LTS eyes 60 million baht backlog, full recognition this year

Siemens has released the Siemens Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025, an in-depth edition focused on buildings, titled Inside Smarter Buildings, which surveyed the views of 1,400 executives from leading organizations across a wide range of industries worldwide. The findings show that energy efficiency in buildings has jumped from seventh place in 2023 to first place in 2025, amid persistent cost concerns that remain a major obstacle. The report states that more than half of organizations plan to increase investment in energy efficiency, 57%, smart building technology, 55%, and the shift to electrification, 54%. Meanwhile, as many as 60% of executives in the commercial real estate sector consider decarbonization too costly, higher than the overall average across all sectors of 49%, and only 33% of executives in the real estate sector say their organizations have sufficient access to funding for decarbonization, below the overall average of 47%. On retrofitting existing buildings, the current global rate remains below 1% per year, far from the more than 2% per year that the International Energy Agency's Net Zero by 2050 plan says is necessary. The Energy-as-a-Service model is becoming a solution that helps convert large capital budgets, or CapEx, into usage-based expenses, or OpEx. Digitalization also remains a key mechanism, with more than half of respondents believing digital tools have high potential to reduce costs, 56%, and cut greenhouse gas emissions, 53%, while 54% say their organizations are ready to adopt automation systems in buildings.

Metthier Company Limited, or Metthier, signed an academic memorandum of understanding, or MOU, with the Faculty of Engineering at Mahidol University, Salaya, to develop Thailand's first Smart Integrated Facility Management model SMART Campus. Khayon Tantichatwat, Chief Executive Officer of Metthier, said the collaboration will combine Smart Integrated Facility Management, a Command Center, and Digital Twin to comprehensively upgrade the management of educational spaces and buildings, while also serving as a learning center for the education, public, and private sectors. Associate Professor Dr. Thanaphat Wanichanon, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Mahidol University, said the SMART Campus will be Thailand's first smart campus model, using artificial intelligence, automated system management platforms, and the Internet of Things, or IoT, to improve efficiency in campus management. The collaboration covers technology development and research in five key dimensions: Smart Health, Smart City, Smart Logistics, Smart Security, and Smart Environment, aiming to drive the campus toward net zero carbon emissions under ESG standards and carbon neutrality.

Acuity Inc. reported fiscal 2026 net sales of $4.6 billion, up 6.8 percent from the prior year, and fourth-quarter net sales of $1.2 billion, up 2.9 percent, for the period ended August 31, 2026. Full-year diluted earnings per share came in at $17.05, up 36.1 percent, while adjusted diluted earnings per share was $19.90, up 10.5 percent; fourth-quarter diluted EPS was $5.63, up 56.0 percent, and adjusted diluted EPS was $5.77, up 11.0 percent. Full-year operating profit rose 26.6 percent to $713.7 million, and adjusted operating profit rose 7.8 percent to $828.7 million. Within the company's two segments, Acuity Brands Lighting generated full-year net sales of $3.6 billion, down 1.0 percent, while Acuity Intelligent Spaces generated $1.1 billion, up 44.8 percent. Acuity generated $825.6 million in net cash from operating activities for the year, repaid $200 million of its term loan, raised its dividend by 18 percent, and repurchased over 940,000 shares for $287.2 million. The company said its reported results are preliminary pending completion of the audit that will accompany its Form 10-K filing.