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Smarter buildings
Integrating physical and digital infrastructures
to reduce energy, optimize space and lower operating costs

Smarter buildings: Integrated energy and facilities operations

Worldwide, buildings consume 42% of all electricity—more than any other asset. By 2025, buildings will be the largest emitters of greenhouse gases on our planet. So how can we make our buildings smarter?

IBM solutions for smarter buildings give building & facilities managers and real estate executives the tools to better manage their buildings’ energy, operations and space. They help provide insight into how and where facilities consume energy, how much it costs, how the building has performed over time and which opportunities exist to increase energy and resource efficiency.

They help customers understand what equipment they have, what it costs to maintain it and how reliable that equipment is. And IBM solutions for smarter buildings help customers understand their buildings’ occupancy level and cost, and help identify opportunities to make the best use of available space.

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