According to the Rocky Mountain Institute corporate survey, nearly two-thirds of Fortune 100 companies and nearly half of Fortune 500 companies have set ambitious green energy targets. Some, like tech giants Google and Apple, have gone green by investing directly in vast renewable energy generation plants for their power-hungry data centers, but for the majority of businesses that kind of capital outlay is beyond their means and don’t always serve their business interests. More recently, businesses have been looking to Industrial Microgrids to make them greener but also more secure and more profitable. Industrial microgrids have the ability to aggregate and control a variety of renewable resources by managing the intermittency of those generation streams with centralized baseload power or energy storage. In doing so, an industrial microgrid can combine enhanced reliability with a lower emissions profile and often lower cost energy. “Unlike power supplied from a central station grid or a single renewable energy […]
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In this research note, we map the strategic direction of US security alarms and monitoring services provider ADT. This analysis focuses on the acquisition, investment and partnership moves they have made in Smart Home, Mobility and Connectivity / Cyber Security. ADT Reported revenues of $5.3 billion in 2021, They met or exceeded guidance from the […]
Cyber-attacks now rank alongside natural disasters and climate change as one of humanity’s top ten risks globally, according to the World Economic Forum. Like pandemics and global economic crises, a wide range of buildings, businesses, public services, and almost every facet of society is at risk after the widespread proliferation of connected technologies, such as the […]
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of Johnson Controls (JCI) in the smart buildings space. We have mapped acquisitions, divestments, strategic partnerships and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the group, by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period. This article, part 1 of a 2-part analysis, is intended […]
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