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#Podcast 22: How Different Metadata Schemas are Converging to Model Buildings!
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A Critical Moment of Opportunity Demands an Open Smart Buildings Market
Governments around the world are committing to a green recovery from the economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the fact that global energy demand actually dropped by an estimated 5% in 2020, resulting in a 7% drop in total energy-related CO2 emissions, the global nature of this crisis has brought the world together. Understanding […]
MQTT & the Horizontal Approach to Managing Smart Buildings
The number of connected devices in our buildings is increasing relentlessly. According to our research, the number of connected devices in operation in the commercial smart building will grow from 1.7 Billion in 2020 to just under 3 Billion by 2025 representing a CAGR of 10.8%. Per building, this means a big increase in devices, as […]
BIM & GIS Combine to Advance the Digital Twin for Smarter Cities
The digital twin has become a holy grail for the smart city. A virtual model of a city, or a digital replica of the physical world, digital twins allow the simulation of plans before implementing them, exposing problems before they become a reality. From urban planning to land-use optimization, digital twins have the power to […]
Future Proofing Smart Cities Building-by-Building with Open Data Platforms
“Today we hear about the smart city, the sustainable city, the green city, the resilient city, the diverse, inclusive, dynamic, creative and caring city. All these buzzwords are thrown around but in the end, it’s all the same. Strategies to prepare cities for the future,” Ahmed Abu Laban, City Director for the city of Ramallah, […]
Open Data Standards are Critical to the Future Proofing of Smart Building Initiatives
A new report from Memoori examines the challenges and potential strategies for commercial real estate owners & operators as they seek to maximize and ‘future proof’ their smart building technology investments. The future is open standards. Adoption of an open data management and systems procurement strategy will help ensure a much greater degree of flexibility […]
Smart Buildings Set For Big Smart City Integration Drive in 2019
A city is essentially just a collection of buildings. A smart city, therefore, should be a collection of smart buildings. However, the development of smart buildings and smart cities has, so far, been relatively independent of one another. At the door of the building, a new network begins, with a new set of applications, and […]
Exploring the Indoor Positioning Standards, Guiding the Sector to Interoperability
A 2016 global survey highlighted that one of the key barriers preventing widespread usage of indoor positioning services is the lack of interoperable solutions and practices. The results, published in a white paper, showed that more than 80% of respondents cited interoperability as either “important” or “very important.” The results underline one of the key […]
Apps Will be as Important to Smart Cities as they are to Smartphones
“The primary challenge to building a smart city has nothing to do with pouring concrete and erecting steel beams. It’s knowing better the city’s flows to optimize the city for its inhabitants. It’s turning all of the data that comes streaming in from myriad sources into actionable information,” says Laetitia Gazel Anthoine, founder and CEO […]