systems, in particular will transform the Indian city over the next decade
Rich, real-time indoor environment mapping and location-data-driven applications will produce `living' 3D representations of indoor spaces from smart offices and IIoT factories through to connected campuses, hospitals, entertainment venues, shopping malls and more. Something that will prove vitally important for security and emergencies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered smart buildings will be automatically linked to the latest geospatial fire, ambulance and police response systems such as, for example the ground-breaking new UP100 state-level contact center in UttarPradesh (UP). Giving the emergency services the means to respond faster and more efficiently than ever before.
Smarter parking and the high-IQ office
Parking is a huge issue throughout India's urban landscapes, with real-time location data enabling smarter parking technologies: making spaces easier to find for drivers and helping to manage spaces automatically and dynamically.
The smart office is flexible, connected, highly efficient and location intelligent. Using the latest position tracking technologies in-side buildings, for example, will enable millions of businesses to gain a greater understanding of how spaces are used and physical resources are utilized.
Not only will these developing and emerging technologies allow companies to achieve huge cost savings, they will also be used to boost employee engagement and productivity levels.
Smart office applications, for example, will make use of real-time location intelligence to help staff use the spaces around them in more efficient, productive and ecofriendly ways.
Smart buildings and energy conservation
Tracking movement throughout an office also offers the ability to develop systems that respond automatically and dynamically to conserve energy. Helping businesses to minimize their carbon footprints, saving trillions of dollars in the process.
From `net-zero' urban developments such as the Centre for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE) in Ahmedabad to projects such as Deloitte's The Edge building in Amsterdam, that "produces more electricity than it consumes", conserving energy is both a commercial and environmental necessity.
Open spatial data means cleaner, healthier buildings
Finally, the drive to efficiency and sustainability in smart building innovation will rely on the use of IoT and location data platforms that enable and encourage collaboration, connectivity and transparency. Vital as buildings evolve from standalone units to connected urban hubs.
From efficient, automated and connected heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) and the latest transformative waste-management systems in Indian cities through to the wider connectivity between buildings and the smart city ecosystem, IoT and location data needs to be easily and widely shared, used and understood.
These smart building innovations - better parking, automated waste management and dynamic emergency response systems, in particular will transform the Indian city over the next decade. Improving citizens' lives, boosting workplace productivity and significantly contributing towards a more sustainable world.
