Johnson Controls surveyed more than 400 firms in the U.S. and Canada on their approach to supporting healthier buildings and a successful return to work in 2021. The resulting report, published in January 2021, revealed a keen interest in healthy buildings initiatives and valuable insights on what that means to companies today. A universal spending pattern across industries also became clear. In particular, while some industries spend slightly more on clean air initiatives (commercial real estate) and others on disaster response and healthy workspace (healthcare), overall, the need and desire for healthy buildings and safe workspaces transcends vertical markets.
Key words: artificial intelligence (AI), large building controls/automation, HVAC, property management, communications, cloud & data analytics