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“If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Improve It”: The Path to Better Buildings
May 31st, 2017Beyond Energy Management: Building Performance Optimization Services Take Centre Stage
May 22nd, 2017
Blockchain Is The “Missing Link” To A Decentralized, CO2-Free Energy Future
In the future, batteries in homes and buildings will be key to stabilizing the power grid by enabling better integration of renewable energies. In Germany, that future is becoming a reality today with the use of blockchain technology. European electricity transmission system operator TenneT, energy storage firm sonnen, renewable energy producer Vandebron and technology giant […]
If ABB And IBM Conceived A Smart Grid Baby…
If Swiss firm ABB, a leader in power and automation technology, and US computer giant IBM, a leader in artificial intelligence, had a power grid baby together – it could be really smart. Last week, at Hannover Messe 2017, the two companies announced a strategic collaboration that brings together ABB’s digital offering, ABB Ability, with […]
Strategic Alliances Focusing on the Building Internet of Things Gain Prominence
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Partnerships focusing on IoT solutions in buildings have gained prominence in the past year. We have tracked over 30 alliances announced since January 2016 between the main building technology incumbents, IT partners and specialised IoT platform providers. This excludes strategic investments, minority stakes, and […]
We Need To Talk About Artificial Intelligence
On the 11th of May 1997 Chess enthusiasts watched World Chess champion Garry Kasparov lose the sixth and final match of a novel but symbolic series. Kasparov lost this deciding match in just 19 moves against the IBM’s Deep Blue computer in New York. For many is was the first sign that computers would one […]
Europe Lags Behind Asia in the Industrial Internet of Things Race
Asia has long led the global manufacturing race. Populous nations like China have relied on an abundance of cheap labor to drive growth in their manufacturing sector. However, with the rise of the industrial internet of things (IIoT) an opportunity has arisen for Europe’s factories to gain a competitive advantage over their Asian cousins. It […]
Audio: Forget The Internet Of Things… Let’s Consider The Internet Of Voice!
Here is the Audio Stream from our 3rd Free Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Project Haystack. Forget The Internet Of Things… Let’s Consider The Internet Of Voice! This was an in-depth discussion with Nick Hunn, CTO at WiFore about how Voice Recognition may take the Internet of Things in a different […]
The Transformation of the Building Performance Software Business
The building performance software industry has at least 350 established suppliers delivering across 6 main different market segments that can be further sub-divided into 16 segments. These segments overlap and cause confusion when the building operators are evaluating how they meet their value propositions. This is particularly critical now that the major real estate owners […]
Have We Considered What The Smart City Might Actually Mean For Society?
“The smart city was the wrong idea pitched in the wrong way to the wrong people,” suggested Dan Hill, of urban innovators the Future Cities Catapult. “It never answered the question: ‘How is it tangibly, materially going to affect the way people live, work, and play?’” Hill refers to the shiny new technology that has […]
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