Energy Efficiency
A City Full of Unconnected Building Networks is Not Smart
October 23rd, 2018Microsoft’s Azure Digital Twins Platform Could Disrupt Cloud Computing for the Building IoT
September 26th, 2018
A New Layered & Probabilistic Approach To Occupancy Sensing
“Occupant presence and behavior in buildings is considered a key element towards building intelligent and pervasive environments. Yet, practical applications of energy intelligent buildings typically suffer from high sensor unreliability,” highlights a recent paper that proposes a fundamentally new way of inferring occupancy in smart buildings. The study has been able to demonstrate an additional […]
SaaS for CRE – Like Having a FitBit for Your Building
Buildings contribute 40% of all energy use around the world, they consume 70% of all electricity and emit 40% of all greenhouse gases. Global initiatives such as the Paris Climate Agreement and the United Nations’ 17 sustainability goals have identified energy efficiency in buildings as the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. […]
A Blueprint for Scalable Virtual Power Plants & A New Energy System
While many people don’t know what a virtual power plant is, those who do still might not realize the scale of the impact they could have on our energy system. One up and coming start-up is showing that virtual power plants aren’t just about turning buildings into power generating facilities but potentially turning real estate […]
Smart Buildings: Connected Technology in a Disconnected Industry
The smart building is, in essence, a set of interconnected building systems. The industry that surrounds those smart buildings, however, is epitomized by its disconnectedness. This irony is more than just an amusing fact. It highlights a serious issue in the smart building sector, one that holds back growth and limits the understanding of the […]
What are the Main Challenges Preventing the Adoption of the IoT in Buildings?
“The potential challenges facing Internet of Things initiatives are numerous and varied,” begins the Market Challenges section of our latest report. The comprehensive report goes into specific detail on a wide range of obsticles facing vendors and their customers who may be exploring opportunities for Internet of Things in Building (BIoT). Here we assess just […]
Lighting Takes the LEED on Energy & Occupant WELL-being
“There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the brightness and wavelength of workplace lighting is not only essential for enabling sight, but that it can also have strong non-visual biological effects, in regulating the human circadian system, and impacting the biological clock of workers, as well as their mood and alertness,” states […]
Webinar: The Five Pillars of Smart Asset Management
Please Join us on Tuesday 26th June 17:00 Central Europe Time (CET) for our 6th FREE Webinar in the 2018 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Project Haystack. The Five Pillars of Smart Asset Management. Memoori Talks to Logan Soya from Aquicore about the model his company built to better understand the needs of the industry […]
The Smart Redevelopment Conundrum: New Build vs Retrofit
Smart building technology has demonstrated its worth in recent years, and this is creating some difficult choices for building owners, namely; get smarter or risk losing tenants, and then either retrofit your current building or start fresh with a purpose built smart building. Commercial property owners must consider all the options before they start to […]
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