Smart Grid

“Network infrastructure for the building is going to be a new utility”, says Byron Thom, vice-president of Systems at, Vancouver based, Optigo Networks. It is a view shared by many in the industry as we move into an age of widespread intelligence in buildings. By developing the infrastructure for information to flow like power and […]

Traditionally, the most fundamental rule of commercial real estate (CRE) is location. However, while being close to customers, suppliers and employees remains an important factor, there is a newer and increasingly significant consideration for CRE in the modern age – Information. This shift within CRE has been underway for a decade or so with the […]

How would we build our buildings today if we knew the technological developments of the future? While this might just be a wish for most in the smart building sector, London headquartered engineering firm Arup is taking the question very seriously. “As engineers, we need to keep an eye on new advances in technology. Sometimes […]

If, as we are led to believe, energy efficiency is an essential part of Smart Cities then it is logical to assume that a Smart City should be full of Smart Buildings inter-connected in a smart manner. However, the reality is that the urban power grid usually only reaches as far into a building as […]

Our new research report shows that the markets for Enterprise Energy Management, BECS Supervisory Software and Smart Building to Smart Grid Interface Software will rise to nearly $10Bn by 2020; with related software on the Smart Grid side growing at a healthy 12% CAGR to nearly $2bn by 2020. The Harmonization of the Smart Grid […]

After the hype and growth, and more hype, surrounding US energy storage in during 2012 and 2013, was followed by a relative slump in the following years; experts now seem to agree that 2016 represents the second wave for the American energy storage sector. Statistics from Memoori, IHS, GTM and the US Department of Energy […]