In an era of energy and digital transformation, the economics of building ownership are changing. According to a new whitepaper from the global energy practice of Navigant, a Guidehouse company, energy, technology, and service providers must innovate in the buildings sector or risk major disruption to their businesses.
Building-to-Grid (B2G) is one of seven emerging energy platforms identified in Navigant’s Energy Cloud 4.0 vision of a more sustainable, highly digitized, and dynamic energy system. Navigant predicts an increase in energy-related transactions that will be initiated within and delivered through customer-centric platforms like B2G made possible by digital, future-ready buildings.
The leap from intelligent buildings to B2G will require significant market shifts across five core industry dimensions—customers, policy and regulation, technology, business models, and operations.
To avoid major disruption, the paper advises that stakeholders should prioritize thinking beyond the building envelope and investing in a B2G market entry strategy today — build, buy, or partner to bolster and expand legacy capabilities.
It also engages with early adopters to demonstrate B2G potential with real-life case studies that demonstrate the technical benefits and specific ROI tied to financial business models, and focuses on market education and outreach on the business benefits of B2G enabling technologies to create the business case customers need to begin the journey.
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