Understanding the IoT for Smart Commercial Buildings
Companies are relying on Sierra Wireless to connect a variety of IoT devices for a range of use cases for commercial buildings:

HVAC
Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems account for 39% of all energy used in commercial buildings in the US3. A leading provider of HVAC systems partnered with Sierra Wireless to pro-actively monitor their systems. Advanced sensors monitored the performance of components and sent detailed information back to a cloud-management platform. By using data analytics, the company determined when equipment was likely to fail resulting in better performance, reliability and efficiency for its HVAC systems.
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Lighting
Lighting remains the leading consumer of energy in commercial buildings. By monitoring activity in areas of a building and then automatically dimming or shutting off lights when not needed it is possible to make significant reductions. The use of a 30,000-sensor smart lighting system at The Edge, a commercial office building in the Netherlands, contributed to overall energy savings of around 70% compared with other non-automated buildings4.

Security
Sierra Wireless provides gateway solutions that can connect security cameras to central access systems and support the relay of real-time data. This enables technologies like facial recognition and results in fast authentication and authorization. In the event of a breach, the system can immediately trigger security alarms.