Intelligent smart building as a key factor
A report in Honeywell's Building Trends 2021 series presents assessments, challenges and priorities of educational facility building managers in the U.S., Germany and China.
Building designers of educational institutions are challenged. The report "Rethinking Education Facilities as Digital Entities." from the Honeywell series summarizes trends among building designers. According to the surveys, 64 percent in the U.S., China and Germany are more likely to invest in smart building solutions today than they were before the pandemic. Fifty-six percent say the ability to manage building systems from a single platform represents a key benefit of smart building management.
In terms of specific, digital solutions, the majority are very likely to invest in at least one of the following in the next 12 to 18 months: an app that provides real-time building information, software for better access and insight into fire alarm systems, and security products with higher cybersecurity protocols, contactless building access or remote building management.
Ninety-three percent of education facility managers surveyed report experiencing at least one emergency in the past 12 months. Forty-three percent report physical site or cybersecurity damage. And nearly half (45 percent) report that site security (video surveillance and access control) and fire and personal security systems were top priorities in the next 12 to 18 months.
Source: buildings.honeywell.com
