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Why Big Oil is Investing in Clean Energy & Smart Buildings
January 15th, 2020Continually Demolishing & Rebuilding Our Buildings Is Not Smart or Sustainable
January 14th, 2020
Investment in Smart Building Companies Totaled $5.4 Billion in 2019
Since 2017, we have tracked around 970 funding rounds worldwide across the smart buildings space which has attracted over $16.5 billion in disclosed capital investment by venture capital, private equity and corporate investors. Investment in 2019 amounted to $5.4 billion spread over 316 funding rounds. This is around 31% lower than the record level of […]
BIM & GIS Combine to Advance the Digital Twin for Smarter Cities
The digital twin has become a holy grail for the smart city. A virtual model of a city, or a digital replica of the physical world, digital twins allow the simulation of plans before implementing them, exposing problems before they become a reality. From urban planning to land-use optimization, digital twins have the power to […]
Giving Every Building a Voice in the IoT Age
Relationships are built on communication and the relationship between humans and machines is no different. Each generation of technology is defined by the way it communicates with its human users; from the levers and cogs of yesteryear to the keyboards and mice of the 80s and 90s, and on to the touchscreens, trackpads, and gestures […]
“In Time, Frictionless Security Will Become the Norm… But We’re Some Way Off”
“The explosion in connectivity over the past 15 years has fundamentally changed how we work, and equipped organizations with the technology and data to transform their offering at a relatively low cost. Today, companies can scrutinize their operations, services and environments to a degree that was unthinkable a decade ago – this paradigm shift is […]
Open Standard or Exclusive Club? Amazon, Apple & Google Collaborate on Smart Home
In the past decade, the smart home has been a compatibility nightmare for users hoping to select freely from the wide range of connected devices entering the market. The world’s biggest tech companies have developed products in the stubborn belief that they can outshine one another to fill homes with connected products from their brands […]
Only By Involving Stakeholders Throughout the Lifecycle Can Buildings Be Truly Smart
Smart buildings are not simply designed to attract the first set of tenants or maintain the energy performance they achieved on their first day of operation. The technology and the demands of occupants evolve, meaning the true role of the smart building is to evolve with them. As this decade draws to a close and […]
“As Buildings Evolve, Elevators can also Evolve in Ways we have Not Seen Before”
Office workers in New York City spend a cumulative 5.9 years, per year, in elevators, according to an IBM study. The research showed that NYC office workers spend a further 16.6 years, per year, waiting for those elevators, meaning a cumulative of 22.5 years of potentially productive work time is wasted in the elevator process. […]
Audio: BioCentric Lighting – Benefiting Health through Individual Light
Here are the Audio Stream & Video from our 12th Free Webinar of the 2019 Smart Buildings Series. BioCentric Lighting: The Way to Benefit Health Through Lighting for the Individual. Truls Löwgren from BrainLit joins Memoori to discuss the emerging field of Lighting for Health and Wellbeing. What Impact will Lighting have in Making our […]
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