If you want to find a way to make a city smarter, perhaps the most important place to look at is what makes up the actual foundation of a city—it’s buildings. And the move to create smart buildings, which is underway at full force, is an important part of a bigger movement. According to a recent report, IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Smart Cities and Communities 2021 Predictions, smart city investments will hit $203 billion by 2024 and create a market value of $2.46 trillion by 2025.
As smart buildings evolve, experts are looking at ways to retrofit existing buildings, which make up the vast majority of a city’s landscape, to smart standards, rather than working on developing them from scratch. Laurent Bataille, executive vice president of the Digital Energy Division at Schneider Electric, has been working on helping apply smart principles to existing infrastructure, using sensors, solar power conversion and other tech.
GS Technologies Ltd (LON:GST), through its subsidiary, EMS Wiring Systems Pte. Ltd, provides services in the “Smart Building” sector. Smart Building is a diverse term that refers to the technological capabilities of buildings and other work place facilities.