Commercial Buildings

The Internet of Things (IoT) industry regards commercial and industrial buildings as the third most important market for its technology and products. Not surprising… given that the world market for all types of Building Automation Systems (BAS) for these buildings was $120Bn in 2014 and will grow at around a CAGR of 9% to reach […]

Johnson Controls is shifting back toward its roots with its announced move to separate its massive automotive unit and focus instead on smart building controls and energy storage. Management said it is open to an outright sale, spinoff or formation of a joint venture to shed the unit, with a decision expected before year’s end. […]

Rising electricity prices, climate change and a sagging economy continue to drive public and private institutions to focus on energy efficiency in the built environment. Today, buildings consume around 40% of generated energy, which makes investing in energy efficiency critical in efforts to reduce our unsustainable demand for energy. Let’s remember that building doesn’t have […]

Having just completed a series of 3 techno / commercial studies on the Building Internet of Things (BIoT) the objective to turn smart buildings into fully automated ones requiring little or no human intervention has the full support of building owners. The technology to overcome the deficiencies of the present semi-automated Building Automation Services (BAS) […]

US Senator Maria Cantwell has introduced legislation to make federal buildings smarter. The Smart Building Acceleration Act includes many Internet of Things (IoT) devices that will be used to create energy efficiency in buildings. The federal government is the largest building owner in the US with more than 400,000 properties. Sen. Cantwell believes that the […]

In the first article of this series, Building Smarter Workplaces for the Digital Age, we discussed Dr Jacqueline Vischer’s ‘Framework for Workplace Concepts’ and commented that the highest state in her model, Psychological Comfort, was dynamic and messy, subject to rapid societal and technological changes. The second article, Digital Disruption, Digital Hope, addressed technology change, […]

Sensor rich LED bulbs cover the office ceiling late on a Wednesday evening; they know Steve is there because the motion sensor detects his movements. In fact the building’s central control system already predicted he would be there because he always stays late on a Wednesday. If it could, it might speculate as to why, […]