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No Shortage of Investment in the Building Internet of Things
April 8th, 2016Still No Sign of Nest Security Products As Internal Unrest Goes Public
April 6th, 2016Physical Security M&A Activity in the First 2 Months of 2016 Set a Record Unlikely to be Surpassed
Memoori has been charting Merger and Acquisitions in the world of Physical Security Manufacturing for the last 15 years and whilst it has been a continual roller coaster ride during that time, we have never experienced before such a dramatic rise in value of deals as we have in the first two months of 2016. […]
Projects, Policies and Technology Bring About the 2nd Coming of Energy Storage
After the hype and growth, and more hype, surrounding US energy storage in during 2012 and 2013, was followed by a relative slump in the following years; experts now seem to agree that 2016 represents the second wave for the American energy storage sector. Statistics from Memoori, IHS, GTM and the US Department of Energy […]
Virtual Power Plants could be the Catalyst for a Power Revolution
Virtual power plant technology has become increasingly well known in the energy sector; a system that integrates several types of power sources so as to give a reliable overall power supply. A virtual power plant acts as an arbitrageur by exercising arbitrage between diverse energy trading floors, and can potentially remove the need for additional […]
The Harmonization of the Smart Grid and Smart Building Markets has begun!
The Smart Grid and Smart buildings markets are beginning the tricky process of harmonization as major global firms look to capitalise on opportunities surrounding distributed energy. Memoori’s brand new report shows that the combined market for Energy Software in Smart Buildings (comprised of Enterprise Energy Management, BECS Supervisory Software and Smart Building to Smart Grid […]
UK Government Supports Smart Buildings with BIM Level 3 Funding
While a tax on sugary drinks may have captured most of the attention from the UK government’s 2016 Budget announcement this month, there was a more interesting element for the construction industry – at least for those not addicted to sugary drinks! To the surprise of many in the sector, the document included an explicit […]
Smart Communities make Smart Cities
Many of the prevailing social and environmental challenges today are the outcomes of rapid economic growth, and well beyond the grasp of individuals. This situation is increasingly apparent in cities. In 2009, for the first time in human history, urban populations overtook rural population numbers around the world. However, while cities are where these problems […]
Zumtobel Partners to Develop IoT Smart Lighting for Commercial Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Zumtobel Group, a European architectural lighting company, recently announced that it is partnering with Bosch Software Innovations in the development of IoT connected lighting solutions for commercial buildings. “Bosch Software Innovations perfectly matches with our strategy to work with leading software partners outside the […]
Will Smart Buildings of the Future Charge by the Hour?
Rolls Royce no longer sells engines for aircrafts; it sells flying time. In the automotive industry, many manufacturers are developing Mobility as a Service (MaaS) by way of various car-sharing applications. For many years Software as a Service (SaaS) has been a staple for software giants such as Adobe and Microsoft. “In the building industry, […]
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