Financing smart buildings: driving value in the "new normal"

Using future savings to fund the cost of smart buildings conversion

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The pandemic and its resulting economic pressures are driving the need to make buildings smart and more energy efficient. This insight series looks at how five sectors across the globe are coping with the 'new normal': offices, hospitals, manufacturing, public buildings and education.

Key points from the study

Buildings and the way they are used may be permanently changed. Smart buildings add value by delivering agility and flexibility.
Economic, pandemic, regulatory and environmental drivers are all accelerating smart building conversion.
Reducing a building's energy consumption is the starting point for smart buildings transformation, as savings can be used towards conversion.
Smart financing plays a major role in enabling conversion without the need to source and deploy large amounts of capital.
The research estimates the cost for official buildings energy conversion targets to 2040 across five sectors and the size of the investment challenge.

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Insight series: up close In addition to our latest whitepaper, we'll be launching five mini articles, which home in on each of the official buildings sectors identified in the whitepaper: offices, hospitals, manufacturing, public buildings and education. Each insight will deepen the reader's understanding of the challenges with sector data and real-world case studies.

Smart finance enables...

Offices

Once a mainstay of the modern workplace, now an increasingly optional or part-time space. What will the offices of the future require to meet employees needs?

Hospitals

How can hospitals better serve patients and cope with the ongoing challenges of the healthcare crisis? Smart conversion could be just the remedy.

Manufacturing

Industry thrives on intelligent, efficient and flexibile processes but this doesn't stop with the equipment, it extends to operating facilities as well. How can smart buildings give manufacturers of all sizes a competitive edge?

Public buildings

Strained budgets are nothing new for the public sector. Building portfolios are a window into savings that can directly benefit citizens. Find out what better, and more efficient public services look like.

Education

Access to school facilities has been an overwhelming issue over the course of this crisis. How can thinking smarter ensure student/staff safety and reduce disruptions to learning?

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