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The Nature of Control
Automation Is Not Control. The confusion between automation and control is causing hidden asset risk in the built world.
Most commercial buildings today are highly automated, but not truly controlled.
Automation executes rules.
Control governs outcomes.
The distinction matters.
Across the built environment, dashboards, analytics, and ESG reporting have scaled faster than the real-time feedback loops required to keep systems stable. The result is growing Control Debt causing hidden operational liability that expresses itself through:
- Energy drift
- Equipment wear
- Manual intervention
- CapEx and OpEx volatility
- ESG underperformance
- Latent system risk
Many assets appear low risk today simply because the operational exposure has not yet exceeded their fragile control logic. As electrification, decarbonization, and system integration increase complexity, control debt becomes structural risk.
Control maturity is no longer a facilities issue.
It is an asset governance strategy that directly impacts resilience, capital planning, and long-term asset value.