Artificial Intelligence

Energy

Funding for AI HVAC Optimization Startups Continues into 2024

February 16th, 2024
Smart Buildings

Live Event: Artificial Intelligence in Commercial Buildings

February 15th, 2024
Complimentary Article
PSIM
Security

The Rise and Fall and Rise of PSIM

Physical security information management (PSIM) has experienced a severely elongated hype-cycle since its first emergence in the mid-2000s, never really able to live up to the huge potential it promised. However, a flurry of activity this month has reinvigorated the discussion around the ambitious security approach. In this research note, we chart the history and […]

Johnson Controls Potential HVAC Divestment
Smart Buildings

Johnson Controls Considers Move to Divest Non-Commercial HVAC Businesses

Rumors circulated this week after a Bloomberg article and comments by Johnson Controls CEO, George Oliver, suggested we may see a potential sale of their residential and light commercial HVAC equipment business. Johnson Controls has described the situation as “early stages” but in this research note, we look at recent activities and trends to consider […]

Hubstar Relogix Acquisition
Smart Buildings

More Consolidation in Workplace Technology as HubStar Acquires Relogix

This Research Note examines the recent HubStar announcement that it has acquired Relogix, a Canadian occupancy analytics firm. We assess the portfolio and acquisitions of Hubstar Group, the rationale for the Relogix transaction and our forecast for the occupancy analytics market in 2024 and beyond. Our recent review of workplace technology acquisitions in the commercial […]

Semiconductor Smart Building Partnerships
Smart Buildings

Semiconductor Partnerships Signal Growing Maturity of Smart Building Market

“It was not so very long ago that people thought semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and that microchips were very small snack foods,” said US politician Geraldine Ferraro in the 1980s about a technology that has gone on to revolutionize the world. Semiconductors are so essential for the creation of computers, phones, vehicles, and almost […]

Smart Buildings Funding 2023
Smart Buildings

Investment in the Smart Buildings Space Declined 26% in 2023

This Research Note highlights our analysis of investment levels raised by smart buildings startups and established players in 2023 from venture capital firms, private equity and strategic investors. We review investment in the smart buildings space in the context of the broader proptech sector, assess funding for startup companies, the role of corporate investors and […]

Smart Buildings Strategic Investment
Smart Buildings

10 Notable Strategic Investments in the Smart Buildings Space in 2023

This Research Note reviews strategic investments in the smart buildings space over the last 12 months. A diverse range of corporate stakeholders – commercial real estate service firms, building owners and operators, vendors of building automation systems and HVAC equipment firms – have continued to fund startups with innovative technology platforms and business models.   Investments […]

AutoGrid Uplight Schneider Electric
Energy

What’s Behind Schneider Electric’s Move to Divest AutoGrid to Uplight?

This Research Note looks at what’s behind Schneider Electric’s latest move to divest AutoGrid to Uplight, the Boulder, Colorado-based utility software company. We review the history and assess the current state of play behind the transaction. In December 2023, Uplight announced an agreement to acquire AutoGrid, a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Distributed Energy Resource […]

Complimentary Article AI Agents + Memoori
Smart Buildings

AI + Memoori = AIM!

Here is the recording and presentation from our live stream, discussing AIM, an artificial intelligence chatbot service we have developed to simplify the way our clients access & engage with smart building market analysis. We walk through how AIM was Developed, potential use cases & why we think it is a tool that will dramatically […]

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