Toggled, a wholly owned subsidiary of Altair involved in intelligent building management solutions, is selling a new product: Toggled iQ Analytics for analyzing building data. Fair enough, but immediately more interesting in some ways is an online survey the company commissioned.

There was a wish list of things that building owners and operators wanted to accomplish—reduce energy use, provide security monitoring, manage building safety, and monitor carbon emissions. And the survey showed 78% of respondents (474 respondent business owners and 31 facilities managers, with a 4-percentage point margin of error) having adopted smart building tech.

Now the interesting part: "Most respondents (94%) who have implemented smart building technology say their organization has invested in data analytics," according to the write-up. "However, as many as 34% say they lack the talent and skills to integrate data science into their smart building platforms."