Human-Centric Buildings
A Smart Building is one that Best Serves its Occupants
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New Study Raises Questions Over Effectiveness of Workplace Wellness Measures
The Influence of New Entrants on the Smart Buildings Landscape
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. New entrants are exerting their influence on the smart buildings space in several areas – in the number and diversity of startups, the increase in investments, acquisitions and partnerships and the shift in focus to solutions aimed at building occupants. Memoori’s new […]
The Smart Building Method – A New Perspective on a Fragmented Industry
Smart buildings should be more focused on outcomes for their occupants, rather than on implementing the latest technologies. That is what the industry has been pushing towards in recent years, resisting a trend towards ‘technology for technology’s sake,’ in order to create more human-centric buildings… But what if it wasn’t the technology or the outcome […]
A City Full of Unconnected Building Networks is Not Smart
“To deal with challenges faced during the growth of cities, the concept of Smart City has been envisioned, which denotes “the effective integration of physical, digital and human systems in the built environment to deliver a sustainable, prosperous and inclusive future for its citizens,” begins a recent Georgia Tech research report on integration of the […]
Webinar: Enhanced Health, Wellbeing & Productivity in Commercial Real Estate
Please Join us on Wednesday 10th October 17:00 Central Europe Time (CET) for our 9th FREE Webinar in the 2018 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Project Haystack. Enhanced Health, Wellbeing & Productivity in Commercial Real Estate. Memoori Talks to Owen Zachariasse, Innovation & Sustainability Advisor for Delta Development Group; discussing his work on the European […]
Is Human Psychology Being Neglected in Our Smart Buildings and Cities?
Smart buildings and cities give great emphasis to being “human-centric” by placing occupant and resident health and safety at the top of their list of priorities. They talk about how their design goes beyond efficiency to increasing health using lighting, air quality monitoring, and a variety of other techniques but are they actually neglecting one […]
Teaching An Old Building New Tricks: Smart Tech for Historic Spectator Venues
Buildings are built, they get old, torn down and replaced. That’s just the way things go. Some buildings, however, make such an impact on their occupants and their neighborhood that tearing them down becomes a much more difficult decision. The character these buildings embody creates sentiment that prevents them from being demolished even when they […]
Lighting Takes the LEED on Energy & Occupant WELL-being
“There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the brightness and wavelength of workplace lighting is not only essential for enabling sight, but that it can also have strong non-visual biological effects, in regulating the human circadian system, and impacting the biological clock of workers, as well as their mood and alertness,” states […]
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