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Convenience Store Retrofits Enable a Checkout-Free Shopping Experience
March 1st, 2021Recording: Overcoming Tech Obsolescence in Smart Buildings
February 24th, 2021Change is in the Air for Post-COVID Commercial Real Estate
Creating a safe and healthy work environment has always been a lure used by employers to attract the best talent and motivate them to be comfortable and productive in the office. What has changed in the last year is what “safe and healthy” looks like. As we approach a year since COVID truly began making […]

Small Commercial Buildings Are a Big Opportunity for Technology Growth
Our image of large cities tends to be dominated by skyscrapers and large office complexes, but the reality is that these big buildings only make up a tiny fraction of total commercial building stock. In fact, 94% of the commercial building in the US are made up of properties with under 50,000 square feet of […]

Adoption of Indoor Location Technologies Accelerated by COVID-19
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Indoor location-based platforms using digital mapping, indoor positioning and analytics are showing signs of entering the mainstream across a range of use cases in commercial and industrial buildings. As businesses try to find ways of safely reopening offices, factories and campuses, indoor location […]

Measurable Smart Building Benefits Offer a Basis for Retrofits in Post-COVID Era
A year or more of lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing regulations will put a huge financial strain on public and commercial spaces. As we emerge from this crisis our buildings will be faced with a whole new range of drivers and barriers that will demand new approaches and realigned expectations. Our buildings will be under […]

Strategic Acquisitions of Startups in the Smart Buildings Space
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. According to our recently published Startups Report, M&A continues to be a significant growth strategy for many incumbents providing solutions and services in the smart buildings space, as they seek to augment their portfolio offerings. Startup companies are becoming increasingly attractive targets for […]
Recording: Catching Up with the Brick Schema for Smart Buildings
Here is the Video Recording from our 1st Free Webinar of the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Catching up with the Brick Schema for Smart Buildings. Memoori is joined by Founder Members of the Brick Open Schema Project: Gabe Fierro, University of California, Berkeley, Jason Koh, Mapped Inc & Erik Paulson from JCI. We Discuss the […]

The Internet of Things is a Major Enabler for Startups in Smart Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Memoori’s biennial evaluation of startup companies has identified 665 private companies founded between 2011 and 2020 in the smart buildings sector. The diversity and range of companies addressing this market is quite striking. A comprehensive insight into the varied applications and technologies being […]

Will Biden Inauguration Mark a Turning Point for the Smart Buildings Market?
Today Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the US, marking the end of the Trump administration. During four years in office, Trump reversed more than 100 environmental regulations, dismantling major climate policies, and rolling back numerous green policies, including many that sought to bring about efficiency in our buildings. This […]