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Gartner says smart cities
will use 1.6 billion connected
things in 2016
Gartner estimates that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by
smart cities in 2016, an increase of 39% from 2015.
“
Smart commercial buildings will
be the highest user of Internet of
Things (IoT) until 2017, after which
smart homes will take the lead with just
over 1 billion connected things in 2018,”
said Bettina Tratz-Ryan, research vice
president at Gartner.
Commercial real estate benefits greatly
from IoT implementation. IoT creates
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a unified view of facilities management
as well as advanced service operations
through the collection of data and
insights from a multitude of sensors.
“Especially in large sites, such as industrial
zones, office parks, shopping malls,
airports or seaports, IoT can help reduce
the cost of energy, spatial management
and building maintenance by up to
30%,” added Tratz-Ryan.
The business applications that
are fuelling the growth of IoT in
commercial buildings are handled
through building information
management systems that drive
operations management, especially
around energy efficiency and usercentric service environments. In 2016,
commercial security cameras and
webcams as well as indoor LEDs will
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