Wireless Sensor Networks is Making Buildings Green

June 20, 2007

SAN DIEGO, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Wireless sensor network (WSN) technology's clean and inexpensive system deployments will result in more buildings using less energy, needing less maintenance, and producing lower carbon emissions, according to ON World. By 2011, global revenues for WSN commercial building solutions will be $2.6 billion. Rising end user awareness and demand, a strengthening value system, and hardening standards is increasing WSN adoption in Green buildings worldwide. Twenty-five percent of commercial building energy reduction will be attributed to WSN in 2013, worth $7.4 billion in global energy savings. "Energy management has always been a major driver for commercial buildings to adopt building control technologies, but now achieving Green status is becoming the primary driving force," says Mareca Hatler, Director of Research for ON World. Driven by social and economic forces, building owners worldwide are adopting Green solutions in order to increase efficiency, lower costs, reduce operational risks, and satisfy the demands of customers, employees, and shareholders.

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