Building Technology
Recording: Overcoming Tech Obsolescence in Smart Buildings
February 24th, 2021No Slowdown in PropTech Startup Investment in 2020 Despite COVID-19
January 18th, 2021HVAC Manufacturers Collaborate with Startups to Unlock the Potential of Connected Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Two European HVAC manufacturers, ebm-papst and Belimo have accelerated investment in digital solutions and strategic partnerships with startups to enable rapid technology transfer for data-driven connected, energy efficient and healthy buildings. The ebm-papst group, headquartered in Mulfingen, Germany, is the world’s leading manufacturer […]
Building Technology Startups Gain a Foothold in Commercial Real Estate Deployments
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Smart building startups are gaining a foothold in the commercial real estate sector as indicated by the Increasing deployment of innovative building technologies developed by new entrants. Building owners and operators are adopting AI and IoT building systems to reduce their carbon footprint, […]
Second Waves Drown Hope of a Return to the Office
In February, when the coronavirus epidemic became a global pandemic, few would have sincerely predicted that the crisis would have continued to the situation we find ourselves in today. As of mid-October, less than 15% of office workers have returned in New York City, the largest office market in the US, according to the Partnership […]
Do Return-to-Work Investments Now Look Wasteful As We Return-to-Remote?
We may not have realized it at the time but the summer months were a break from COVID-19. After severe restrictions and lockdowns in the northern hemisphere’s Spring, regulations eased in June, July, and August, relative to the months before. Politicians announced return-to-work strategies, presenting strict rules for companies to enforce in their buildings. Desperate […]
Dumb Buildings are the Real Losers in a post-COVID World
COVID-19 is one of the most disruptive events human society has experienced in the last 75 years. Beyond the struggles of 2020, this harsh reminder of the biological threats we face will go on to reshape the way we live for years to come. At the center of this debate is commercial real estate (CRE) […]
The Smart Building Industry Begins to See Cleaning in a New Light
Few in-building technologies have experienced a more significant boost from the COVID-19 pandemic than UV-C light disinfection. The sanitation solution has been used for more than 40 years in disinfecting drinking water, wastewater, ventilated air, and pharmaceutical products, against a range of human pathogens. This year’s on-going global health crisis, however, has focused extra hype […]
Imagining the “Pandemic-Smart” Buildings of the Future
We are in the midst of an unprecedented global crisis. Pandemics have happened before, many of them more deadly than we expect COVID-19 to be, but in our increasingly populated and globalized society, the impact and the reaction are different. Today, in our highly connected world of smartphones and smart buildings, we should be better […]
Webinar: Essential Do’s and Don’ts of Working with Real Estate Technology & Data
** The Recording of this Webinar can now be found HERE ** Please Join us on Wednesday 22nd April 1700 CET | 1100 EDT | 0800 PDT for our 4th FREE Webinar in the 2020 Smart Buildings Series. The Essential Do’s and Don’ts of Working with Real Estate Technology & Data. Lone Rooftop joins Memoori […]