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Facebook AI is Helping Robots Understand Buildings & Occupants

August 10th, 2021
Security

The Best Opportunities for Physical Security Business Growth over the Next 3 Years

August 9th, 2021
Security

A Future of Smart Building Cyberattacks in the Pipeline?

On May 7th 2021, the Colonial Pipeline Company announced it was the victim of ransomware cyberattacks that forced it to disable the largest petroleum pipeline in the US. The Colonial Pipeline carries 2.5 million barrels a day of gasoline, diesel, heating oil, and jet fuel on an almost  9,000 km route from Houston, Texas, to […]

Smart Buildings

Workplace Technology M&A Shows a Rapid Rise in 2021

This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Workplace technology has become a significant focus for acquisition activity this year as 15 M&A deals to date enable commercial real estate stakeholders to augment their software and IoT offerings.   The strategic rationale for deals is on expanding solutions that address landlords’ needs to ensure […]

Smart Buildings

Does Technology Make Buildings More or Less Resilient?

Resilience is the ability to overcome future challenges, both the expected and the unexpected. The term has been used increasingly in the buildings industry in recent years, alongside other terms such as sustainability and continuity. However, while sustainability and continuity are focused on survival, the true goal of resilience is to thrive despite challenges. Resilience […]

Security

Massive Funding Rounds Flow into the Video Surveillance Market

Our smart buildings and smart cities are now being designed to sense and understand the world around them much like humans do. Networks of sensors hear via microphones in voice control, smell via air quality or gas monitors and feel via temperature, humidity, or pressure sensors. However, like in humans, sight is generally accepted as […]

Smart Cities

Intelligent Energy Demand Needs Intelligent Energy Supply

Buildings and the electricity grid are inextricably linked. The building sector represents up to 75% of all electricity usage and is also a disproportionately large contributor to peak energy demand, according to our recent report. The electricity grid, including power generation, must serve that demand, and to do so efficiently, it must develop a deep […]

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