HVAC Controls
Comfy’s People-Centric Approach to the Office Gains Traction
November 7th, 2017The Smart Enterprise: Boldly Going Where No Office Has Gone Before…
October 31st, 2017Future Office Design is Riding the IoT Wave Towards Maximizing Productivity!
Memoori has published a new report, called The Future Workplace: Smart Office Design in the IoT Era which explores the evolving and emerging trends shaping the future of work and redefining the workplace as we know it. Tenants, owners and technology companies are now all hungry to promote smarter workplaces, and Memoori believes we are […]
Correctional Facilities Can Be Smart Buildings Too
Smart technologies can help buildings cut energy costs, increase their value and help them be better at whatever they are trying to do. By using smart technology to serve the specific objectives of a building; schools can teach better, offices can be more productive, and hospitals can cure more people. If your building is a […]
Equifax Hack Serves as Another Reminder that our Smart Buildings are Vulnerable
143 million people were affected by the Equifax data breach that occurred between mid-May and late-July 2017, but was only announced on September 7th. Names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, credit card information and driver’s license numbers were stolen, meaning years of potential problems for those affected. The hack will cast a shadow over […]
Is Simple Energy Management the Gateway Product for Smart Buildings?
In the early days of smart technology for energy efficiency in buildings we used to say, “buildings make up 40% of total energy consumption,” and that “with this smarter approach to energy efficiency we can reduce that to be greener and cleaner while reducing the strain on our grids.” In the years since the smart […]
The Benefits Of Hyper-Local Weather Forecasting For Smart Buildings And Facilities
It is an all too common problem for buildings; hundreds of windows are cleaned then a dust storm hits the next day, or the roof is scheduled for maintenance but it starts raining just as work starts. Then the question for facility managers is when to restart maintenance or how to anticipate weather to adjust […]
Automated to Smart to Cognitive: The Past & Future of Buildings
Once upon a time, a building was just a building, providing shelter from the elements and a space to meet its specific objectives. Most buildings needed light and ventilation, heating or cooling, and often some form of access control. These needs created opportunities for service providers to offer better and more efficient systems to suit […]
Futureproofing Smart Buildings & The Virtualization Of The Edge – Memoori Talks To IoTium
“Don’t ever question if you will be hacked. You will be hacked,” proclaims IoTium CEO, Ron Victor, during Memoori’s Webinar last week, before describing a test anyone can try. “Open up a server on AWS and just watch. Within two hours, 55,000 people will try and hack into that box for some reason, just because […]
Beyond Energy Management: Building Performance Optimization Services Take Centre Stage
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research We are seeing the convergence of Building Energy Management with Facilities Management and Asset Management, as software and services addressing building performance optimization take centre stage in the commercial and industrial buildings market. The boundaries between technology offerings are blurring as IoT and digital […]