Facilities

Smart Buildings

Webinar: The End User Smart Building Perspective

August 15th, 2017
Complimentary Article
Smart Buildings

Reconsidering BIM Strategy: Collaboration Not Fragmentation

August 1st, 2017
Smart Buildings

Facilities Management Service Providers Gear Up for Digitization & Technology Innovation

This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Facilities management service (FMS) firms are increasingly focused on digital transformation through the development of smart buildings and workspace optimization. Technology is the driving force behind growth opportunities for service providers and the major European firms have been gearing up for this opportunity in […]

Smart Buildings

Some Building Systems Are Born Smart, Others Have Smartness Thrust Upon Them

“Some building systems are born smart, some achieve smartness and some have smartness thrust upon them,” Shakespeare might have said if he were a 21st century mechanical engineer or facility manager working in Chicago. Taking center-stage in the ambitious Midwest city is a smart building retrofit worthy of applause. Completed in 1990, 311 South Wacker […]

Smart Cities

Why Should Facilities Managers Care About the Smart Grid?

“Work done addressing Smart Grid has been central to the last decade’s most significant technology developments; from Internet of Things to Web services and Building Automation to Big Data Energy Analytics,” said John “Jack” McGowan, CEM Principal at The McGowan Group. In an article for Automated Buildings, McGowan points out that too much of the […]

Articles

Facility Management Software Trends: Integration, Acquisitions and Partnerships

This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. The integration of software aimed at supporting processes in the management of commercial and industrial facilities and real estate has been a continuing trend over recent years. It has gained ground with the convergence of building energy management software into common data platforms combining […]

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