Smart Buildings Research Service

The Smart Buildings Research Service covers a wide range of transformational technologies and best practices to enable building and facility managers to effectively manage and improve the performance, comfort, and security of their buildings or estates. The service covers the entire spectrum of buildings, including commercial buildings such as office towers and campuses, data centers, industrial facilities, hospitals, venues, and malls, as well as apartment blocks.

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Core Building Systems & Platforms

The hardware and software that supports building and facility managers
Software that supports the automation of buildings’ functions
The systems & hardware that support the efficient operation of HVAC systems in commercial buildings
Energy management software to reduce costs and the carbon footprint of buildings
Perimeter security, fire safety, and indoor sensing for commercial buildings

Vertical-Specific Use Cases

How technologies support the unique challenges faced by building/estate/facility managers at hospitals
How technologies support the unique challenges faced by building/estate/facility managers at government buildings
How technologies support the unique challenges faced by building/estate/facility managers in the leisure and retail industries

Building Lifecycle Technologies

Technologies that support building construction

Smart Buildings Research Powers Technology Innovation & Implementation

For Innovators

The Smart Buildings Research Service empowers innovation by providing comprehensive analyses of market trends and emergent challenges, while exploring and assessing the role of new technologies and services in addressing them. Technology providers use the service to inform product strategies, understand the competitive landscape and the Total Addressable Market (TAM), determine what other vendors are offering within it, and keep internal decision makers and experts apprised of risks, opportunities, and changing client requirements across regions and individual segments.

For Implementers

The service provides those looking to shape their deployment of technologies and services by supporting building and facility managers with essential information for guiding their choice of technologies and the vendors that can help them solve the challenges they face, while also determining which “best-in-class” innovations are most suitable for given implementers across building type.

Our Smart Buildings Research Helps Solve Real Business Challenges For Key Stakeholders

What challenges can we help you solve?

Apply best practices for managing energy needs

Identify technologies available to support energy management

Determine which vendor solutions fit specific facilities

What key questions can we help you answer?

How can industries effectively manage the energy transition?

How can the perimeter of a building be secured?

What technologies can improve HVAC system performance?

What challenges can we help you solve?

Size the Total Addressable Market (TAM) for connectivity technologies

Understand issues affecting connectivity across building types

Identify partners to deliver joint solutions for building owners

What key questions can we help you answer?

Which technologies can address key business problems?

Who are the main connectivity providers?

What challenges can we help you solve?

Identify technologies that improve user experience to secure lease renewals

Better understand usage inside properties

Determine which vendors to consider

What key questions can we help you answer?

How can building owners effectively manage their energy needs?

How can maintenance tasks be proactively managed?

What challenges can we help you solve?

Size the Total Addressable Market (TAM) for software solutions

Differentiate effectively in the market

Identify partners to embed the solution

What key questions can we help you answer?

What is the market share within the segment?

Which product portfolios are competitors offering?

What should building managers consider to get the most from these solutions?

Meet The Analysts You'll Work With

ABI Research's team of analysts publish groundbreaking research often years before other tech advisory firms, empowering our clients to stay ahead of their markets and their competitors.

Ben Chan

Industry Analyst

Dominique Bonte

Vice President

Stuart Carlaw

Chief Research Officer

Matthias Foo

Principal Analyst

James Hodgson

Research Director

Rachel Kong

Industry Analyst

Michael Larner

Distinguished Analyst

Ryan Martin

Senior Research Director

Paris McKinley

Research Analyst

Michela Menting

Senior Research Director

Jamie Moss

Research Director

Andrew Spivey

Principal Analyst