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New Energy Performance Directive Aims to make EU’s Building Stock “Nearly Zero Emissions” by 2050
January 3rd, 2018The Financial and Environmental Cost of Older Buildings
December 8th, 2017
Now is The Time To Get Serious About Energy Efficiency!
The idea that we might be better off foregoing energy efficiency efforts and instead use the saved money to fuel inefficient buildings, is a compelling thought. Although environmentalists would certainly have something to say about it, and it is a depressing thought for those that have strived to develop the energy efficiency sector. Recent comments […]
Putting 3D People Into 3D Building Design With BIM & Advanced Crowd Simulations
Have you ever looked at architectural illustrations, showing relaxed people happily interacting with their built environment, all distributed evenly across the landscape, and thought; that’s not how our buildings and cities actually look. The truth is that many buildings have one busy entrance/exit and another that is not used; cities have a crowded street next […]
Beyond Energy Management: Building Performance Optimization Services Take Centre Stage
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research We are seeing the convergence of Building Energy Management with Facilities Management and Asset Management, as software and services addressing building performance optimization take centre stage in the commercial and industrial buildings market. The boundaries between technology offerings are blurring as IoT and digital […]
Major Trends in the Intruder Alarm & Perimeter Protection Markets
Our recent report on Physical Security found that the world market for Intruder Alarm & Perimeter Protection products reached $6.62 Billion in 2016 and is grow at approximately 3.3% (CAGR) to 2022. This is a mature sector of the Physical Security market and is more dependent upon the fortunes of the industrial market. In terms […]
Some Building Systems Are Born Smart, Others Have Smartness Thrust Upon Them
“Some building systems are born smart, some achieve smartness and some have smartness thrust upon them,” Shakespeare might have said if he were a 21st century mechanical engineer or facility manager working in Chicago. Taking center-stage in the ambitious Midwest city is a smart building retrofit worthy of applause. Completed in 1990, 311 South Wacker […]
Big Data: From Qualitative Guesses to Quantitative Proof
“Big data is like teenage sex, everyone talks about it, nobody knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they do it” said Daniel Utges, Product Director at DEXMA during Memoori’s second webinar of 2017, sponsored by Project Haystack. A more professional definition may be that big data […]
Important Questions are Knocking on the Door of Smart Buildings
The smart building sector evolves and expands each year, driven by new technologies, applications, regulation and steadily increasing adoption. As we get into the swing of another year of smart building development, some important questions are knocking on our door. Is this the Best way to Optimize? The sunrises on a new morning, smart blinds […]
Europe Wants To Lead The World On Energy Efficiency
As the incoming US leadership threatens to keep its campaign promises and withdraw from the COP21 Paris climate agreement, signed by a record-breaking 193 countries and counting. Across the Atlantic, the EU have decided that they not only want to adapt to this clean energy transition, they want to lead it. Last week, the European […]
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