How COVID-19 pushed focus on smart buildings?
The outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in central China and then in the rest of the world has been the most significant headline in 2020. Coronavirus disease (COVID19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. On the economic side, the impact of the coronavirus has already been extensive worldwide. Many countries have been put under strict lockdown to contain the spread of the virus, leading to a total halt to major industrial production chains, travel bans, and supply-chain disruption, along with deteriorating financial conditions and falling commodity prices. While some countries in Asia and Europe have been gradually lifting their lockdown restrictions and restarting their economy, experts predict a global recession that should be deeper than that of 2008–09. World real GDP is predicted to decline by 3% in 2020, compared with a 1.7% contraction in 2009. The COVID-19 pandemic has infected many vulnerable emerging markets with reduced revenue and ...