The Continental Automated Buidling Association’s annual show brings together real estate professionals and the companies who can help them make their properties safer, greener and more efficient. Connectivity is the key to most of the solutions that were discussed this week at the CABA Forum. With prices for wireless connectivity and sensor technology both declining, there are more and more opportunities to create “smart” buildings. But building owners and their tenants remain cautious for a number of reasons.
1. First and foremost is security, according to several of the speakers at the CABA Forum. Some companies don’t think the potential value of the data they could get from connected equipment outweighs the security risk. Companies are very aware that anything that’s connected can be hacked.