New applications and smarter setup strategies make Io T struggles a thing of the past
However, building automation isn’t a replacement for a facilities manager’s ability to lead a
team or develop smart maintenance strategies. It
exists to make your job easier by keeping an eye on
performance and pointing out potential issues that
would be difficult (and in some cases, impossible)
to detect with conventional hands-on management.
“There’s the financial benefit of reducing utility
spending and equipment costs, and there’s also a
productivity or behavioral benefit to Io T devices,”
explains Logan Soya, Founder and CEO of Aquicore,
an asset management software platform. “You can
enable your building staff to have more context for
what’s going on and they can act more quickly and
What’s Keeping You from Implementing
What’s holding you back from installing Internet of Things (Io T) devices in your facility? For many facilities managers, Io T’s wide spectrum of possibilities is
precisely the problem. It can be tough to know where
to start with smart building technology when there
are Io T applications for nearly every building system.
Facilities managers who haven’t invested yet also
may fear being replaced by automation, notes Joe
Herbst, Vice President of Controls for Revolution
Lighting Technologies. That concern isn’t entirely
unfounded – a 2017 report from McKinsey Global
Institute predicted automation could eliminate as
many as 73 million U.S. jobs by 2030.
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