Industry group launches new smart building certification programme

A group of 90 tenants, landlords and property professionals from around the world have joined forces to set up the WiredScore Smart Council and launch a new smart building certification programme, a recent news report has been able to suggest.

The SmartScore certification aims to provide clarity, definition and measurement for the growing smart building industry and will offer guidance around what ‘smart’ is and how it should be implemented.

To ensure it is as complementary as possible with other industry standards, WiredScore has worked with BREEAM, LEED, RESET and WELL to create alignment with their certifications.

Although the smart building market is forecast to reach $180.9bn by 2025, there has been a lack of clarity about what exactly qualifies as a smart building. By developing a common standard, WiredScore said it aims to bring credibility and certainty to an industry undergoing a rapid transformation.

According to the group, in order to achieve this certification, a smart building must deliver:

• Individual and collaborative productivity (e.g. automatic visitor check-in, automatic meeting room booking, desk booking, occupancy detection)
• Health and wellbeing (e.g. air quality monitoring, lighting/temperature/ventilation adjustment, cleanliness and maintenance reporting systems)
• Community and services (e.g. providing users with the ability to explore and access external services, deliveries, accessibility options and communication with users)
• Sustainability (e.g. energy/water lighting optimisation, waste management, charging points for EVs)
• Maintenance and optimisation (e.g. immediate and detailed performance data, more finely tuned system performance)
• Security (e.g. building security, access controls, fire alarms and compliance management)

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