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How Close are we to Realizing AI’s Potential for HVAC Optimization?
Globally, only a very small percentage of commercial buildings operate fully integrated, AI-driven, autonomous energy management for HVAC optimization. Our new research estimates that a significant percentage of commercial buildings have no HVAC control whatsoever, while the rest of the market is divided between rule-based control, preset algorithms, and predictive functions, to varying degrees. Together, […]

Who Are the Smart Building Startups Gaining Traction in 2024?
While funding levels are a good measure of a startup’s potential, growth may be the best measure of a startup’s success. That is the focus of our latest research study, which identifies and explores the 100 smart building startups we believe have gained the most growth traction in the past year. The global smart buildings […]

Energy Management Startups Dominate Funding in 2023-24
Our new research reveals key data on 284 funding rounds for startups, amounting to around $5.5 billion across the smart buildings sector in the 16 months since January 2023. And, with over $2 billion already invested in the first four months of 2024, we believe that the outlook for investment and alliances with new entrants […]

Azbil Building Automation Business & FY2023 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Azbil, a Japanese public company with a leading position in the domestic building automation market. The financial highlights and growth strategy analysis of the Building Automation business is based on their FY2023 annual results, year ending 31st March 2024, Annual Report 2023, and investor presentations. Azbil Building Automation Financial […]

Beyond the Hype: Assessing What We Know About the PassiveLogic Ecosystem, So Far
Many startups set out hoping to change the game, to put a “dent in the universe” but the reality is that few get close. The odds of “success” if you are funded by a top VC are something like 0.05%. Even “success” doesn’t mean you change the game. Salt Lake City-based startup PassiveLogic is being […]

Hybrid Work & Climate Change to Drive the Evolution of Smart Buildings in 2022
The past twelve months have been anything but normal, in fact, 2021 could go down in history as the first year of the “new normal” as we came to terms with a pandemic that is reshaping the world. While 2020 will always be seen as the year that rocked the world with restrictions, and lockdowns, […]

The Internet of Things is a Major Enabler for Startups in Smart Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Memoori’s biennial evaluation of startup companies has identified 665 private companies founded between 2011 and 2020 in the smart buildings sector. The diversity and range of companies addressing this market is quite striking. A comprehensive insight into the varied applications and technologies being […]

Commercial Buildings are at the Center of our “Return to New Normal” Strategy
China is starting to return to some kind of normality. In Italy, Spain, and a host of other countries that were hit early or lightly, they have introduced their de-escalation plans and have begun to ease lockdown measures. It will still take a while, but we can now begin to consider when we might return […]