Building Automation
The Financial and Environmental Cost of Older Buildings
December 8th, 2017Software is Playing a Major Role in the Growth of Physical Security
December 1st, 2017Audio: Making IoT Device Data Just Work – A Q&A with Project Haystack
Here is the Audio Stream from our 11th Free Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series. Making Internet of Things Device Data Just Work! Memoori Talked to John Petze and Marc Petock from Project Haystack about the importance of data interoperability and how Project Haystack provides a universal markup language to capture IoT device data […]
2017 Delivered Growth in the Physical Security Industry but Major Challenges Lie Ahead
Our 2017 Annual Report shows that the total value of Physical Security products at factory gate prices in 2017 was $29.2Bn, an increase of approximately 5% on 2016. This is a decline in growth from its peak in 2014 but an increase on the last 2 years. Over the last 8 years the market has […]
The Future Workplace Will Not All Be About Technology
We still read paper books, despite the emergence of tablets and e-book readers like the Kindle. We still visit physical stores, even though online shopping was supposed to take over retail years ago. More vinyl records sales hit a 25 year high in 2016, 500% more than 2013 figures. “New technologies, it turns out, do […]
The Smart Enterprise: Boldly Going Where No Office Has Gone Before…
Our science fiction based ideas of future spaceships paint a picture of perfectly calibrated indoor environments protecting passengers from the inhospitable vacuum of space but also keeping them comfortable, healthy and productive. Our earth based and immobile modern offices have the same ambitions; to ensure occupants are comfortable, healthy and productive thereby improving the efficiency […]
Indoor Location Ecosystems Support Vertical Solutions for Smart Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. With the advent of IoT platforms, advanced sensors and improvements in network connectivity, there are an increasing number of companies offering Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) and Location Based Services (LBS) for various applications in commercial and industrial buildings. In-building location-based services can […]
Video: 87% of Building Maintenance is STILL Reactive!
In this, our second video interview, we ask Bill Clee, CEO of Asset Mapping, Why is 87% of Building Maintenance STILL reactive? Why we are still “driving buildings blind” and how much more efficient could facilities management be if it was driven by using real time data? We also discuss how improving the air quality […]
Video: The End User Smart Building Perspective
We’ve started a brand new YouTube Channel called The Smart Building Series. We’ll be posting in-depth interviews with stakeholders from across the industry, including End Users, Systems Integrators, Architects, Researchers and Technology Suppliers. Please go to our Channel and subscribe to get notifications when we post new videos. In this, our first interview, we ask […]
Equifax Hack Serves as Another Reminder that our Smart Buildings are Vulnerable
143 million people were affected by the Equifax data breach that occurred between mid-May and late-July 2017, but was only announced on September 7th. Names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, credit card information and driver’s license numbers were stolen, meaning years of potential problems for those affected. The hack will cast a shadow over […]
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