Industry Reports
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Industry Reports
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2024 Architect's Journey to Specification
Examines the evolving process of how architects research, evaluate, and specify building products and materials, highlighting key trends, challenges, and opportunities in the specification process for the architecture industry.
https://www.aia.org/sites/default/files/2025-01/2024-AIA-architects-journey-to-specification.pdf -
2025 Workplace Index
released by Eptura on March 18, 2025, examines key workplace trends, including increased office attendance plans, AI adoption challenges, and the need for integrated technology solutions in managing workplace operations
https://eptura.com/news/workplace-index-march-2025/ - Advancing Facilities Management with A Digital Thread – White Paper (March 2025)
The white paper by Autodesk, IFMA, and ITC explores how digital threads—a continuous flow of data across the building lifecycle—can address inefficiencies caused by fragmented data in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) industry, offering actionable strategies to improve operational efficiency, sustainability, and collaboration.
https://it.ifma.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Final-Version-Autodesk-IFMA-ITC-Advancing-Facilities-Management-with-a-Digital-Thread-1.pdf - Optimizing Building Management with a Lifecycle Approach – White Paper (December 2023)
The white paper by Autodesk, IFMA, and ITC, highlights how facility managers can leverage digital threads and emerging technologies like digital twins to bridge data gaps across the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations (AECO) lifecycle, fostering collaboration, improving efficiency, and supporting sustainability initiatives.
https://it.ifma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Autodesk-IFMA-Research-Report-Optimizing-Building-Management-Lifecycle-Approach.pdf - Why the Growing Adoption of IoT Demands Seamless Integration of IT and OT
Cybersecurity professionals are well aware of the significant threats posed by cybercrime and advanced cyberattacks targeting cyber-physical systems (CPS) – systems that integrate IT and OT components.
https://www.dataversity.net/why-the-growing-adoption-of-iot-demands-seamless-integration-of-it-and-ot/ - The Future Ready Building
At Trane Technologies, we've spent decades understanding this fundamental truth: the built environment is a powerful catalyst for achieving business objectives when approached with purpose and vision.
https://bit.ly/41UkfWe
