Utilities
The Benefits Of Hyper-Local Weather Forecasting For Smart Buildings And Facilities
August 18th, 2017Return Of The Microgrid… Again
August 9th, 2017
Can We Find The Balance Between Smart Grid Data And Consumer Privacy?
So smart meters send data on electricity consumption to smart grids enabled with demand response that balance everything to make the most of renewable energy and empower consumers with solar panels to sell excess electricity back to the grid. Sounds wonderful but what about privacy? “The two types of data collected by smart grid technologies […]
Virtual Power Plants: Our Energy Future is Distributed, Efficient and Intelligent
Supply and demand resources can work together rather than against each other in the modern energy system. New technologies and greater intelligence are redefining the supply – demand relationship; increasing efficiency, enabling distributed generation and reducing overall consumption. At the forefront of this evolution is the Virtual Power Plant (VPP). VPPs take advantage of information […]
If ABB And IBM Conceived A Smart Grid Baby…
If Swiss firm ABB, a leader in power and automation technology, and US computer giant IBM, a leader in artificial intelligence, had a power grid baby together – it could be really smart. Last week, at Hannover Messe 2017, the two companies announced a strategic collaboration that brings together ABB’s digital offering, ABB Ability, with […]
Are we Ignoring the Threat of Cyber Attacks on our Smart Grids?
“Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, […]
The Shifting Channels of Distribution for Building Performance Software
Building performance software suppliers are taking advantage of many different routes to market, which go beyond the traditional systems integrator approach. A multi-channel approach is evident for large and medium-sized new build projects whilst third party routes through System Integrators are favoured for retrofit projects. However as IoT Technology further penetrates Building Automation services the […]
New Forms of Energy Demand A New Form of Energy System
“What if the sun isn’t shining and the wind stops blowing?” critics of renewable energy often say along with, “fluctuations in supply mean renewables can never be our base-load power source.” However, our power system has been designed around coal, gas and nuclear generation for decades and if we really want to make a shift […]
Why Should Facilities Managers Care About the Smart Grid?
“Work done addressing Smart Grid has been central to the last decade’s most significant technology developments; from Internet of Things to Web services and Building Automation to Big Data Energy Analytics,” said John “Jack” McGowan, CEM Principal at The McGowan Group. In an article for Automated Buildings, McGowan points out that too much of the […]
Startups are Playing a Crucial Role in Smart Building Innovation!
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson of Tomlinson Business Research. Memoori’s brand new report entitled Startups and Their Impact on Smart Buildings 2017 highlights the critical contribution that Startups are making to the introduction of innovation in the Smart Buildings space. We define a startup as: a private company formed no earlier than 2008 […]
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