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Redefining Video Surveillance Business Models to Meet New Challenges
January 2nd, 2017Software’s Growing Influence on the Physical Security Business
December 23rd, 2016
Delivering Building Performance Software that Meets Customer Requirements
Numerous detailed assessments of adoption drivers for Energy Management software solutions for buildings in the developed world have concluded that they must deliver the following: * Reduce Operational Costs * Ensure Regulatory Compliance * Reduce Pollution * Align with Corporate Sustainability Goals * Meet Consumer Interest in Sustainable Products Therefore energy management software solutions in […]
Making Citizens The Center Of The Equation In A Collaborative Smart City
The city of Chicago received 182,000 claims, totaling $735 million, over just five years in regard to flooding alone. The key, it realized, was the ability of its soil to absorb water from rainfall. So the city enacted several initiatives from bioswales and planters containing highly absorbent plants, to permeable pavers to aid rainwater filtration. […]
Reinventing BMS For Any Size Building
“Folks — it’s time to stop being so entrenched in our beliefs about what a BMS is or should be. It’s time to learn from the group across the aisle — the consumer sector — that is out-innovating us,” stated Varun Nagaraj, president and CEO of Sierra Monitor Corp. Nagaraj recounted a story of his […]
Property Managers Are The “Nucleus” Of Smart Buildings
“I suspect the evolution of technology in our buildings is going to come rather quickly,” said Lachlan MacQuarrie, vice president, real estate management, with Oxford Properties Group, while moderating a seminar at the PM Expo in Toronto last month. “My advice would be: you probably don’t have as much time as you think you have.” […]
Access Control Leads the Way in the Physical Security Business
The Access Control business has over the last 10 years completely changed its image from being a rather unattractive slow growth and conservative business; To today, taking up a position as a fast growing confident business. The Access Control industry has listened and acted on the needs of the stakeholders in the supply chain and […]
Audio: Why don’t we have REAL IP to the Edge?
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 12th Free Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Tridium. This is a Q&A Webinar with Tony Marshallsay, Mechanical Engineer at Omrania & Associates. We take a deep dive into how we can Improve Networking in […]
The Future of Smart Buildings is Ultimately All About the People Inside
From access to lighting, to heating or cooling, to parking and asset management the Internet of Things (IoT) is infiltrating our buildings, trying to make them smarter. But who should buildings really be designed? We still don’t know if these invasive, all-powerful systems will be accepted by building occupants themselves. “No matter what the benefits […]
Have You Ever Considered How Diverse The Smart City Sector Is?
Have you ever considered how diverse the smart city sector is? Think about the variety of companies from different industries it brings together, along with government agencies, academics, social enterprises, urbanists and community leaders. Is there anything quite like that in the modern world? Smart Cities could be called the Urban IoT and by definition […]
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