Building automation is happening, and preparation is underway for the transformation of the built environment. Here are steps to navigate the changes.

AI-enabled HVAC systems can offer benefits for building owners and occupants. By monitoring and analyzing conditions inside a space, as well as outdoors, the system can constantly make adjustments to the environment based on the data being collected.

AI-enabled HVAC systems can offer benefits for building owners and occupants. By monitoring and analyzing conditions inside a space, as well as outdoors, the system can constantly make adjustments to the environment based on the data being collected.

As far as the HVACR industry is concerned, AI is already providing opportunities to improve maintenance, comfort, and energy savings.

Distributors can create a market advantage for themselves and their customers by responding to shifts in consumer behaviors as well as providing marketing and advertising options that are aligned with current trends.

Although the concept of automation often brings up the image of a self-checkout lane or of a robot performing manual labor, the reality is more complex. Automation frequently relies on a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. While AI can replace human decision-making using a data-driven approach, robotics can replace physical human tasks. When these two qualities are combined, automation has the potential to disrupt a large portion of the workforce.

It’s nice to be the hero, but, just as medicine is transforming from an expensive and reactionary model to a predictive and cost-effective one, so will HVAC. The result will be fewer high-margin jobs in the wake of catastrophes but more low-margin, predictive tuneups.