Building connectivity is expected to increase more than 410 percent by 2020, yet few energy and facilities executives have documented strategies for utilizing smart building technology, according to Veolia’s 2018 Facility Management Benchmark Survey.
Nearly 90 percent of respondents have deployed energy sub-meters and sensors across multiple facilities; 63 percent have advanced lighting controls installed at some sites; and nearly two-thirds are using mature solutions such as Computerized Maintenance Management System software across some or all relevant sites, while more than half use HVAC FDD software. Yet, 70 percent of facilities departments feel they have not fully realized value from their investment in technology.
Factors driving facilities departments to invest in technology solutions include finding energy savings (78 percent of respondents), finding maintenance savings (69 percent) and improving occupant comfort levels (11 percent).
