Climate Change
Shell Announces Smart Building Partnerships with Sparkfund & GridPoint
November 23rd, 2018ACEEE Report Highlights Pathways to Zero Energy Buildings through Building Codes
November 12th, 2018SaaS for CRE – Like Having a FitBit for Your Building
Buildings contribute 40% of all energy use around the world, they consume 70% of all electricity and emit 40% of all greenhouse gases. Global initiatives such as the Paris Climate Agreement and the United Nations’ 17 sustainability goals have identified energy efficiency in buildings as the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. […]
All the Seasons in One Building – Taking Indoor Environmental Control to the Extreme
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth,” said Pablo Picasso. Next month a project will come to life in Piazza del Duomo, Milan’s main square, that will create a unreal reality and help us comprehend a growing truth about our smart buildings and cities – that we have more control of […]
The 4 Types of Data that Serve the Enterprise & the Environment
Climate change is an inescapable truth for businesses in the modern world. The enterprise in all shapes and forms must make efforts to reduce wastefulness through efficiency and innovation, while also generating energy and materials through sustainable sources; such as renewable energy, recycling or “green” office culture. However, these initiatives are often at odds with, […]
Now is The Time To Get Serious About Energy Efficiency!
The idea that we might be better off foregoing energy efficiency efforts and instead use the saved money to fuel inefficient buildings, is a compelling thought. Although environmentalists would certainly have something to say about it, and it is a depressing thought for those that have strived to develop the energy efficiency sector. Recent comments […]
Study Finds That Exxon Mislead the public on Climate Change, Concerning the Smart Tech Sector
A Harvard study released last Wednesday, August 23rd, has accused oil giant Exxon Mobil of misleading the public during the past 40 years, over the causes and implications of climate change. This new comprehensive study, alongside US president Donald Trump’s long history of disregarding human influence on climate change, casts doubt over US government and […]
Our Energy Future Is Not Just Green And Renewable – It Is Also Urban And Smart
Even moderate UN projections suggest that if current population and consumption trends continue, by the 2030s, we will need the equivalent resources of two Earths to support us – or maybe just one smart one. The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 according […]
How Important is Environmental Responsibility for the Smart Tech Sector?
“The environmental movement is, in my view, the greatest threat to freedom and prosperity in the modern world,” states to Myron Ebell, an adviser to the US president Donald Trump’s administration. Ebell said US voters had rejected what he dubbed the “expertariat” and said there was no doubt that Trump thinks that climate change is […]
Regulation could provide Vehicle for Growth of Energy Software in Europe
US suppliers currently dominate the Enterprise Energy Management Software (EEMS) market, according to our Recent Report. In this article we speculate on what this means to the future of this growing industry sector. EEMS is defined as IT based software and services which are used to monitor, manage, control and report on building energy performance, […]