Intelligent Buildings

This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research Startups and established players alike gathered in Helsinki earlier this month at the Nordic Smart Building Convention to discuss the state of the market for intelligence, digitalization and autonomous sensing in the built environment. This article aims to give a few highlights of the […]

Such is the rate of technological change in the modern era that it is almost impossible to plan for the next innovation or technological revolution. However, the brick and mortar, or glass and steel, of the physical building works on a entirely different timescale. While technologists’ talks about months and years, constructionists’ discuss decades. So […]

“The Internet of Things will help fundamentally change the way we design and operate buildings” said James McHale, Managing Director of Memoori, at the Smart Buildings Conference (SBC) 2017 on Monday in Amsterdam, Netherlands. McHale explained to delegates why and how the combined global market for the Internet of Things in Buildings (BIoT) will grow […]

“I suspect the evolution of technology in our buildings is going to come rather quickly,” said Lachlan MacQuarrie, vice president, real estate management, with Oxford Properties Group, while moderating a seminar at the PM Expo in Toronto last month. “My advice would be: you probably don’t have as much time as you think you have.” […]

After a hectic day you finally arrive at the hospital to visit your nephew, Billy, who’s recovering from a broken arm after a skateboarding accident. Out of breath and a bit flustered you approach the reception where the desk bot says “Hello Mr. Smith, the Doctor is in with Billy at the moment so you […]

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a global phenomenon. Aspiring cities on every continent are striving to become “smart”, full of intelligent buildings, connected by an advanced grid all, under the umbrella of the IoT movement. This emerging urban intelligence is optimising energy use, increasing safety and security, it’s even making us more healthy and […]

The Building Internet of Things (BIoT) is changing the building management game as we know it, bringing all aspects of a building’s technical performance together into a smart building platform. Often misunderstood, the benefits coming from the evolution to the BIoT are transformative, scalable and go far beyond traditional building management. This month Memoori spoke […]

Last month we discussed the evolution of pattern recognition, machine learning and how the current deep learning movement could be a precursor to artificial intelligence (AI). This month we consider how deep learning and AI are already becoming part of our society through applications in the smart building sector. Since its first public discussion at […]