The impact of using internet of things (IOT) to imporve the operational performance of a commercial building

The rapid growth and deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) based technology have opened up new avenues for technical advances in various areas of life and building performance. The primary aim of IoT technologies is to simplify processes in various fields, improve system efficiency, and, ultimately, improve quality of life. Despite the remarkable efforts by standardization bodies, professional alliances, building industry, academia and others, there are still multiple challenges to be addressed before IoT can realize its full potential. The challenges can be addressed from a variety of perspectives, including smart buildings and energy conservation. The core scope is to deliver a comprehensive overview of how open issues and efficiencies could be tackled by future researches. Some insights are provided directed at specific emerging ideas to facilitate future research. Also, this paper brings order in the existing literature by classifying contributions according to different research topics. The outcome detailed contributed to a better understanding of current technological progress in IoT application areas. In addition, it overviews the environmental implications linked with the increased application of IoT products in general and mainly in commercial building energy management. Lastlty, it presents and discusses a case study on a representative building that was used to analyze the impact of IoT technology, and this resulted to a substantial saving of 41% as compared to the original building's energy use.