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October 20th, 2021Webinar: The Case for an Open IoT ‘Data Fabric’ for Smart Buildings Integration
October 14th, 2021
Hybrid Work Models Challenge Offices to Compete with Homes
Office occupancy has reached its highest levels since March 2020 over the past month. Driven by high vaccination rates and the return of children to school in major markets, September has recorded an 18-month high of 87% occupancy compared to pre-lockdown levels, according to data from Metrikus. We may still have turbulence ahead but this is […]

BP’s Blueprint for Decarbonizing Commercial Real Estate
British oil giant BP has acquired US-based building energy technology firm Blueprint Power. Born in response to the energy regulatory transformation that emerged after hurricane Sandy in 2012, Blueprint’s technology supports the decarbonization of real estate by turning buildings into a flexible power network by connecting them to energy markets through cloud-based software. Blueprint will join the BP Launchpad portfolio, […]

BMS Vendors Address the Small to Mid-Sized Commercial Buildings Market
The leading building automation players are investing and partnering with startup companies who have developed lower cost solutions for the light commercial buildings market. The latest example is the Siemens acquisition of French startup, Wattsense, which enables the leading player to address this market. The acquisition by the former Building Technologies business, part of Siemens Smart […]
Recording: Why Should I Adopt a Digital Twin?
Here is the Video Recording from our 7th Free Webinar of the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Don’t forget you can now Subscribe to ALL our Webinars & Interviews on Soundcloud, iTunes, YouTube and now Spotify! Why Should I Adopt a Digital Twin? Memoori was joined by Sebastien Coulon, co-founder of SpinalCom to discuss the OT […]

Building on the Edge: The Untapped Efficiency of Smart Grid Connection
Human activities have caused 1.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels and this is likely to reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate, reads the highly-referenced IPCC climate report. Two industries have become central to addressing this existential crisis; the power sector that represents almost all of the […]

Funding Boom in a Maturing Occupancy Analytics Market
There is strong competition for both funding and projects as many startups and established players consolidate their position and vie for business in the occupancy analytics sector for commercial office space. With over 220 companies vying for business, the market for technology platforms that locate and map people and workspaces is crowded. Three startups, Density, Locatee and Mapiq have taken the […]

Finnish FM Company, Caverion Strengthens European Building Automation Presence
Caverion, a Finnish listed company with €2.2 billion Euro revenues in 2020, is active in 11 countries in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, supported by over 15,000 service and project employees. The group, formed in 2013 as a demerger of YIT Building Systems business, provides built environment services, such as technical maintenance and property management […]

Webinar: Why Should I Adopt a Digital Twin?
** Recording of this Webinar can now be found HERE ** Please join us on Wednesday 6th October at 1700 CEST | 1600 BST | 1100 EDT | 0800 PDT for our 7th FREE Webinar in the 2021 Smart Buildings Series. Why Should I Adopt a Digital Twin? Memoori is joined by Sebastien Coulon, co-founder of SpinalCom to discuss […]