Built Environment

Smart Buildings

German PropTech Startups Leverage Digital Twin Innovation in Smart Commercial Buildings

February 26th, 2019
Smart Buildings

PropTech is Triggering a New Era of Opportunity in Commercial Real Estate

February 7th, 2019
Smart Buildings

Who is Investing in Smart Building StartUps?

Investment is the bedrock of startups and ambitious corporations alike. Investment is not evenly spread, however, and the firms that receive a larger share of the investment pie do so because they have sold a good idea and their ability to develop that idea. Because of greater investment, those firms are also more likely to […]

Smart Buildings

Data. Helping Us Understand Buildings, Their Occupants & Their Potential

By 2021 there will be over 3.6 billion connected devices installed in smart commercial buildings, making up a large proportion of all connected devices. Buildings are our most human environments and smart technology is allowing us to understand and control that environment like never before. Lighting, security, safety, HVAC control, and other building systems are […]

Smart Buildings

The Best Talent will Demand the Smartest Buildings

Smart commercial buildings are in demand. That’s the conclusion of several studies that suggest we may be on a turning point for smart building development, one that moves them from a niche, high-end facilities to a standard in our business districts. An MIT Center for Real Estate report, which analyzed data of over 650 smart […]

Smart Buildings

Biophilic Design: The Natural Approach To Smart Buildings

A recent survey commissioned by Ambius found that 35% of office workers don’t get more than 15 minutes of outdoor time during their typical workday. A further 13% say they are able to stretch their outdoor time to 30 minutes per day while only 22% manage to spend over an hour outside each day. The […]

Smart Cities

We Must Change Urban Culture to get the True Benefits of Smart Cities

“The 19th century was a century of empires, the 20th century was a century of nation states and the 21st century will be a century of cities” – Wellington Webb, Former Mayor of Denver, CO. Population increase and rural to urban migration trends continue, unrelenting. Our already overcrowded megacities – urban areas with more than […]

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