The world is full of new technologies promising to reshape society but perhaps none are more exciting and wide-ranging than artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain. The smart building sector has begun to embrace and understand the potential of these technologies for its own continued growth. “With the advent of artificial intelligence in the smart building sector, a building can now have the capability to learn how to best optimize itself by analyzing occupant activity. This advanced learning process can draw in meteorological data, holiday schedules, even public transport and traffic information to reduce energy waste while also improving efficiency and comfort of occupants,” explains our latest report StartUps and their Impact on Smart Buildings 2017. Among the young companies covered in the report, a number of them are innovatively bringing AI into our buildings in a way only start-ups can. These new entrants are currently exploiting the technology across a range of applications, from BIoT, […]