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Water Management Maintains a Steady Flow of Funding
While energy management gets the majority of attention in the building operations space, water is also a fundamental resource for facilities that require advanced management for efficiency and sustainability measures. However, the wide availability and low cost of water has held back the development of water management in buildings, both from a facility management and […]
Net Zero Buildings Explored: Freiburg City Hall
Completed in 2017, the Freiburg City Hall was one of the world’s first public net zero buildings. It generates more energy than it consumes. Designed by the Düsseldorf-based architectural practice Ingenhoven architects and constructed over a period of 33 months, the 24,215 m² new city hall accommodates 840 employees over six floors. It is characterized […]
Net Zero Buildings Explored: The Bullitt Center
The Bullitt Center in Seattle, WA, is one of the net zero buildings known as a pioneer of “deep green” architectural design. Completed in March 2013, the $32.5 million dollar project was considered an “audacious and provocative experiment and living proof of the economic and technical viability of sustainable buildings” in a 2014 paper by […]
Net Zero Buildings Explored: DBS Newton Green, Singapore
DBS Newton Green is one of Singapore’s first net zero buildings by a bank and a great example of the potential of retrofitting over rebuilding. In line with the bank’s net zero targets, the 30-year-old building was set for demolition before a bold retrofit was proposed and approved to reduce embodied carbon impact without compromising […]
Net Zero Buildings Explored: Joyce Centre @ Mohawk College
Mohawk College’s Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation in Hamilton, Ontario, is Canada’s largest net zero buildings energy institutional facility and was the first in the country to be awarded Zero Carbon Building – Design and Performance certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). Emerging from a collaboration between mcCallumSather and B+H Architects, the […]
Portfolio Transformation at Carrier with Acquisition of Viessmann & Exit of Fire & Security Businesses
Carrier has announced strategic actions that will transform the Company’s business portfolio and establish Carrier as a pure-play, intelligent climate and energy solutions company. They will acquire Viessmann Climate Solutions in a cash and stock transaction valued at €12 billion. They also plan to exit their Fire & Security and Commercial Refrigeration cabinet businesses. This […]
Net Zero Buildings Explored – The Balfour Hospital
The Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall, on the remote Scottish islands of Orkney, has established itself as the first fully net-zero National Health Service (NHS) hospital in the UK in 2019. The £65 million facility, designed to accommodate 49 patients, has pioneered an innovative and sustainable approach to design, construction, and operation processes. Delivered by the […]
Bosch Energy & Building Technology Business 2022 Examined
In this Research Note, we examine the Bosch Energy and Building Technology businesses, based on their 2022 annual results, M&A strategy and related activities in energy, building automation and security systems. Bosch Energy and Building Technology (EBT) business, the smallest of four reportable sectors, accounted for €7.0 billion in revenues in 2022, around 8% of […]
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