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October 13th, 2016The Triple Bottom Line Of Sustainable Building
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Buildings Could Make Up The Majority Of Connected Devices, But How Much Of A Building Is Now Connected?
“Just five years ago, the amount of data collected in buildings globally was 1.2 zettabytes. For perspective, consider that in 2009 the entire World Wide Web was estimated to contain close to just half a zettabyte.” states a new report from Memoori The Internet of Things in Smart Commercial Buildings 2016 to 2021. Smart Cities […]
Is Retail Becoming Augmented Retail?
The boundaries between physical retail and e-commerce are blurring, creating a hyper-connected consumer in search of experiences rather than just products. That was one of the key themes at Paris Retail Week, which asked – Is retail becoming augmented retail? The Equipmag event, part of the retail week, highlighted the increased digitalisation of our daily […]
Lighting Positions Itself at the Heart of Smart Buildings
The first electric light was made by English scientist, Humphry Davy, in 1800 and later improved by compatriot Sir Joseph Wilson Swan. In 1877, American Charles Francis Brush began the electric light’s commercialisation before Thomas Edison’s experiments led to the style of light bulb we used for the next 100 years or so. None of […]
Smart City 2.0: Digital Industrial Companies And Urban Entrepreneurs
While still a relatively new sounding term, the ‘smart city’ has been a topic of discussion for over ten years now. This technology enabled urban development has been increasingly influential in our cities during the past decade but has recently taken a big step forward to what we might now call ‘smart city 2.0’. The […]
Will A Smart Office Really Make Us More Productive?
“Buildings are crucial enablers of economic activity but, if we’re honest about it, they frequently fail to live up to our collective expectations based on our experiences everywhere we live, work and play”, begins a new report by Schneider Electric’s, Preeti Bajaj. We have talked a lot about smart buildings providing more than just energy […]
Control Solutions Still Widely Misunderstood in Commercial Buildings
Control solutions are one of the most cost effective ways to substantially reduce operational, maintenance and energy bills in commercial buildings. However, most corporate real estate (CRE) managers still think of controls as expensive. This view is often due to a lack of awareness of today’s market disruptive innovators and new delivery channels, according to […]
The Internet of Things in Buildings will need to Disrupt Contractual & Tendering Procedures
Audio: LEDs Lighting the Way Towards Smart Cities
For those who missed it or want to listen again, below is the Audio Stream from our 1st FREE Webinar in our brand NEW 2016 Smart Cities Series. We have started a new series of Webinars to highlight the innovative Smart City Technology now coming to market and the cities implementing it. In this 1st […]
