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Building Better Fire Protection with Smart Technology
June 28th, 2022The Global Pandemic Highlighted the Value of Building IoT Technology
June 6th, 2022Belimo Group 2021 Financials and Growth Strategy Examined
In this Research Note, we examine the Belimo Group, based on their 2021 annual report, investor presentations and their long-term growth strategy in the building automation field devices sector. Belimo Group, a listed company on the Swiss Stock Exchange, is headquartered in Hinwil, Switzerland with approximately 2,000 employees. The group is a market leader in field devices for […]
Webinar: The Case for an Open IoT ‘Data Fabric’ for Smart Buildings Integration
** Recording of this Webinar can now be found HERE ** Please join us on Thursday 21st October at 1700 CEST | 1600 BST | 1100 EDT | 0800 PDT for our 8th FREE Webinar in the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. The Case for an Open IoT ‘Data Fabric’ for Smart Buildings Integration. Memoori will be joined […]
Are Data Privacy Laws Good or Bad for the Smart Buildings Market?
What if there were no privacy laws for smart buildings? Would it really be good for business? Would it really be bad for occupants? Would the building be smarter? Would anyone want to live or work there? These are some of the many questions floating around the smart building sector as rapid technological development outstrips […]
Solving the Smart Building Cybersecurity Problem with AI
“The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday,” said the late Hungarian-British electrical engineer and Nobel prize-winning physicist, Dennis Gabor, CBE, FRS. In our modern world, […]
GIS Goes Indoors to Bring a New Level of Visual Data Intelligence to Buildings
Geographic information system (GIS) has been around for a long time, dating back to the 1960’s or earlier by many accounts, it has helped urban and regional planners better understand their environment with data rich mapping. In recent decades, GIS has become an important business tool, helping companies understand patterns, trends, and relationships by using […]
Major Trends in the Intruder Alarm / Perimeter Protection Market
The Intruder Alarm / Perimeter Protection (IA/PP) business is a mature market that is dependent on the fortunes of two vertical markets, the industrial and public sectors. When it comes to investing in modernising the protection of these sites, only in the last few years have innovative new systems and products been introduced. For this […]
The Vulnerability of Things & the Need for Lightweight Encryption in Smart Devices
The Internet of Things (IoT) in smart buildings, homes, and cities has triggered a digital revolution for the built environment. Billions of sensors and devices now transmit real-world data to cloud computing systems in order to help us understand the physical world in quantifiable digital terms. IoT data is often sensitive in terms of privacy […]
Why We Need to Develop Occupancy Sensor Testing for the Real World
Occupancy sensors and occupancy data analytics have promised a lot over the last decade but the number of commercial buildings that actually use them remains low. A 2019 study by Yamanda et al. estimated that only 6% to 10% of commercial buildings are equipped with occupancy sensors, showing just a 5% improvement from the start […]