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IoT Deployments: Essential Strategies for Balancing CapEx vs OpEx Costs in 2025
March 19th, 2025Indian Innovation: 11 Smart Building Startups Gaining Traction
March 18th, 2025Alarm.com Strategic Expansion: 25% Growth in Commercial & Energy
In this Research Note, we examine Alarm.com, a U.S. provider of physical security, intelligent automation, and energy management solutions for smart homes and commercial real estate. This analysis highlights the growth strategy of the commercial security, international and venture businesses. It is based on Alarm.com’s Q4 Earnings call, 20th February 2025, investor presentations, 2024 10K […]
JLL Facilities Business Increased Revenue 17% to $12.5B in 2024
In this Research Note, we explore JLL Workplace Management business, the reportable business segment providing a facilities management service offering for building occupiers. We focus on its organization within Work Dynamics, financial highlights, and acquisitions, based on their 2024 full-year results, 19th February 2025, and their latest 10K Report. JLL Profile For over 200 years, […]
4 Billion Device Future: IoT Insights for Commercial Building Leaders
This presentation discusses our latest research on IoT connectivity in commercial buildings, projecting growth from approximately 2 billion connected devices in 2024 to 4 billion by 2030. Our analysis covers retail, offices, hotels, warehouses, and data centers, examining connectivity types, implementation frameworks, emerging technologies, and security considerations. Commercial Building IoT Technology Stack Our research identifies […]
The Next Wave of Innovation in Smart Building IoT Sensors!
IoT Sensors form part of the foundation of modern building technology, generating the real data that the IoT depends upon. Therefore, when sensor technology evolves, it creates new potential for the entire smart building ecosystem. Recent advances in semiconductor technology have produced smaller, cheaper, and more powerful sensing components, fueling an increase in stand-alone IoT […]
Fagerhult Group Lighting Business & 2024 Financials Examined
This Research Note explores the business activities and financial highlights of the Fagerhult lighting group, based on their 2024 results announced 19th February 2025 and Company Presentation, May 2024. We also highlight the progress of the company’s smart connected lighting activities in the past year, with their Organic Response brand. We previously covered the company […]
Motorola Solutions Video Security Business & 2024 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Motorola Solutions’ Video & Access Control business in the past year, based on their full-year 2024 financial results, earnings call and Q&A, 13th February 2025, an Investor Overview, January 2025, and their 2024 10K Report. We also review acquisitions completed in 2024 by the Video Security and Command Center […]
Legrand Building Infrastructure Business & 2024 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Legrand Group, from the perspective of its 2024 financial results reported on 13th February 2025. We highlight the group’s strategic roadmap, its focus on data centers, energy transition products, and acquisitions based on investor presentations, including their Capital Markets Day in September 2024. Legrand Profile Legrand, a French public […]
French Demand Response Aggregator Voltalis Examined
This Research Note explores Voltalis, a French Demand Response aggregator, specializing in intelligent demand-side management which temporarily modulates electricity consumption in homes and buildings to balance supply and demand. We examine the company’s platform, its market leadership in France, entry into the UK and external funding, before providing our view on the market. Voltalis Profile […]