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Why should you look in to Smart Building – Vents Magazine
It is no surprise that with technology giving birth to “smart” everything, smart buildings have also come to life. Smart buildings are specially designed to reduce energy consumption. These buildings have all their infrastructural features linked to promote efficient use of resources and encourage a comfortable living.

Since the concept of smart buildings is still in its infancy, features like sensors also collect valuable information to develop the idea further. As a result, these buildings have countless benefits.

Improving overall efficiency
Certain areas of buildings are used in different ways and thus have additional energy requirements. Using sensors, an accurate measure of what areas of the structure require fewer resources can result in high efficiency.

Another useful benefit of these sensors entails finding and efficiently utilizing underused space in a building and making sure no space is overcrowded with furniture.

Reduced energy consumption
The prime driving force behind the innovation of smart buildings is to make efficient use of energy. During the late 20th century, people became aware of the negative impact of using too much power, and the world started adapting its development to reduce this problem.

Research shows that up to 30% of energy resources can be conserved depending on how advanced the building’s system is. This results in inefficient use of resources as well as lower costs.

Improved productivity
Smart buildings create a clean environment such as appropriate heating and good air quality which eases the mind and lightens the mood. In addition, facilities are monitored, and features are made more passive through better technology. This also limits the need for manual operation, improves mental health, and increases motivation, resulting in efficient work yield.

Maintenance
There is no doubt that an overall manual maintenance check needs to be carried out once in a while, but intelligent systems recognize and fix problems. The damage done is beyond automatic repair; it sets out an alert before too much damage is done. This results in a greater timespan between manual maintenance, it also ensures the maintenance of the home remains minimal.

Better use of resources
Smart buildings use resources through patterns built up from the sensory data provided by the sensors. Because this data is collected from the surroundings, it is always accurate. As a result, planning becomes more valuable over time with more and more data, and resource management becomes close to perfect and aids in constructing future smart buildings.
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