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What’s Better In A Smart Building World?
June 24th, 2016Regulation could provide Vehicle for Growth of Energy Software in Europe
June 22nd, 2016
New York Initiative Forges Virtual Power Plant Partnership
This summer, Con Edison and SunPower Corp. will partner on a $15 million pilot program to offer solar power systems with battery storage to more than 300 New York homeowners. The aggregation of hundreds of homes with solar power and battery storage will provide the utility with a cost-effective and innovative virtual power plant, providing […]

Smart City 2.0: Digital Industrial Companies And Urban Entrepreneurs
While still a relatively new sounding term, the ‘smart city’ has been a topic of discussion for over ten years now. This technology enabled urban development has been increasingly influential in our cities during the past decade but has recently taken a big step forward to what we might now call ‘smart city 2.0’. The […]
Security Companies Invest in Disruptive Technology for Smart Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. The major security systems companies are facing competitive pressure from a wave of smart building startups in the continuing race towards IoT. As a response to the potential threat, Tyco and Bosch have recently increased their investments in innovation through in-house R&D, early stage […]

Smart Buildings Can Be ‘The Nodes’ Of The Smart Grid
“As nodes of the smart grid, smart buildings will become increasingly active participants in the energy eco-system, moving beyond simply being served by the Smart Grid, they can also become an integral part of it”, this is just one of the findings from our recent reports: The Market for Building Performance Software 2016 to 2020 […]
Audio: Smart Buildings. Better Experiences.
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 6th Free Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Tridium… Smarter Buildings. Better Experiences. How can we create innovative, market differentiating, profitable and valuable solutions in the property industry with the use of Smart Building Technology? […]

VC Funding Returns to Smart Building Tech with Investments in Comfy & Aquicore
It has been a busy couple of weeks for funding in the smart technology space with the launch of a major new venture capital fund and multiple investments reinforcing the continually increasing smart technology start-up trend. The first week of June saw the launch of Microsoft Ventures. The tech giant unveiled its official VC arm […]
The Market for Performance Software in Smart Buildings will rise to nearly $19Bn by 2020
Our new research report shows that the market for Performance Software in Smart Buildings generated $12.72Bn in 2015, and will grow at a CAGR of 8.1% to $18.78Bn by 2020. The report contains original analysis and forecasts across 5 key focus areas; Energy Software in Smart Buildings, Enterprise Energy Management Systems, Smart Building to Smart […]

UN Initiative Seeks To Bring Together Smart Sustainable Cities
“The 19th century was a century of empires, the 20th century was a century of nation states and the 21st century will be a century of cities” – Wellington Webb, Former Mayor of Denver, CO. The 21st century model of urban development will leverage information and communication technologies (ICTs) to set cities on a development […]