Conference Speakers

Tyler Smith

Vice President, Healthy Buildings, HVAC & Controls, Johnson Controls Inc.

BIOGRAPHY

Tyler Smith is Vice President, Healthy Buildings at Johnson Controls. Tyler has spent 17 years with Johnson Controls in roles focused on leveraging building management systems and HVAC equipment to drive important outcomes such as improvements energy efficiency and indoor air quality. From 2018 to 2020 Tyler led Johnson Controls’ Critical Environments business unit, which designs and manufactures systems for critical spaces such as hospitals and laboratories. Since late 2020, Tyler has led Johnson Controls’ Healthy Buildings initiative with a focus on helping customers leverage productivity and financial outcomes associated with operating healthier buildings.

Tyler has an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Emory University, and resides in Nashville, Tennessee, USA with his wife and two kids.

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The Healthy Building of Tomorrow: Leveraging Smart Buildings to Realize Decarbonization and Occupant Health Goals

Buildings account for 40% of global CO2 emissions. We spend 90% of our time indoors. What do these two facts have in common? As leaders in the commercial building industry, we have a responsibility to design, construct, and operate buildings in way that optimizes for the health of the planet AND for the health of occupants.

Enter smart building technology. Thanks to rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and our understanding of how indoor environments impact the health, wellness, and productivity of occupants, smart buildings are a necessary component of any sustainability strategy.

In this session we’ll explore our current understanding of healthy buildings and unpack the value and application of smart buildings in a way that will be beneficial for engineers, architects, and building operations professionals alike.