Published research

Smart-building adoption and business opportunities

Smart-building technology is rarely the bottleneck. The bottleneck is connecting what the technology can do with what an organisation is ready to adopt and pay for.

Conceptual illustration: an office building connected to isometric chart blocks
Conceptual illustration

Within the Brains4Buildings programme, Tousif co-authored the evaluation and business opportunity work examining how smart-building propositions translate into organisational adoption, and where standardisation would help the market mature.

The work connected technical possibilities with business value: what building owners and operators actually need, what suppliers can credibly deliver, and what has to change in between for implementation to succeed.

Outputs and publications

  • Evaluation and Business Opportunity Report, including Recommendations for StandardisationRahman, T., Chochanova, E., Chamari, L. & Maassen, W. — Brains4Buildings public report, 2025.Read the published report ↗