"Buildings contribute nearly 40% of global emissions and new levels of efficiency and sustainability can only be achieved through digitalisation," said Johnson Controls Chief Technology Officer, Vijay Sankaran. "This recognition that OpenBlue digital technology and services is the overall market leader is a testament to the ongoing dedication and commitment to innovation that we have to creating the Smart Buildings of the future." For this competitive assessment, ABI Research compared nine major commercial building platforms capable of digitising, capturing, managing, monitoring and improving the performance across a broad cross-section of commercial building verticals, applications and portfolios. Researchers scored Johnson Controls overall highest among the other providers based on the company's commitment to supporting existing and new clients with its highly functional OpenBlue platform and related services.