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The Occupancy Analytics Market has Huge Potential but there are Barriers to Overcome
February 6th, 2018Can We Make Building Owners Better Understand The Business Case For Smart Buildings?
January 22nd, 2018Is Simple Energy Management the Gateway Product for Smart Buildings?
In the early days of smart technology for energy efficiency in buildings we used to say, “buildings make up 40% of total energy consumption,” and that “with this smarter approach to energy efficiency we can reduce that to be greener and cleaner while reducing the strain on our grids.” In the years since the smart […]
Smart Workplace Tech Allows Small & Medium Sized Commercial Real Estate To Thrive
Smart workplace technology is often associated with the biggest commercial buildings, housing the most high profile organizations – epitomized by buildings like The Edge in Amsterdam. While many managers of small to medium sized commercial real estate (CRE) discount smart technology adoption all together, assuming they do not have the capital or scale to achieve […]
Audio: 3 Steps to Launching an ROI-Driven Smart Building Program
Here is the Audio Stream from our 7th Free Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, sponsored by Project Haystack. 3 Steps to Launching an ROI-Driven Smart Building Program A Q&A Webinar with Bruce Duyshart, Author of Smarter Buildings, Better Experiences and Aaron Lapsley, VP of Engineering Services at Switch Automation. We discuss how an […]
Webinar: 3 Steps to Launching an ROI-Driven Smart Building Program
** Recording of this Webinar can be Found HERE ** Please Join us on Thursday 20th July 21:00 BST for our 7th FREE Webinar in the 2017 Smart Buildings Series, Kindly Sponsored by Project Haystack. 3 Steps to Launching an ROI-Driven Smart Building Program A Q&A Webinar with Bruce Duyshart, Author of Smarter Buildings, Better […]
VSaaS & ACaaS Move into the Mainstream
VSaaS (Video Surveillance as a Service) and ACaaS (Access Control as a Service) services realized substantial growth in 2016 and now look set to finally achieve the much vaunted predictions made in previous years about their potential to become multi-billion markets. The global market size for VSaaS in 2013 was approximately $300m but since then […]
The Smart Buildings Sector Needs to Get Specific on ROI
In the end, it all comes down to return on investment (ROI), for smart buildings and most everything else. The promise of energy efficiency, better access control, greater comfort and environmental responsibility are all well and good, but to convince the majority of customers, the smart building sector needs to get specific on the returns […]
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 […]
New Programs Could Cut The Cost Of Smart Building Retrofits In The US
Commercial buildings could save as much as $60 billion if energy efficiency investments were increased by just 1-4%, according to a study by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE). However, the average cost of using a Building Management System (BMS) to smart retrofit a building is around $2.30 per square foot, or […]