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Gain actionable insights into smart building performance
Measure the effectiveness of smart building features, functions and technologies with a SPIRE Smart Buildings Assessment™, built by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and UL Solutions. SPIRE™ provides building owners, managers and operators with actionable data and insights that can help lower costs, mitigate risks, address tenant concerns and enhance overall asset value. The SPIRE™ program consists of an expertly curated, objective and holistic framework across six major criteria: power and energy, health and well-being, life and property safety, connectivity, cybersecurity, and sustainability. The online SPIRE™ Self-Assessment tool is the first step toward understanding your building’s performance. It provides high-level ratings and reporting across key performance criteria and prepares you for the verified assessment with an assessor. The SPIRE™ Verified Assessment offers a complete on-site smart building evaluation with the opportunity to earn a Smart Building Verified Mark with a plaque so you can proudly display your Verified Mark.
In addition to safety regulations, governmental agencies worldwide are increasing their focus on and incentives for green, sustainable, energy-efficient real estate. Use SPIRE™ to evaluate and enhance your buildings’ performance to help you unlock potential benefits such as grants and rebates.
A smart building resource to measure value or performance of building assets
Until now, smart building programs available in the marketplace have provided a fragmented experience when it comes to measuring value and performance. SPIRE™ is a comprehensive resource to help you gain holistic insights during any stage of your building life cycle and business objectives.
SPIRE assesses smart buildings holistically
We use six key criteria that define the full scope of smart building performance. By assessing, validating and rating within this industry-first holistic framework, you can optimize asset performance, return on investment (ROI) and tenant relations all at once.
Power and Energy
Health and Wellbeing
Life and Property Safety
Connectivity
Cybersecurity
Sustainability
Energy demand charges and purchases remain one of the largest components of a building’s operating budget. We evaluate criteria in:
• Energy use management and analysis
• Demand response
• Grid interoperability
• Distributed energy resources
With emerging digital health and well-being tools and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, smart buildings must exceed expectations for health and well-being. We evaluate criteria in:
• Indoor air quality
• Thermal management
• Visual human comfort
• Light and noise control
• Potable water quality
• Odor management
Optimizing the safety of building occupants is the top priority for owners and operators. From fire safety to emergency response, building liability starts with preparation. We evaluate criteria in:
• Building emergency plans
• Integrated system performance
• Situational awareness
• Emergency communications
Often dubbed the fourth utility, connectivity has become the most essential utility of a smart building. We evaluate criteria in:
• Media
• Security
• Coverage
• Expansion
• Resilience
Cyberattacks and back-door mechanisms threaten to disrupt critical smart building infrastructure. We measure and provide best practices through:
• Identification
• Protection
• Detection
• Response
• Recovery
A smart building is a sustainable building. We assess performance based on a wide array of existing frameworks and certification programs:
• LEED
• BREEAM
• Green Globes
• Living Building Challenge
• WELL Building Standard
• Fitwel
• International Green Construction Code and CALGreen
Smart building performance management informed by leading organizations
The SPIRE Smart Buildings™ program powered by TIA and UL Solutions is the result of immense collaboration through a working group composed of more than 60 leading and iconic brands across the industry. Together, we defined a new gold standard of assessment criteria to improve smart building performance and occupant experience.
Measure smart building performance
See a snapshot of your smart building performance
Our online SPIRE™ Self-Assessment tool is a quick, easy and cost-efficient way to gain valuable building performance insights. By working with subject matter experts in your organization to input your building’s data, the automated experience is a guide to assessing building functionality. This can provide a road map for future improvements to help increase asset values.
Measure smart building performance against meaningful metrics
The easy-to-read dashboard organizes all assets in a central location and visually displays preliminary scoring across six essential smart building categories. Intuitive filters allow you to focus on detailed views and share select data with appropriate stakeholders
Discover a competitive edge
In addition to the online Self-Assessment tool, the SPIRE™ Smart Buildings Verified Assessment offer full on-site and virtual evaluations of building performance. A comprehensive review of your processes and technologies can provide the opportunity to earn a verified rating that you can use to promote the confirmed performance and benefits of your smart building.
Empower informed decisions to help enhance asset value
Our comprehensive framework and assessment criteria set the benchmark for performance, allowing you to gain valuable insights and empowering you to make informed decisions to improve and optimize the value of your building assets. We can also help guide road map creation to maximize property investment.
Optimize the wellness of indoor environments
Indoor air quality, air filtration, lighting, water quality and more directly impact the health and well-being of occupants. Use assessment data to help improve occupant wellness.
Assess performance and usage of installed technology
We can help you verify and identify gaps in performance, connectivity, cybersecurity and reporting capabilities to enhance building operations and optimization.
Case studies
Microsoft
See how the UL Verified SPIRE Smart Buildings™ Rating has enabled Microsoft to pinpoint new areas to impact change and meet overall enterprise goals.
Corning
See how Corning maximized building performance in their new Optical Communications smart building headquarters.
Audiences
Owner-occupied
- Optimize building management
- Lower operating costs
- Increase asset values
- Attract and retain employees
Portfolio managers and real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Enhance investment decisions
- Maximize ROI
- Improve brand reputation
Real estate developers
- Strengthen tenant relations
- Improve brand reputation
- Gain expert insight
Your building impacts your business
Irrespective of the industry, investment in smart technologies for buildings and facilities can offer both short- and long-term benefits.
Commercial
Smart tech is helping commercial real estate stakeholders oversee operations more effectively. It now reaches every part of the industry, from investing and purchasing to property management and tenant relations.
Institutional
Smart building technologies for governmental, municipal and even educational institutions can enhance the user experience, increase productivity, reduce costs and mitigate physical and cybersecurity risks.
Industrial
Smart buildings are pivotal in automation. Effective management of the sensors and connected devices working across multiple systems and processes can enhance productivity and reduce downtime.
Retail and hospitality
Automated systems can work together to help track supply shipments, manage inventory, speed up customer transactions and even identify areas on the sales floor that guide customer movement.
Medical
One of the largest segments in smart technologies, medical facilities can better track assets and supplies, improve patient flows and experiences, transfer more data, lower energy costs and create “self-aware” rooms.
Public venues
From stadiums to museums and theaters, smart technologies can improve overall operations, lower costs, enhance attendee experiences, lower concession costs, increase security and optimize ticketing and parking.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the SPIRE Smart Buildings™ program?
- What are the elements of the SPIRE Smart Buildings™ program?
- After I complete the SPIRE™ Self-Assessment, what do I get?
- How much effort will the SPIRE™ Self-Assessment require of my organization?
- What is the difference between the SPIRE™ Self-Assessment and the SPIRE™ Verified Assessment and Rating?
- How can SPIRE™ help in the current economic environment?
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