Smart Grid
Smart Buildings Can Be ‘The Nodes’ Of The Smart Grid
June 15th, 2016Energy Savings from the Internet of Things Can’t Come Soon Enough
May 12th, 2016
Information is the New Utility in Smart Buildings
“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 […]

3 New Rules of Real Estate: Information, Information, Information
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 […]

Designing Buildings Today For The Technologies Of Tomorrow
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 […]

What’s a Smart City Without Connected Smart Buildings?
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 […]
The Combined Market for Energy Software in Smart Buildings Will Rise to Nearly $10Bn by 2020
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 […]

Projects, Policies and Technology Bring About the 2nd Coming of Energy Storage
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 […]

Virtual Power Plants could be the Catalyst for a Power Revolution
Virtual power plant technology has become increasingly well known in the energy sector; a system that integrates several types of power sources so as to give a reliable overall power supply. A virtual power plant acts as an arbitrageur by exercising arbitrage between diverse energy trading floors, and can potentially remove the need for additional […]
The Harmonization of the Smart Grid and Smart Building Markets has begun!
The Smart Grid and Smart buildings markets are beginning the tricky process of harmonization as major global firms look to capitalise on opportunities surrounding distributed energy. Memoori’s brand new report shows that the combined market for Energy Software in Smart Buildings (comprised of Enterprise Energy Management, BECS Supervisory Software and Smart Building to Smart Grid […]