Middle East
75F Light Commercial Building Controls Business Examined
February 10th, 2025Honeywell Spinoff of Building & Industrial Automation Businesses into New Public Company
February 7th, 2025
Urbanise Facilities Management Software Business & FY2024 Financials Examined
In this Research Note, we examine Urbanise, an ASX-listed facilities management software business headquartered in Australia. We focus on their software offerings, FY2024 financial highlights, and FY2025 outlook. Founded in 2001, Urbanise offers solutions for facilities and strata managers. Their cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms, Urbanise Strata and Urbanise FM, service the strata and facilities management […]

White Paper: How Can Smart Building Technology Become Mainstream?
We have been talking about smart buildings for decades. We have seen smart technology emerge and showcase projects achieve impressive results, however, the vast majority of new and old buildings are still not smart. A new joint white paper by Spaceworx and Memoori asks “why?” and, more importantly, “what can be done about it?” Download […]

Ericsson & Landis+Gyr partner on Smart Grids in the Middle East
Ericsson has partnered with Landis+Gyr to empower smart metering and smart grid projects in the Middle East. In the details of the partnership, Ericsson and Landis+Gyr will support utilities across the region with solutions that deliver key data required to cultivate active relationships with end-consumers, said an Ericsson company statement. The objective is to create […]

The Smart Cities that Oil Built
When they tell the story of our transition to a smart, green urban future, how will they portray fossil fuels? The evil addiction that we couldn’t shake, or the fuel that funded our advancement into a greener more efficient energy future. A quick look around the oil rich Arabian Gulf might have you thinking the […]

Rampant Energy Consumption Sparks Smart Building Revolution in the Middle East
Energy consumption per capita in the oil rich Arabian Gulf nations is among the highest in the world. World Bank energy consumption data shows 4 Gulf countries in the top 6 consumers (per capita) globally. These progressive Arab nations are keen to address such statistics by tackling their root causes, namely inefficiency. The World Bank […]