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Securitas Expands Electronic Security Footprint with Acquisition of Stanley Security
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December 9th, 2021
The Net Zero Playbook: Decarbonizing UK Government Buildings
In 2008, the UK passed the Climate Change Act, beginning a long-term commitment to cut national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 80% from 1990 levels by 2050, and agree progressive ‘carbon budgets’ to drive progress toward this target. In 2019, this was amended to require the UK to bring all GHG emissions to Net […]
The Global Physical Security Market Shows Resilience During the Pandemic
Over 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the global physical security market has demonstrated a remarkable degree of resilience, outperforming some other global technology markets and indeed beating our best-case scenario projection from last year. The pandemic is helping to reshape the physical security industry, turbo-charging certain emerging business models, whilst it also continues […]
Azbil’s Building Automation Business 2021 Examined
In this research note, we examine the Building Automation (BA) business of Azbil, based on their FY2021 Annual Report, investor presentations, and building technology-related activities throughout 2021. Building Automation, the largest of three business units, accounts for 47.3% of 2021 net sales. The other two businesses are Advanced Automation which supplies process and factory automation products […]
Webinar: Robotic Automation Engineers – A Shortcut to Energy Efficient Buildings
** Recording of this Webinar can now be found HERE ** Please join us on Monday 13th December at 1700 CET | 1600 GMT | 1100 EDT | 0800 PDT for our 9th FREE Webinar in the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Robotic Automation Engineers – A Shortcut to Energy Efficient Buildings. Memoori will be joined by Ville […]
Smart Buildings Industry Must Solve Its Own Complexity with Standards
If all buildings were the same we would be able to create a wide range of off-the-shelf devices that would work reliably via plug-and-play in any building, and most buildings would probably be smart by now. The fact that every building is unique is not the only problem holding back the adoption of smart building […]
“To Achieve Urban Sustainability the World Needs More Parises & Fewer Manhattans”
Population growth, urbanization, and climate change are the major trends shaping the future of cities. The UN predicts that the world’s population will grow from 7.7 billion in 2019 to 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.9 billion by 2100. Over 55 % of the world’s population already reside in urban areas and […]
European Startups Leveraging AI for Autonomous Building Management
The market for AI-enabled energy management & sustainability services is growing fast and attracting a good number of new market entrants, with 32% of vendors now offering services for this space, states our recent report on AI and Machine Learning in Smart Commercial Buildings. Leading building controls companies including Honeywell, Siemens, Schneider Electric and Johnson Controls […]
Hybrid Work is Driving the Digital Workplace Market
Germany, Portugal, and Ireland are some of the first major economies to make remote work a mandatory option for all employees that can work remotely. Home office product sales have continued to grow despite our longest spell without mass lockdowns since the pandemic began. Even the question “are you working remotely?” has become commonplace in […]
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