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The future of building management is all about visibility and automation. Gone are the days of meticulously monitoring and adjusting commercial HVAC systems with cumbersome, on-site tools. Instead, building managers and engineers are tapping into a wealth of HVAC products that can automatically track trends, maintain comfortable environments, and delegate tasks to the relevant parties.

2020 has been an interesting year for everyone. Whether it’s employees working from home, managers adjusting to an exclusively remote workforce, or building owners suddenly faced with near-empty facilities, 2020 has required everyone to learn to adapt to a new normal.

Building engineers have a crucial role to play in the maintenance and operation of a building’s control systems. For building control systems to work as intended, a building engineer needs to have easy, reliable access to all of the disparate systems that run throughout a building’s internal ecosystem. To do this, they need an intuitive building manager software on their side.

At any given moment, a building’s internal systems are likely running through a variety of complex tasks and situations. Whether it’s maintaining a comfortable, cost-effective temperature across the building’s various floors and rooms or dictating what areas need lights, buildings are far from simple.

Automation professionals and engineers have a challenging, but crucial, role to play in the future of building management. It’s ultimately their responsibility to find new and intuitive ways to utilize technology in the continued maintenance, management, and evolution of the buildings under their care. 

Almost a third of the energy consumed by commercial buildings is wasted due to poor resource management. Not only has research shown a 10% to 23% drop in productivity when the room’s temperature and air quality aren’t at ideal levels, but workers are usually less efficient in these “not-quite-right” environments as well.

Modern building automation systems are taking advantage of sophisticated cloud computing to give HVAC engineers unparalleled new conveniences in access and control.  A cloud-based app can wirelessly connect to BACnet objects in your BAS from anywhere—at home, on the road, at any time, from any compatible device.

Building automation systems (BAS) can be implemented into just about any building. Not only do they help streamline the maintenance and observation of the buildings they’re connected to, but they also allow you to control all of that building’s systems and features from a single remote control. This simplified approach to building control, when properly utilized, is one of the best tools you can use to save yourself time and money.