Building Energy Management Systems
The Burning Questions Around Fire Safety in Smart Buildings
August 8th, 2024What’s Behind Bosch Building Technologies’ Acquisition of DMS AG?
July 22nd, 2024
Grid Edge Partners with Amey to Develop a Real-time Building Energy Management Platform
This Research Note examines the partnership announced on 3rd July 2024 between Amey, a provider of engineering, operations, and decarbonization solutions for UK infrastructure, Grid Edge, a startup offering an AI SaaS energy management platform for commercial buildings, and BMSI, one of the UK’s independent systems integrators of Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS). Amey Partnership […]

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 […]

Recording: State of the Smart Building Startup Landscape 2024!
Here is the recording and presentation from our live stream where we shared insights from our new research into the 2024 Smart Building Startup Landscape. Memoori has seen a 33% Decrease in Funding Rounds Compared to the Previous Year. However, with $3.5 Billion invested in 2023 and over $2 Billion already invested in the first […]

ABB Capital Markets Day 2023: Key Takeaways for Smart Buildings
ABB hosted its Capital Markets Day 2023 at ABB Electrification’s circuit breaker production facility in Frosinone, Italy on 30th November 2023. This Research Note focuses on the Swiss conglomerate’s perspective on its Smart Buildings division within the Electrification business. Key takeaways are highlighted across its digital offerings, energy efficiency solutions and M&A strategy. The Smart […]

The Distributed Energy Management Startup Landscape
Building Energy Management is a broad category encompassing energy management software and hardware, energy efficiency services and sustainability and carbon management solutions for buildings. It also includes the technologies involved in creating grid-interactive buildings, such as demand response, virtual power plants, distributed energy management and behind-the-meter energy storage solutions. Within that space, a software category […]

Technovator Smart Buildings Business and 2022 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Technovator, a key player in the Chinese building automation market, based on their 2022 annual report, financial results and investor presentations. Founded in Singapore in 2005, Technovator is listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Group is structured into three business units: Smart Transportation […]

Net Zero Buildings Explored: Freiburg City Hall
Completed in 2017, the Freiburg City Hall was one of the world’s first public net zero buildings. It generates more energy than it consumes. Designed by the Düsseldorf-based architectural practice Ingenhoven architects and constructed over a period of 33 months, the 24,215 m² new city hall accommodates 840 employees over six floors. It is characterized […]

Azbil Building Automation Business and Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Azbil, a Japanese public company with a leading position in the domestic building automation market. Our analysis is based on their FY2022 annual results, year ending 31st March 2023 and investor presentations. The Building Automation (BA) business, the largest of three business units, accounts for 46% of consolidated net […]