Commercial Buildings
Can We Make Building Owners Better Understand The Business Case For Smart Buildings?
January 22nd, 2018Many Businesses are Rethinking the Way They Harness their Talent & Real Estate
January 8th, 2018New Energy Performance Directive Aims to make EU’s Building Stock “Nearly Zero Emissions” by 2050
A new year, a new energy directive for buildings. Over the festive period a political agreement on new rules for improving the energy performance of buildings was reached between negotiators from the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) aims to renovate Europe’s entire building stock by […]
The Financial and Environmental Cost of Older Buildings
Every business and homeowner knows that older buildings are generally more costly to run and that the key reason is energy efficiency. The inefficiencies of older commercial and residential buildings not only drive costs up for owners and tenants, the environment also pays a high price for their continued existence. Buildings are the single biggest […]
European Utilities Expand Beyond the Meter into IoT, Building Performance Software & Energy Services
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Competition is intensifying as European utility groups challenge players from the building automation, energy services and technical facilities management sectors in offering smart building technologies, software and services. The focus of investments is in two areas: 1. IoT solutions and software platforms […]
When a Billionaire Who Wants to be an Architect Works with an Architect Who Wants to be a Billionaire!
“I think this building is more futuristic than the latest Blade Runner movie,” said London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Bloomberg LP’s new European Headquarters in the British capital. After 30 years in London the media agency is bringing staff from its four campuses into one huge and futuristic office building, […]
New Survey Explores the Most Productive Style of Office Layout
According to a recent survey by Memoori, 71.4% of respondents in open plan offices say that the layout improves their productivity. In contrast, of the respondents working in cellular offices, only 44.2% say that layout improves productivity. “This is our clearest indication that on the spectrum of open to cellular office layout, the significant majority […]
Video: Deploying Sensor Networks in Commercial Real Estate… Why & How!
Memoori spoke to Yodit Stanton, CEO of OpenSensors, a Smart Building StartUp based in London. We discussed a range of topics around deploying sensor networks in commercial real estate; including the benefits and challenges that the Internet of Things is creating for our smart buildings. Our brand new YouTube Channel called The Smart Building Series, […]
New Research Identifies What Really Matters in the Modern Workplace
The latest report from Memoori cuts through the rhetoric to identify what really matters in our increasingly smart commercial buildings. As office owners, designers and tenants struggle through the sea of new concepts and technologies flooding the smart buildings market, our new report get to the core of the issue – what really matters is […]
White Paper: The Future of Workplace Optimization Technology in Smart Buildings
Memoori has collaborated with HID Global to produce a brand new white paper on The Future of Workplace Optimization Technology in Smart Buildings Download your Free Copy –> HERE The 14-page document discusses how connected workplace solutions are being adopted globally as digitalization and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms transform commercial real estate. We define […]