SMART OFFICES MARKET ANALYSIS

Market Challenges And Opportunities

However, there are still some restraints in smart office construction that limits growth of the market. Security is a major threat to smart offices, employee training in IT security is necessary in order to reduce the chance of attacks, which intend to gain access to the systems.

Moreover, rapidly growing construction industry is expected to boost the number of building infrastructure in an innovative and cost effective way, in turn creating opportunities for the smart office solution providers. According to analysis by Coherent Market Insights, Asia Pacific commercial construction market was around US$ 1,341 billion in 2017, and is expected to reach US$ 2,489 billion by 2021. This is expected to create a lucrative market opportunity for smart office in India in the near future.

Increasing need to upgrade office infrastructure of existing office buildings is boosting growth of the smart office market. The enterprises are undergoing this change, owing to massive increase in consumption of energy resources that has direct impact on the operational cost of the enterprise. Hence, smart office solutions are implemented to minimize concerns related to consumption of energy resources. According to Coherent Market Insights analysis, major energy consumption that is around 17% of total energy in North America is consumed by commercial buildings, wherein office buildings contribute to more consumption of energy resources.

For instance, among total energy consumption in office buildings HVAC system (cooling, heating, and ventilation) contribute to around 51% of total energy usage and lighting represents around 25% of total usage, as these two parameters contributes three quarters of an office building energy use.