Smart buildings
Assemblin Caverion: A Closer Look at the €3.7B Building Services Giant
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Beckhoff Automation Reports 6% Growth in Revenues to €1.24B
In this Research Note, we examine Beckhoff, a German family-owned industrial automation business, their 2025 financial highlights, 2026 outlook and a recent building automation deployment. This article updates our previous coverage of the company in May 2025. Beckhoff Automation Profile Founded in 1980, Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG has 5,450 employees worldwide (March 2025), […]
meteoviva Secures Majority Growth Investment from PE Firm Bregal Milestone
Bregal Milestone, a European private equity firm, with roughly €2 billion in capital under management, has taken a majority growth stake in meteoviva, the German vendor of AI predictive controls. The deal is intended to fund faster European expansion and the buildout of meteoviva’s autonomous building control roadmap. We previously covered meteoviva in a 2022 […]
AI in Smart Buildings 2026: 5 Key Trends Reshaping the Competitive Landscape
The competitive landscape for AI in smart buildings is shifting faster than many expected, and not always in the predicted directions. Our latest research, Competitive Landscape for AI in Commercial Buildings 2026, maps 454 companies across 12 domains and 69 individual use cases, delivering the most granular picture yet of who is building what, who […]
Kieback&Peter & Trane Technologies: A Deal Reshaping European Building Automation?
In this Research Note, we examine Kieback&Peter, one of the long-established German manufacturers and systems integrators of building automation solutions and services. We highlight their June 2025 outlook forecast, 2024 results, and review acquisitions & strategic partnerships before commenting on the Trane Technologies stake in the company acquired in October 2025. This article updates our previous […]
Smart Building AI Consolidation: The Acquisition Wave!
The independent smart building AI specialist vendor is becoming an endangered species. Our new research tracked approximately $22 billion of disclosed mergers and acquisitions value across roughly 35 transactions in the 27 months to April 2026. On the other side of the ledger, only 34 new companies entered the market across all 12 use case […]
Trane Cloud: What 65,000 Connected Buildings Reveals About its Digital Strategy
This Research Note examines Trane Cloud, the digital hub for smart building operations launched by Trane Technologies in February 2026. We analyze the evolution of Trane’s digital platform over the past 13 years through acquisitions and partnerships, as part of the group’s strategy to grow its digital services offering. Trane Cloud Trane Cloud is positioned […]
Ameresco’s 9.2% Revenue Growth Fueled by European Expansion
In this Research Note, we examine Ameresco’s energy services business based on their 2025 results 2nd March 2026, presentation and 10K Report, highlighting their business segments, 2025 financial highlights, recurring revenue and EBITDA mix. This article updates our previous coverage of Ameresco in March 2025. Ameresco Profile Founded in 2000, Ameresco, Inc. is a leading […]
Stem Software Pivot: Can a Dual-Market Strategy Deliver 2026 Growth?
This Research Note examines Stem’s energy storage and solar business, 2025 financial highlights, and their progress towards a software-centric model, based on the company’s Q4 2025 results, 4th March 2026, and their latest 10-K report. We comment on their pivot to a dual-market software strategy aimed at both commercial and industrial clients and a utility-scale […]
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