The office of the future, complete with sensors of all kinds, waterless toilets and helper bots was the stuff of science fiction less than a decade ago.
Today we are at the threshold of the Internet of Things, where objects with a unique identifier automatically transfer data over a network and use M2M technology to generate the objects "next actions," eliminating human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.
Not to make light of the fact that each sensor which turns off a light and each flush that's waterless unto itself is a positive sustainable impact.
However, when connected by the Internet of Things and optimized as Monte Carlo simulations suggest, greater sustainable impacts are achievable as the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Although currently a nascent market, Google's recent acquisition of Nest is a harbinger indicating that the Internet of Things is a future trend ... not just a passing fad.
It's a small leap of faith to see that this opportunistic moment in the B2C space will assuredly impact our B2B industry.
Let's call that impact the Internet of Things V1.1 Office Edition. Now imagine the Internet of Things optimizing sustainable operating efficiencies in your buildings. What does that look like?
Nadine Cino, LEED AP, is a regular contributor to the greater purpose of generating SustainAble action, and is CEO and co-inventor of the Tyga-Box System, New York, N.Y. Tags: