HVAC Controls
Regin AB Building Automation Business & Financials Examined
October 23rd, 2024How Close are we to Realizing AI’s Potential for HVAC Optimization?
October 22nd, 2024
Amazon Accelerator Startups Pilot Energy Efficiency Solutions
Several smart building startups will trial energy efficiency, HVAC optimization, and energy storage technology across Amazon fulfillment centers and warehouses in Europe after winning funding in this year’s Amazon Sustainability Accelerator (ASA). The 2024 ClimateTech Pilot Challenge has welcomed startups that have moved beyond prototype testing and are working towards generating initial revenue and growing […]
Mapping the Strategic Direction of Johnson Controls in Smart Buildings 2024
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of Johnson Controls (JCI) in the smart buildings space. We have mapped acquisitions, divestments, strategic partnerships, and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the group, by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type. This article is intended as a non-exhaustive indicator of […]
Belimo Capital Markets Day 2024: Targeting Growth Hotspots
Belimo, a listed company on the Swiss Stock Exchange, hosted its Capital Markets Day 2024 on 4th September 2024. This Research Note focuses on the building automation device manufacturer’s perspective on its growth targets. This is an update to our previous coverage of Belimo’s growth strategy and our latest Examined article. At Capital Market Day […]
Albireo Energy’s BAS Integration Business & Financials Examined
This Research Note highlights Albireo Energy, the largest independent Building Automation systems integration and energy services company in the US. We examine their 2023 financial highlights, deployments, revised strategy, and sustainability solutions portfolio, based on their 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance Report and Memoori analysis. This article updates our 2023 Research Note on the company. […]
Is the Power of AI Worth the Power Needs of AI?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being touted as the solution to almost all the major problems facing our world today, not least climate change. AI promises to drive efficiency in our smart buildings, cities, and grids, it is also expected to reduce energy consumption through the automation of manufacturing and construction. However, the sheer scale of […]
What’s Behind the Sale of Johnson Controls Air Distribution Business?
Johnson Controls has announced plans to sell its Air Distribution Technologies business, which it acquired in 2014 for $1.6 billion, for an undisclosed amount to Los Angeles private equity firm Truelink Capital. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2024 and marks another step in a broad transformation of the pure-play […]
What’s Behind Brainbox AI’s Acquisition of Turntide’s Automation Division?
This Research Note highlights the background to Brainbox AI’s acquisition of the Automation division of Turntide Technologies focusing on the development of both startups and the strategic rationale of the transaction. Brainbox AI BrainBox AI was founded in 2017 with the goal of redefining building automation through artificial intelligence to address the dilemma currently facing […]
Energy Management Startups Dominate Funding in 2023-24
Our new research reveals key data on 284 funding rounds for startups, amounting to around $5.5 billion across the smart buildings sector in the 16 months since January 2023. And, with over $2 billion already invested in the first four months of 2024, we believe that the outlook for investment and alliances with new entrants […]
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