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Schneider Electric Buildings Business 2021 Examined
March 11th, 2022Combining Bricks and Bytes in ABB’s Smart Buildings Division
February 11th, 2022Recording: Using Software Robots to Unlock Energy Efficiency in Aging Buildings
Here is the Video Recording from our 9th Free Webinar of the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Don’t forget you can now Subscribe to ALL our Webinars & Podcasts on Soundcloud, iTunes, YouTube and now Spotify! Robotic Automation Engineers – A Shortcut to Energy Efficient Buildings. Memoori was joined by Ville Ilkkala, the CEO of Finnish startup Valaa […]
Webinar: Robotic Automation Engineers – A Shortcut to Energy Efficient Buildings
** Recording of this Webinar can now be found HERE ** Please join us on Monday 13th December at 1700 CET | 1600 GMT | 1100 EDT | 0800 PDT for our 9th FREE Webinar in the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Robotic Automation Engineers – A Shortcut to Energy Efficient Buildings. Memoori will be joined by Ville […]
European Startups Leveraging AI for Autonomous Building Management
The market for AI-enabled energy management & sustainability services is growing fast and attracting a good number of new market entrants, with 32% of vendors now offering services for this space, states our recent report on AI and Machine Learning in Smart Commercial Buildings. Leading building controls companies including Honeywell, Siemens, Schneider Electric and Johnson Controls […]
Buildings Need to Cement Their Place in the New World of Electric Mobility
The future of the automobile is no doubt electric. Electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to grow through dedicated EV firms like Tesla and through the release of EV or hybrid vehicles by traditional automotive companies. As adoption goes up prices will gradually come down and as environmental drivers continue to grow we will see EVs take a […]
Acuity Brands Annual Report 2021 Examined
While lighting makes up 95% of Acuity Brands Inc revenue (they are now the largest lighting manufacturer in North America) it is their Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG) business segment that focuses on smart buildings technology. In this research note, we examine their recently published 2021 Annual Report. Acuity’s ISG business segment offers building management systems […]
BP’s Blueprint for Decarbonizing Commercial Real Estate
British oil giant BP has acquired US-based building energy technology firm Blueprint Power. Born in response to the energy regulatory transformation that emerged after hurricane Sandy in 2012, Blueprint’s technology supports the decarbonization of real estate by turning buildings into a flexible power network by connecting them to energy markets through cloud-based software. Blueprint will join the BP Launchpad portfolio, […]
BMS Vendors Address the Small to Mid-Sized Commercial Buildings Market
The leading building automation players are investing and partnering with startup companies who have developed lower cost solutions for the light commercial buildings market. The latest example is the Siemens acquisition of French startup, Wattsense, which enables the leading player to address this market. The acquisition by the former Building Technologies business, part of Siemens Smart […]
Corporate VC Accounted for 38% of Q1 Investments in the Smart Buildings Space
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Corporate venture capital continues to play an important role in funding innovations in the smart building space. The major incumbents providing building technologies and real estate services in commercial and industrial facilities are facing competitive pressure from a wave of smart building startups, […]