BSRIA has launched a White Paper entitled Future Building Trends – Impacts – Solutions.

Written by Jeremy Towler, senior manager, Energy & Smart Technologies, BSRIA Worldwide Market Intelligence, the document specifically asks readers: what do you think are the biggest, most relevant changes in buildings now and over the next 10 years? What will be the impact on our industry? What products and services will be required in the future?

Although there were a small number of participants from Europe and Asia, the majority were from North American organisations, so have a North American slant or bias.

The paper examined: how buildings can improve productivity and wellbeing – touching on all aspects of building design, construction, use and maintenance. It also looked at the relationship of buildings with their immediate environment, as well as their connection to the wider world.

In addition it considered the changing landscape around the design and use of buildings, their evolution, and how the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and building controls industry should be shaped in future in order to best respond to client.

BSRIA chief executive Julia Evans said: “Buildings that adapt to people (rather than the other way around) will be a major evolution and will lead to more productive environments, a higher level of satisfaction and comfort for occupants and the ability, for example, to avoid conditioning unoccupied spaces.

“The advance of the Internet of Things (IoT) is a major trend in building management. A growing abundance of data will lead to new services and solutions; however there is a risk that the speed of change may create uncertainty – which can lead to hesitation and false starts.”

She continued: “There is a trend towards home-working which will cause a reduction in the demand for commercial building space. More remote working and desk sharing to accommodate the way people will work in the future will result in the need for more flexible work space and an increase in the occupied density of commercial buildings.”

The paper was developed for BSRIA’s Diamond Group Forum NAM 1/2015 in a parallel to the AHR Expo in Chicago in January 2015. BSRIA’s Diamond Group consists of a BSRIA network of senior executives.

For more information on corporate business opportunities in the North American market contact Raphael Chalogany, business development manager, North America, BSRIA, Worldwide Market Intelligence, email: raphael.chalogany@bsria.com

BSRIA will be exhibiting at the forthcoming AHR expo in Orlando from 25-27 January 2016. Raphael will be attending the show (booth 4792) and would be happy to discuss BSRIA’s development plans for the North American market: http://www.ahrexpo.com/