North America
Without Federal Support, COVID-19 Could Cripple US Clean Energy Sector
August 17th, 2020Building Occupancy Data Reveals the Extent of the US Lockdown
April 15th, 2020
The Future Workplace for an Aging Workforce
The aging workforce is an issue discussed a lot in smart building and future workplace circles. More often than not it is mentioned in the context of a demographic bulge that will quickly disappear from the workforce, leaving a big hole that must be addressed through tech-rich workplaces that will attract younger workers. This idea […]

A Tale of Two Smart City Approaches: Toronto & Barcelona
“This is a tale of two cities — Toronto and Barcelona — that may hold important lessons for others around the world. Both have big ambitions to change the way they operate but reflect very different visions of how smart cities should be run,” writes John Thornhill, Innovation Editor at the Financial Times, in an […]

North American Geothermal Heating is Quietly Gaining Steam
Geothermal heating reduces carbon emissions, energy costs, and dependence on fossil fuels, and has become a standard in many parts of the world. The US lags behind, however, with geothermal having to fight for the federal incentive “scraps” that solar and wind power have only recently recovered. New developments and a renewed sense of optimism […]

Why Does the US Lag Behind Europe for Human-Centric Lighting?
Human-Centric Lighting (HCL) is a rapidly emerging technology in the lighting space. Our latest report estimates the global HCL market to be worth $849 million in 2019, growing to $3.5 billion in 2024. North America and Europe are generally comparable when investigating the development of general lighting and wider building system related analyses. However, the […]

Asia-Pacific Continues to Lead the Building Internet of Things Market Through to 2022
The global market for the Building Internet of Things (BIoT) has been growing rapidly over the last decade with North America dominating the sector until recently. The rise of IoT adoption in buildings throughout the Asia-Pacific region in recent times is set to continue for at least the next five years. While the Asia-Pacific regions […]

Commercial Real Estate Firms Embrace PropTech with IoT Platforms & Apps
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Real estate operators and service providers are proving to be early adopters of proptech innovations and IoT solutions as they focus on optimizing energy and operational efficiencies in their portfolios. They are developing their own in-house platforms, investing in startup companies (Real […]

PE Funding Fuels Growth in the North American Fire & Security Systems Integration Space
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Private equity firms are ramping up their investments in middle market companies in the North American fire and security systems market. Although PE funding has declined for the leading physical security manufacturers, according to the latest Memoori report on the Security industry, […]

The Eclipse Beats Solar Power But Is Tackled By Energy Storage
“If the eclipse of the sun is complete it will be dark forever. The demons of darkness will come down. They will eat men!,” reads the The Florentine Codex, an ethnographic study of 16th-century Aztecs in Mexico, which included their interpretation of solar eclipses. In the modern age we, for the most part, have a […]