This April 2020 position paper from TIA discusses the need to define smart buildings, identify gaps in existing measurement methods, and develop preliminary assessment criteria. Those criteria, to support the objective of holistically measuring building technology and performance, should encompass six primary smart building operational categories, the authors write: connectivity, health and wellbeing, life and property safety, power and energy, cybersecurity and sustainability. Buildings are to be scored on a sliding scale and their operators provided with the information and guidance they need to improve scores all building lifecycle stages. The TIA launched the new SPIRE program for smart buildings recently, and are currently running SPIRE pilot buildings.
Key words: biometrics, access controls, identification systems, powerline communications, security controls/systems, employee productivity, fire/life safety