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Reviewing the 2024 Smart Building Overlay to RIBA’s Plan of Work
February 6th, 2024New EU Deal Targets Buildings Renovations, Rooftop Solar & Net Zero
December 20th, 2023#Podcast 26: Commercial Buildings Silent Majority!
In our Podcast series “Sh*t You Wish Your Building Did!”, Memoori explores the intersection between technology and commercial buildings through interesting conversations. For Episode 26, we were joined by Stefan Schmidt from Meterz to Discuss Building Retrofitting and why it’s THE Smarter, more Sustainable Choice over New Construction! Don’t forget you can now Subscribe to ALL […]
ABB Capital Markets Day 2023: Key Takeaways for Smart Buildings
ABB hosted its Capital Markets Day 2023 at ABB Electrification’s circuit breaker production facility in Frosinone, Italy on 30th November 2023. This Research Note focuses on the Swiss conglomerate’s perspective on its Smart Buildings division within the Electrification business. Key takeaways are highlighted across its digital offerings, energy efficiency solutions and M&A strategy. The Smart […]
#Podcast 25: Making Sustainability a Habit!
In our Podcast series “Sh*t You Wish Your Building Did!”, Memoori explores the intersection between technology and commercial real estate through interesting conversations. In Episode #25 of our Podcast, In this Era of ESG Reporting and Focus on Climate Change, how can Organisations Change their Culture to make Sustainability a Habit? Prabhu Ramachandran, CEO of Facilio […]
A Blueprint for the Future of Retrofitting in Smart Buildings
Progressive regulators around the world are finally beginning to address the problem of inefficient existing building stock that makes up the vast majority of global real estate and consequently, the majority of buildings’ impact on the environment. However, solving the problem of existing inefficient buildings is not as simple as just applying new regulations, significant […]
Defining a Zero Emissions Building from the Top Down
A zero emissions building is not as easy to define as you may think. Should it include embodied carbon, for example, should efficiency and clean energy generation be specific parts of the definition or should it simply refer to the level of emissions, whatever the approach? These are the kinds of questions being discussed in […]
Building Energy Performance Codes Pushing Decarbonization Efforts
On Tuesday September 12th, last week, New York City (NYC) Mayor Eric Adams launched “Getting 97 Done,” a new strategy to cut harmful carbon emissions from the city’s many large buildings as obliged under Local Law 97 of 2019. The plan aims to deliver the goals outlined in the broader “PlaNYC: Getting Sustainability Done,” New […]
Building Efficiency & Electrification At The Heart of US Net Zero Emissions Target
National climate pledges are inherently ambitious; they appear to represent the educated hopes of governments striving to meet the demands of more conscious citizens and the international community. While few would scrutinize such ambition, not many would expect nations to meet such lofty goals either, with most satisfied to set the bar high and achieve […]
Mapping the Strategic Direction of Grosvenor Property Group in Smart Buildings
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of Grosvenor Property Group in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped strategic partnerships and investment activity by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period between January 2021 and July 2023. Grosvenor (GPUK) is the UK’s largest private property […]