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The Collision of IT & OT is Shaping the Future of Buildings in the IoT Age
June 13th, 2018Is Energy Storage Quickly Becoming a Mainstream Technology?
January 29th, 2018Traditional Lighting Firms Seize The IoT Opportunity
Once upon a time light fixtures just illuminated spaces and then along came the internet of things (IoT). The IoT turns “things,” like lights, into connected things. As buildings became smart buildings, lighting found itself in the perfect position to act as a platform for a wide variety of IoT applications. The ceiling has long […]
An Activity-Aware Approach To Designing Smart Buildings And Cities
The cyber physical systems (CPS) revolution is well underway. All manner of physical objects in our buildings and cities are being brought online under the banner of the Internet of Things (IoT). Objects with the ability to sense their environment and reason about the implications, are optimising processes, creating value, enhancing resiliency and developing responsiveness. […]
DOE’s JUMP Initiative Hopes To Give Smart Buildings Tech A Boost
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) wants ideas on how to make smart buildings smarter and it’s using crowdsourcing to get them. Through a program called JUMP, innovative thinkers in the area of energy efficient building technologies are rewarded with idea development and prize money, and the first JUMP winners were announced in May […]
VC Funding Returns to Smart Building Tech with Investments in Comfy & Aquicore
It has been a busy couple of weeks for funding in the smart technology space with the launch of a major new venture capital fund and multiple investments reinforcing the continually increasing smart technology start-up trend. The first week of June saw the launch of Microsoft Ventures. The tech giant unveiled its official VC arm […]
Greater Competition Can Only be Good for the Energy Storage Sector
New big names are entering the energy storage sector in 2016, in a market that already includes ABB, GE, LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Tesla. This month Daimler AG began deliveries of Mercedes-Benz stationary energy storage units for use in private homes. While global aerospace, defence and security firm Lockheed Martin have made clear their intentions […]
Lighting Controls are Illuminating the Way to the Internet of Things in Buildings
There could not be a better time for Lighting Controls companies to grab the initiative and increase their revenues in a rapidly growing world market; At the same time positioning themselves to move into the wider Building Internet of Things (BIoT) business. Our Recent Research on this business shows the global value of lighting product […]
LEDs & Lighting Controls causing Massive Shifts in the Building Sector
The $112 billion global lighting market is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by technological change and the rules of the game continue to change for players across the industry. The Boston Consulting Group recently identified two powerful shifts: the move toward LED lighting and the growing adoption of connected lighting systems. These trends, which reinforce […]
Divestment Trend Continues with GE Energy Services Start-Up ‘Current’
GE has announced the creation of Current, a start-up that combines energy hardware with a digital backbone to make power simpler and more efficient for customers. The company, which is backed by GE’s balance sheet, brings together GE’s LED, solar, energy storage and electric vehicle businesses as a one-stop shop for early customers like Walgreens, […]