Is Your Smart Building Also Intelligent?

LONDON -- Is your smart building actually intelligent? Mymesh, a provider of adaptive wireless control and data infrastructure, is challenging the industry to look beyond the number of connected devices and ask a more important question: is the building actually becoming more intelligent?

At the Smart Buildings Show 2026, to be held at ExCeL London Oct. 14 and 15, Mymesh will explore how connected infrastructure can turn building data into useful information that supports better decisions around energy, occupancy, maintenance and building performance.

Modern buildings can generate significant amounts of information through lighting, sensors, HVAC, emergency systems and other connected services. The challenge for building owners, facilities managers and property teams is making that information useful.

At the Smart Buildings Show, Mymesh will demonstrate how it provides a secure, scalable and robust wireless infrastructure capable of connecting, managing and monitoring lighting, sensors and other building services.

Rather than creating separate networks for individual applications, Mymesh provides a single scalable wireless infrastructure that can connect lighting, sensors, switches and other compatible devices.

Lighting offers a particularly practical starting point because it is already distributed throughout a building. Using this existing infrastructure as the foundation for connectivity can enable organizations to begin capturing information from across an estate, with the network able to extend into applications including HVAC, ventilation, emergency lighting, indoor positioning and asset tracking.

This approach has applications in both new and existing buildings. In new-build projects, considering connectivity earlier can help consultants, contractors and operators take a more coordinated approach to building systems and the information they generate.

For existing buildings, wireless infrastructure can provide a less disruptive route to introducing intelligent control and monitoring, reducing the need for additional cabling while allowing the system to evolve as requirements change.

The information generated can also support building safety and compliance. Automated monitoring and testing can provide clearer records of system performance, identify faults and create an evidence trail for facilities teams, while keeping human responsibility and professional judgement at the center of decision-making.

“The term ‘smart building’ is used widely, but a building does not become intelligent simply because more devices have been connected to it,” said Ashley Bateup, Managing Director of Mymesh UK. “The real value comes from creating an infrastructure that turns information into something useful. Buildings operate for decades, and their use, occupancy and performance requirements will change significantly during that time, so the technology we install needs to adapt with them.”

We need to move the conversation away from collecting data for its own sake and towards actionable insight: what is the building telling us, what needs attention and how can that information support safer, more efficient and better-managed environments?”

Ashley will expand on these themes as part of the Smart Buildings Show conference program. His session, “Lighting and Climate Convergence: A New Paradigm for Smart Buildings,” will take place in the Controls & Networks Theatre on Thursday Oct. 15 from 1 to 1.35 p.m.

The session will explore how occupancy-led intelligence can enable lighting and climate control to respond to the way spaces are actually being used, supporting energy efficiency, occupant comfort and better operational insight while reducing complexity across design, installation and commissioning.

Mymesh supports applications including lighting control, emergency lighting, HVAC, ventilation, indoor positioning, asset tracking and human-centric lighting. It is used across environments including offices, healthcare, education, retail, industry, car parks and social housing.

For more information, visit www.mymesh.co.uk.

For more information on the Smart Buildings Show, visit www.smartbuildingsshow.com.