The Business Case for BPE

The place of Building Performance Evaluation in creating a net zero carbon economy

The built environment is seeing a period of unprecedented demand for innovation and change. This is being driven by a combination of the mainstream acceptance that we must transition to a Net Zero Carbon economy as quickly as possible, and the exponential growth of smart technologies, particularly the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT).

There is a growing realization that Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) can and will play a central role in helping turn this vision of a Net Zero Carbon future into a healthy and productive reality. Experts in this area are beginning to collaborate more closely with innovators from across the financial, construction, IT, Electric Vehicle (EV) and energy supply chain to understand what this future might look like, and strategically position themselves to take advantage as new business models appear.

It is already apparent that it is no longer enough to think this will be a world of simply predicting energy and water demand. We are rapidly approaching a future where multiple players will need to know how the built environment is performing, why this is the case, plus what and when the wider energy system and occupant needs impacts will be.