Evaluating smart building safety, security and performance
Smart building technologies create an ecosystem that responds to occupants’ needs and help conserve energy and save costs.
We connect you with meaningful insights about building performance through assessment and ratings systems to help you make sustainability progress and improve occupant comfort.
Smart building technologies may introduce security, safety and interoperability issues. That’s why we offer a wide range of testing, certification and verification services for smart building systems.
$28 billion
The projected global smart lighting market by 2026. (Source)
$122 billion
The projected global automation systems market by 2026. (Source)
$408 billion
The projected global smart building market by 2030. (Source)
11%
The percentage of Australia’s cybersecurity incidents in 2023 that targeted critical infrastructure sectors including electricity, water and gas. (Source)
We help manufacturers, owners and technology consultants to:
Build and adopt technologies that work
Boost trust — provide tech that performs to specifications on promoted features.
Demonstrate compliance with standards
Testing and certification for interoperability, EMC and wireless functionality.
Improve smart building security
Address weaknesses through testing, certification, gap analysis and training.
Assess smart building performance
Get insights that can help lower costs, mitigate risks and enhance asset value.
Our capabilities for smart and secure building technologies
Connectivity and Interoperability
Our services for connected devices help our customers deliver and adopt smart devices that connect to a network right out of the box and perform to specifications on promoted features, so you can boost your brand reputation and consumer trust.
Controls
As smart products advance, so do the safety standards for automatic electrical controls. We offer testing and certification services for controls help establish the safe operation of appliances with embedded control hardware and software.
Connected Products
Our training, advisory, testing, Verification, inspection and certification services for connected products help manufacturers get compliant products to the market efficiently so they can meet the demands for emerging technologies.
Security
Our smart building cybersecurity testing, certification and advisory services can help product and system manufacturers, system integrators and building owners enable physical security and cybersecurity across the smart building ecosystem.
Connected Building
We offer assessments, frameworks and marketing claim verifications to help you assess smart building performance across multiple criteria, substantiate products’ features and product capabilities and identify opportunities for improvement.
Meet our experts
“By its very definition and design, evolution is a slow process. However, every once in a while, evolution is known to change pace, resulting in rapid strides that suddenly leave the standard way of life redundant and usher in a new era. Today, we are ushering in the new digital era.”
Sudhi Ranjan Sinha
Vice president, Account Based Marketing and Global Accounts
“Cybersecurity success is not achieved in isolation, but through collaboration of innovation, regulatory alignment and standardization to deliver world-class services for our customers.”
Dean Zwarts
Senior global manager, Cybersecurity
Services for smart, secure building technologies
Connected Device Interoperability Testing
We help solve connectivity issues in early-stage product and software development so consumers can stay connected with their smart devices.
Connected Device Testing and Certification
We can help you deliver and adopt smart devices that connect to a network and perform to specifications on promoted features.
Testing and Certification for Controls
Demonstrate that controls meet interoperability standards and support the safe operation of appliances with embedded hardware and software.
Connected Lighting
We offer testing and certification services for connected lighting, including cybersecurity, interoperability, EMC and DALI-2 certification.
Fire Detection and Security
Our training, advisory, testing, vVerification, inspection and certification services for fire alarm control equipment help manufacturers get compliant products to the market efficiently.
Smart Building Cybersecurity
We can help you improve internal cybersecurity capabilities and processes and validate security built into your products.
Cybersecurity for Physical Security Systems (UL 2900-2-3)
Validate performance and reliability; protect security, health and safety; and establish that systems will work as intended in an emergency.
SPIRE™ Smart Building Rating Program and Qualification Program
Get actionable insights that can help lower costs, mitigate risks, address tenant concerns and enhance overall asset value.
Smart System Rating Program
Provide independent reassurance that technologies work as intended and are purposely built to optimize operations for the whole building.
Advance the safety, security and performance of smart building ecosystems
Choose UL Solutions as your trusted partner to help safeguard the security of your smart building ecosystem.
Explore our other capabilities for buildings and construction
Safer Building Products and Systems
Demonstrate the safety and compliance of building products and systems across HVAC/R, wire and cable, lighting, appliances and ESS.
Building Infrastructure Safety and Performance
Demonstrate the safety and compliance of building infrastructure through code compliance, fire safety, testing and inspection services.
More Sustainable Building Materials and Construction
Stand out in a growing market through environmental product certifications that satisfy the buildings and construction industry.
Healthy and Sustainable Buildings
Tools, frameworks and guidance to help you address health and sustainability metrics and achieve third-party green building certifications.
Effective Utility Management and Optimization
Understand and improve your building’s resource efficiency and performance and reduce its environmental impact.
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