What Happens When Your Buildings Can Manage Themselves? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CBRE

"Today's organizations operate across increasingly complex real estate footprints, encompassing a variety of asset types and critical infrastructure. A patchwork of systems powering these facilities-building management platforms, internet of things (IoT) sensors, workforce tools-often lack integration and centralized oversight. The result is fragmented insights, limited visibility, and reactive decision making. To overcome these limitations, leaders are turning to a new model that not only connects systems but also enables them to work in sync and continuously improve their performance."

"From Prevention to Prediction Facilities management has shifted from reactive fixes to preventive strategies. Now it's moving toward systems that can predict and resolve issues autonomously. A self-optimizing portfolio takes preventive maintenance one step further, both identifying issues and solving them in real time. Think of a car that schedules its service before a breakdown, or an investment portfolio that automatically rebalances itself based on risk-and-reward dynamics."

Organizations operate across increasingly complex real estate footprints with diverse asset types and critical infrastructure. A patchwork of building management platforms, IoT sensors, and workforce tools often lacks integration and centralized oversight, producing fragmented insights, limited visibility, and reactive decision making. Leaders adopt models that connect systems, enable synchronized operation, and continuously improve performance. Facilities management has progressed from reactive fixes to preventive strategies and toward predictive, autonomous resolution of issues. Self-optimizing portfolios analyze real-time data to predict demand, adjust HVAC and other systems proactively, improve sustainability, reduce costs, and maintain occupant comfort. Centralized data forms the foundation for these capabilities.

Read at Harvard Business Review