Internet of Things
A New Year, A New Mindset for the Smart Building Sector
January 4th, 2019Smart Buildings Should Be Valued By Operational Performance Not Just Technology
December 14th, 2018
Opportunities Beyond the Building – It’s All About Breaking Down the Silos
Buildings have traditionally been designed as somewhat isolated units protecting occupants from the outside world. While buildings still need to protect people from the elements, like the first buildings were designed to do, the modern world demands more complex relationships between buildings and their urban environment. Energy no longer just flows into a building but […]
Smart Lighting Platform Leads to 50% Space Reduction for Real Estate Firm
Real estate companies can be tenants too, and when they are tenants in a smart building the technology can influence their decisions in the same way it does for their real estate clients. That’s what is happening in a four-story building near Schiphol airport, just outside Amsterdam, where $14.2-billion real estate services firm CBRE is […]
“Where an OT-IT conflict exists, OT feels it more sharply” Report Highlights
“There are further opportunities in expanding the scope and aspirations of building related Big Data assets beyond the purview of just operational and energy management,” states our latest report Towards Data-Driven Buildings: Big Data For Smart Buildings 2018 to 2023. “Too often, buildings are seen as simply a cost that needs to be minimized as […]
The March Towards Data-Driven Commercial Buildings Increases Pace
The global market for Big Data software & services in Smart Commercial buildings is experiencing robust growth, rising from $15.6Bn by the end of 2018 to $35.8Bn by 2023, representing a CAGR of 18%. Our new research report is an objective assessment of the market for Big Data Software & Services in Smart Commercial Buildings. […]
Industry is Poised to Install Microgrids Faster Than Any Other Sector
According to the Rocky Mountain Institute corporate survey, nearly two-thirds of Fortune 100 companies and nearly half of Fortune 500 companies have set ambitious green energy targets. Some, like tech giants Google and Apple, have gone green by investing directly in vast renewable energy generation plants for their power-hungry data centers, but for the majority […]
We Must Change Urban Culture to get the True Benefits of Smart Cities
“The 19th century was a century of empires, the 20th century was a century of nation states and the 21st century will be a century of cities” – Wellington Webb, Former Mayor of Denver, CO. Population increase and rural to urban migration trends continue, unrelenting. Our already overcrowded megacities – urban areas with more than […]
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 […]
2018 Delivered Improved Growth in Security & Strengthened Foundations
Our new 2018 annual report on the Physical Security Business shows that the total value of world production of Physical Security products at factory gate prices in 2018 was $31.55Bn, an increase of 7.% on 2017. This is a solid improvement in performance for over the last 10 years the market has grown by a […]
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