Demand Response
Virtual Power Plants: Our Energy Future is Distributed, Efficient and Intelligent
May 19th, 2017Are we Ignoring the Threat of Cyber Attacks on our Smart Grids?
April 25th, 2017Is Russia a Sleeping Smart Building Giant That’s About To Wake Up?
With almost 150 million people, the world’s 12th largest economy, and just handful of smart buildings, Russia represents a sleeping giant in the smart technology sector. The country’s economy has also taken an upward turn recently, after years of relative stagnation. Economic Development Minister Maksim Oreshkin upgraded his growth forecast to 2% for 2017. “We […]
New Forms of Energy Demand A New Form of Energy System
“What if the sun isn’t shining and the wind stops blowing?” critics of renewable energy often say along with, “fluctuations in supply mean renewables can never be our base-load power source.” However, our power system has been designed around coal, gas and nuclear generation for decades and if we really want to make a shift […]
The Energy Sector Continues to Invest in Smart Building to Smart Grid Interface Software
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Utilities are continuing to strengthen their decentralized energy capabilities as part of their ambition to expand their business models beyond the meter and become complete solution providers for energy management. In a previous article on Memoori titled “Utilities Invest in Energy Software & Services […]
Delivering Building Performance Software that Meets Customer Requirements
Numerous detailed assessments of adoption drivers for Energy Management software solutions for buildings in the developed world have concluded that they must deliver the following: * Reduce Operational Costs * Ensure Regulatory Compliance * Reduce Pollution * Align with Corporate Sustainability Goals * Meet Consumer Interest in Sustainable Products Therefore energy management software solutions in […]
What’s a Smart City Without Connected Smart Buildings?
If, as we are led to believe, energy efficiency is an essential part of Smart Cities then it is logical to assume that a Smart City should be full of Smart Buildings inter-connected in a smart manner. However, the reality is that the urban power grid usually only reaches as far into a building as […]
The Harmonization of the Smart Grid and Smart Building Markets has begun!
The Smart Grid and Smart buildings markets are beginning the tricky process of harmonization as major global firms look to capitalise on opportunities surrounding distributed energy. Memoori’s brand new report shows that the combined market for Energy Software in Smart Buildings (comprised of Enterprise Energy Management, BECS Supervisory Software and Smart Building to Smart Grid […]
Illinois C-CAP Project Networks Buildings for Advanced Demand Response
Environmental and consumer advocates, along with Illinois’ regional electric grid operator, launched an innovative pilot project this month to demonstrate how demand response can continue to support grid reliability year-round and lower electricity costs for Chicago businesses, institutions, government, and homeowners. The pilot program, called the Combined Capacity Asset Performance Project (C-CAP), is a collaboration […]
The Building Internet of Things – How will it affect our Buildings and our Business?
This white paper was written by Terry Casey of Intellastar. We will be holding a Webinar Q&A with Terry tomorrow, discussing the Building Internet of Things and the Future of Smart Buildings. Introduction We are hearing a lot about the Internet of Things, how there will be huge growth in Connected Devices, how everything with […]