5 reasons why software houses should take part in building smart cities
Smart buildings become a reality. PropTech trends will and already do shape the way we live and interact with spaces, therefore, no one should ignore them. Nowadays, there is obviously more to creating smart buildings than just bricks and mortar. Behind all app-smart, technology-advanced solutions, there are developers and software houses, whose role in building smart cities is essential. Why should they get even more involved in shaping the future of how we live?
1. Big market value
Let’s start with talking about money. Global smart building market is about to reach $57.81 billion by 2023 with a CAGR of 31.5%. Even if competition is high, it’s still a very big market to share and taking even a small bite out of it could be highly beneficial (source: Reuters).
2. A need for specialized software houses
Property managers name system integrations as the biggest smart building challenge. They need high-skilled developers to overcome this problem and deploy smart building systems. Having that in mind, we can be positive that working in this field and improving smart-building-implementation skills will get software houses hired for the upcoming years.
3. Wide range of clients
People spend 90% of their time (according to EPA and WHO reports) indoors, in spaces which often are not digitally interactive at all. The majority of businesses are run inside a building (e.g. shopping malls, offices, airports). This variety of spaces and huge amount of time spent inside buildings mean that software houses specializing in smart buildings will have many potential clients in various industries.
4. Interesting projects
Not only does smart building industry offer jobs for many different clients, but it also creates opportunities for running projects that actually improve other people’s lives. Smart buildings are about security improvements, cutting utilities’ usage and cost, creating more comfortable environment, etc. Each client may be interested in different projects fulfilling different needs, so PropTech-oriented software houses, most likely, won’t get bored too soon.
5. Simplicity
Even though smart building solutions are based on sophisticated technology, implementing them doesn’t have to be complicated at all. Indoorway offers developers the tools that make it easy to start the adventure with smartening up the buildings. They enable composing and editing digital maps, providing accurate indoor location for venues and various analytical features for examining indoor traffic. And yet, they’re easy to use!
How to get started and become a PropTech-specialized software house?
In order to prepare developers and software houses for their growing role in the PropTech Industry, Indoorway developed a Partner Programme. The program teaches how to implement IoT technologies, but not only.
Indoorway also supports its partners in becoming the best salesman of smart building projects. Since we have already sold and developed such projects for a few key players on the Polish real estate market, we are keen on sharing our experience and best practices. That’s why, in upcoming articles, I’ll explain each step of our 6-step sales process. Stay tuned to learn more about:
Step 1: Letting potential clients know that you provide smart building services
Step 2: Making clients dream about digitize building that solve their problems and boost business
Step 3: Showing clients that the future of smart buildings is already here
Step 4: Finalizing the deal and developing the solution by means of Indoorway’s resources for developers
Step 5: Telling the world about the project you have developed
Step 6: Convincing the client to expand their project with new smart building features
