Slowly but surely, building owners and managers are realizing the many financial benefits associated with intelligent technologies -lower energy costs, lower maintenance costs, and lower repair and replacement costs. Take Greater Vancouver's Kwantlen Polytechnic University as one example: since installing an intelligent building automation system (BAS) across its Cloverdale campus, the school has seen an operational cost savings of $2.7 million over the last decade, an energy saving of up to 45% annually, a yearly saving in natural gas by up to 25%, and an estimated reduction in GHG emissions by 20% over the next 10 years. Given the many opportunities available to building owners from building intelligence, it is surprising that the incorporation of the technologies is not more widespread.
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