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The State of the Physical Security Market 2019 to 2024
November 27th, 2019Johnson Controls Augments Building Control Product Portfolio with Acquisition of EasyIO
November 26th, 2019Smart Buildings Offer a Scalable Foundation for Creating the Smart City
“Normally, the smart building and smart city markets seem very separated, seem far apart, and yet we have so much in common and so many things that make us similar. We believe there has been much more overlap than has been thought through in previous years and we believe we need to talk to one […]
Global Video Surveillance Market is Unbalanced & This is Unlikely to Change Soon
Video Surveillance is a fast moving global business requiring high levels of R&D expenditure to stay competitive. Our latest report discusses how the global business has become unbalanced because of China. And how this is not a problem of technology or performance but at its core a geopolitical challenge. The main reason seems to be […]
Energy Efficiency & Occupant Comfort are Inseparable in the Smart Building Context
Occupant centric controls (OCC) is a key approach to smart buildings. Gathering adaptive control parameters, such as occupant or environmental data, to improve occupant comfort, energy efficiency, and other smart building objectives. The industry understands the need for OCC but numerous research studies in the past year have highlighted the fact that there have been […]
The Living, Breathing, Thinking, Learning – Human Smart Building
The analogies between smart buildings and the human body persist reliably in industry media and analysis. While they are, in essence, nothing more than novel comparisons, they serve to help us understand the digital evolution of buildings in the cyber-physical age. By extending these analogies and recognizing their limits we can wrap our minds around […]
Audio: Unlocking Smart Building Potential with the RealEstateCore Ontology
Here are the Audio Stream & Video from our 11th Free Webinar of the 2019 Smart Buildings Series. Unlocking Smart Building Potential with the RealEstateCore Ontology. Erik Wallin from Idun Real Estate joins Memoori to discuss RealEstateCore, an open source semantic web ontology combined with a business usefulness approach. More Information can be found at; […]
World Sales of Physical Security Products in 2019 was $34.3Bn but Global Demand is Unbalanced
Our new annual report shows that total value of world production of Physical Security products at factory gate prices in 2019 was $34.3Bn, an increase of 8.5%. Of the 3 product categories covered in the report, video surveillance had the highest rate of growth at 9.7% over the last 3 years and accounts for 56% […]
Towards Net-Zero Buildings – Legislation for a Sustainable Energy Future
“The window for tackling the climate crisis is closing quickly, meaning incremental measures are no longer enough. We must go beyond decarbonizing power generation and concentrate our efforts on electrifying heat and transport, as well as improving energy efficiency. It is absolutely critical that, in addition to better sourcing of energy, we focus efforts on […]
University Whitepaper Sees Human-Centric Lighting Reaching Tipping Point in Workplaces
The evidence around the impact of lighting on humans is growing. The science of the circadian rhythm is demonstrating the effect of light on health and wellbeing; attracting attention from building owners and operators looking to add value to their properties. The emerging concepts around human-centric lighting (HCL) is highlighting the poor performance of our […]