Building as a Service
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Opportunities for Smart Buildings as a Service in Commercial Real Estate
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. In a challenging economy, customers will be demanding more value from their investments and will be less willing to commit to upfront capital expenditure; making Smart Buildings as a Service even more attractive than 6 months ago. This business model is defined as […]

We-Don’t-Work: Neumann Cast Adrift as Sharks Continue to Circle
The WeWork saga continues as the co-founder and CEO, Adam Neumann, stepped down yesterday amid a torrent of corporate and personal scandal in the wake of the firm’s postponed IPO; which Scott Galloway described as ‘flinging feces at retail investors visiting the unicorn zoo’! This may just be another story of an over-indulgent startup with […]

Integration is Key to a Smart Building’s Success or Failure
“Successful digital transformation is like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. It’s still the same organism, but it now has superpowers,” says George Westerman, a research scientist at the MIT Center for Digital Business. When digital transformation is done wrong, however, “all you have is a really fast caterpillar,” he points out, “and it’s hard […]

Audio: Putting Community at the Center of Smart Buildings
Here are the Audio Stream & Slides from our 4th Free Webinar of the 2019 Smart Buildings Series. Putting Community at the Center of Smart Buildings. Memoori talked to Lee Butz, Founder & CEO of District Technologies discussing how engaging communities can lead to better experiences & smarter buildings. Don’t forget you can now Subscribe […]

Make Waves or Sink – The Hard Reality For Smart Building Startups
Make waves or sink. That’s the hard reality for startups in the competitive smart buildings space. Whether seeking acquisition, greater investment, or IPO, startups have to gain traction and take opportunities to scale their operations. They must create some buzz around the corporate and investment communities, and the best way to do that is by […]

Selling Productivity Gains in Buildings: What’s the Business Case?
Improving productivity in offices is perhaps the “killer app” for all technology and service providers. From JLL’s 3-30-300, to Stok’s 1-10-100-1000, it is clear that helping workers do more in their working environment is more impactful than saving energy, extending equipment life, or optimizing lease terms for flexibility or cost savings. But, how do vendors […]

Smart Buildings, #SpaceAsAService & the Human Deficit
This article was written by Digital Transformation Strategist Antony Slumbers / @antonyslumbers How many times have you heard Property people say that “Property is a people business’? Dozens, hundreds of times I imagine. Now, how many times have you heard them say that “Smart buildings are about people”? Never I suspect. No one in property […]

Will Smart Buildings of the Future Charge by the Hour?
Rolls Royce no longer sells engines for aircrafts; it sells flying time. In the automotive industry, many manufacturers are developing Mobility as a Service (MaaS) by way of various car-sharing applications. For many years Software as a Service (SaaS) has been a staple for software giants such as Adobe and Microsoft. “In the building industry, […]