# Why the Smart Building Market Needs Disruption | Kontakt.io's Robert Kowalik

- Show: [IoT For All Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast)
- Published: 2022-04-19
- Length: 25m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-04-19-why-the-smart-building-market-needs-disruption-kontakt-ios-robert-kowalik
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iot-for-all/episodes/Why-the-Smart-Building-Market-Needs-Disruption--Kontakt-ios-Robert-Kowalik-e28bk43

## Summary

Robert Kowalik, VP of Enterprise Sales at Kontakt.io, explains why the smart building market needs disruption, citing that up to 70% of office space is often empty despite tenant complaints. He details Kontakt.io's '3 layers of space intelligence': spatial awareness (occupancy), environmental awareness (health/air quality), and object awareness (asset tracking). Kowalik argues that the shift from proprietary systems to open BLE standards allows for rapid, low-cost deployment without professional services, enabling companies to optimize space utilization and improve the human experience in post-pandemic workplaces.

## Chapters

- [0:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-04-19-why-the-smart-building-market-needs-disruption-kontakt-ios-robert-kowalik#t=4) Introduction and Kontakt.io Overview
- [3:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-04-19-why-the-smart-building-market-needs-disruption-kontakt-ios-robert-kowalik#t=219) The Smart Building Market and Space Utilization Crisis
- [10:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-04-19-why-the-smart-building-market-needs-disruption-kontakt-ios-robert-kowalik#t=602) The 3 Layers of Space Intelligence
- [14:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-04-19-why-the-smart-building-market-needs-disruption-kontakt-ios-robert-kowalik#t=881) Leveraging Existing IT Infrastructure and BLE
- [21:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-04-19-why-the-smart-building-market-needs-disruption-kontakt-ios-robert-kowalik#t=1304) Rapid Deployment and Future Adoption

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Kontakt.io (company)
- CBRE (company)
- Microsoft (company)
- Honeywell (company)
- Cisco (company)
- Maraki (company)
- BLE (other)
- UWB (other)
- Zigbee (other)
- LoRa (other)

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