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New York, NY—Smart building technology has arrived and is rapidly changing the landscape of commercial office space.

For example, an unused conference room where the sun streams through uncovered windows, thus heating up the space, is not the best use of the space. Additionally, employees are not the most comfortable or productive when they are utilizing space heaters under desks because they are freezing or using fingerless gloves as they type on a keyboard.

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