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Honeywell Building Technologies Business & Financials 2023 Examined
February 19th, 2024Equiem Workplace Experience Platform Business Examined
February 7th, 2024Semiconductor Partnerships Signal Growing Maturity of Smart Building Market
“It was not so very long ago that people thought semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and that microchips were very small snack foods,” said US politician Geraldine Ferraro in the 1980s about a technology that has gone on to revolutionize the world. Semiconductors are so essential for the creation of computers, phones, vehicles, and almost […]
10 Notable Strategic Investments in the Smart Buildings Space in 2023
This Research Note reviews strategic investments in the smart buildings space over the last 12 months. A diverse range of corporate stakeholders – commercial real estate service firms, building owners and operators, vendors of building automation systems and HVAC equipment firms – have continued to fund startups with innovative technology platforms and business models. Investments […]
What’s Behind Schneider Electric’s Move to Divest AutoGrid to Uplight?
This Research Note looks at what’s behind Schneider Electric’s latest move to divest AutoGrid to Uplight, the Boulder, Colorado-based utility software company. We review the history and assess the current state of play behind the transaction. In December 2023, Uplight announced an agreement to acquire AutoGrid, a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and Distributed Energy Resource […]
How have Tech Job Losses Impacted the Smart Buildings Space? Part 1: BIoT Platforms
In this Research Note, we examine trends in job losses in the smart buildings startup space. The analysis is based on LinkedIn headcount reduction data over the past two years and our own compilation of statistics relating to startups undergoing redundancies, restructuring and downsizing. We have highlighted 8 examples of job losses in the BIoT […]
Mapping the Strategic Direction of Grosvenor Property Group in Smart Buildings
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of Grosvenor Property Group in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped strategic partnerships and investment activity by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period between January 2021 and July 2023. Grosvenor (GPUK) is the UK’s largest private property […]
HVAC/R Control Products Manufacturer Carel Acquires Smart Building SaaS Provider Kiona
In this Research Note, we examine what’s behind Carel’s acquisition of a majority stake in Kiona, a Norwegian Saas player in building management, energy management and refrigeration management. Our article is based on Carel investor presentations and reports from the seller, Swedish private equity firm Summa Equity. Carel Industries SpA is an Italian public company […]
Johnson Controls Augments its Digital Workplace Portfolio with the Acquisition of FM:Systems
In this Research Note, we examine what’s behind Johnson Controls’ acquisition of FM:Systems, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based digital workplace management and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider for facilities and real estate professionals. Since 2015, when Johnson Controls divested its Global Workplace Solutions business to CBRE, the HVAC and building controls giant has been missing […]
#Podcast 22: How Different Metadata Schemas are Converging to Model Buildings!
In our Podcast series “Sh*t You Wish Your Building Did!”, Memoori explores the intersection between technology and commercial real estate through interesting conversations. In Episode #22 of our Podcast, we sat down with Gabe Fierro, Assistant Professor at the Colorado School of Mines and Co-Founder of the Brick Schema for a free-ranging discussion about how different […]