How Smart Facilities Create Space for the Future of Work

How Smart Facilities Create Space for the Future of Work

This IDC Perspective discusses how smart facilities can be instrumental in advancing broader organizational goals. It highlights the relevance to facility, maintenance, property, and workplace management teams of IDC's three pillars of future of work: culture, augmentation, and space. IDC defines smart facilities and identifies five key workplace management initiatives where smart facilities are likely to have the greatest direct impact."The scope of IDC's Smart Facilities research goes beyond the confines of 'smart building' technology, which has focused on energy efficiency and cost cutting at the expense of workplace experiences," says Juliana Beauvais, research manager, Enterprise Asset Management and Smart Facilities at IDC. "A smart facility approach means putting people at the center when commissioning a facility, designing building automation, and curating occupant experiences."

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