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Our report on the Building Performance Software (BPS) business demonstrates that despite some 150 confirmed acquisitions in the last 6 years, the industry has at least 350 established suppliers delivering across 16 different market segments. These segments overlap and cause confusion when building operators are evaluating how they meet their value propositions. This is particularly […]

Amongst the many buildings of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, New York, something a bit different stands. Within the buildings of Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) exists what might be the world’s most advanced university research enterprise in existence today. With 300 industrial partners, 4,000 scientists, engineers, students and faculty, and over […]

Tech giant Panasonic Corporation is demonstrating the power of partnerships with two headline agreements within a matter of days. Last week Panasonic announced an integrated HVAC equipment and building management solution with energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric. The firms say the joint solution brings new levels of HVAC control and energy efficiency to […]

A building automation system (BAS) acts like the central nervous system for a smart building. Through the installation of sensors, software, a network and a cloud-based data store, BAS allows building owners and tenants to monitor, maintain and manage the mechanical, electrical and electromechanical functions within a structure. However, high cost has meant that only […]

What if turning a building into and smart building was easier; say as easy as setting up a wireless router? That’s what tech-giant Intel is proposing ahead of the release of their Building Management Platform (BMP) later this year. Over the last two years, Intel has been working with its partners to produce a low […]

Sensors are reaching every corner of the smart building, but the power infrastructure does not. Lighting has transitioned to low power LEDs opening up new applications that traditional power cabling does not cater well for. Making a building “smart” can involve an expensive cabling retrofit. One technology is solving all these problems and fast becoming […]

** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Wednesday 13th July for our 7th FREE Webinar in the 2016 Smart Buildings Series, Kindly Sponsored by Tridium… What’s Better in a Smart Building World? The BIoT is rapidly changing the Building Management game as we know it. This is a […]

It has been a busy couple of weeks for funding in the smart technology space with the launch of a major new venture capital fund and multiple investments reinforcing the continually increasing smart technology start-up trend. The first week of June saw the launch of Microsoft Ventures. The tech giant unveiled its official VC arm […]