COVID-19
The Longer We Stay Away from the Office, The More We Change the Landscape of Work
July 9th, 2020It Wouldn’t Be the First Time that Disease Reshaped our Built Environment
July 7th, 2020
Short Term Prospects for Physical Security Depend Upon Containing COVID19
We has charted the fortunes of the worlds physical security business over the last 12 years. Despite cycles of poor world trading conditions and slow economic growth it has delivered a compound annual growth rare (CAGR) of 6.6%; reaching 8% in its peak year of 2019. Then along came COVID-19. GDP has drastically reduced and […]
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 […]
From COVID19 to Ripple20 – A New IoT Cybersecurity Threat is Unveiled
As the COVID-19 pandemic passes more somber fatality milestones and our global society strive to return to some kind of normality, other issues like cybersecurity persist and increase. Last week, JSOF Research Lab uncovered a series of 19 zero-day vulnerabilities that could impact hundreds of millions of IoT devices. Collectively named “Ripple20,” the vulnerabilities were […]
Opportunities for Smart Buildings as a Service in Commercial Real Estate
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. In a challenging economy, customers will be demanding more value from their investments and will be less willing to commit to upfront capital expenditure; making Smart Buildings as a Service even more attractive than 6 months ago. This business model is defined as […]
The Data Privacy Debate Has Not Changed But The World Has
We have been Imagining the “Pandemic-Smart” Buildings of the Future since the early stages of the global COVID-19 crisis. Adapting existing technology and placing greater emphasis on emerging technology that offers safety and infection-slowing applications to get people back into commercial buildings. Occupancy analytics for social distancing, fever-identifying thermal cameras, and an array of contactless […]
Lighting the Human-Centric Home Office in the Age of Remote Work
Human-Centric Lighting (HCL) is becoming a growing force in the office, presenting a solution that supports occupant health and wellbeing to raise the level of productivity across the workforce. While coronavirus-triggered lockdowns have emptied office buildings around the world, it has not stopped work, and as many companies begin to shift towards increased remote working […]
New Normal, Same Problems – The Continued Need for Better IoT Governance
“Historically, IT and OT roles were driven by clearly distinct business requirements. The IT role focused on information flows, while facilities managers were more focused on the physical functioning of a building. The two departments would typically operate in functional silo’s with little strategic alignment or influence over each other’s projects and initiatives,” stresses our […]
Radar Finds Solutions to Fighting Off COVID-19 in Smart Buildings
The Intruder Alarm and Perimeter Protection sector has over the last decade become very familiar with using radar technology to detect intruders trying to break through perimeter fences. It is now being used within smart buildings to support organisations as they explore options for moving staff safely back into their buildings. The solutions focus on […]
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