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Osram Launches Lightelligence for Energy Saving & Space Utilization in Smart Buildings
April 6th, 2018Webinar: Why We Need Data Driven Decision Making in Commercial Office Space!
April 5th, 2018
Blockchain Series: Trusted Digital Identities Hold the Answer to IoT Development
Every now and then a technology emerges that has the capacity to change everything. The Internet, electricity, steam power, even the wheel and fire once upon a time. 10 years ago another of these game-changing technologies emerged but it has taken almost decade for us to truly grasp its full potential. It’s invention in 2008 […]

Property Owners are Now Realizing they Need to Future-Proof their Buildings
“A building manager goes home and talks to his Alexa and has a really great software experience with five or six different mobile apps during the day. Then they get to their office, and all the systems haven’t changed in 20 years,” suggests Luke Schoenfelder, co-founder of smart lock provider Latch, in light of off-the-shelf […]

Penn State Applies Microsegmentation for Openness & Security of Building Automation
Penn State needs no introduction as an academic institution. Founded in 1855 it has maintained a strong reputation in the US college system. From a facilities management perspective, however, some might not know that the institution is fast becoming a role model for what can be achieved with the internet of things (IoT) in a […]

Integrated Smart Lighting Enters a New World of Applications
A lot of things have been getting smart recently. Devices that used to have one simple role have blossomed into multi-purpose systems, highly integrated into centralized platforms that span the building, campus or city. For no system is this more true than lighting. The ubiquity of light throughout the built environment has positioned it perfectly […]

AI Video Analytics Could Dominate Physical Security Investment to 2023
The general trend for venture capital investment in the Physical Security Business has been one of decline since 2014, when it invested over $300m in 12 transactions. In 2017 we identified 11 transactions by venture capital companies investing $121.9m into physical security companies; Which was a significant gain on 2016 when we identified 9 transactions […]
Audio: Will Embedded Artificial Intelligence Deliver the Video Analytics we’ve been Promised?
Here is the Audio Stream from our 3rd Free Webinar in the 2018 Smart Buildings Series. Are Chips on the Menu? Will Embedded Artificial Intelligence Deliver the Video Analytics we’ve been Promised? Memoori Talks to Martin Gren, Co-Founder of Axis Communications. We discuss the impact of embedded deep learning intelligence on Video Analytics and the […]

BIM is Creating a Structure of Innovation to Drive Construction into the Digital Era
“Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the both the leading edge and the foundation of construction innovation”, says Ivanka Iordanova, Director of Pomerleau BIM-VDC. In an industry that has typically struggled to keep up with digitization trends and productivity targets, recent years have seen BIM become the construction sector’s shining light of innovation. Now 2018 seems […]

“Most People Don’t Realize how Buildings can Affect our Health & Wellbeing”
How do office workers respond to artificial lighting that simulates natural light? How do changes of indoor environmental conditions affect sleep and stress? What types of indoor environment intervention can increase cognitive performance and improve job satisfaction? In order to answer these questions and others, Minnesota-based Well Living Lab recently announced an extensive three-year scientific […]