Wireless Sensor Networks
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Energy Harvesting: Scalable Renewable Energy for the IoT
“In the long term, battery technology will not be able to meet the demand being created by the expansion of internet of things (IoT) applications,” James Myers, director of devices and circuits at UK chipmaker Arm’s research and development division. The firm estimates that if each of the trillion or so wireless sensor nodes that […]
Sensing + Forecasting = Efficient In-Building Environmental Control
Like “a Motherboard for Buildings”
The Internet of Things (IoT) is infiltrating every corner of the building. Systems like heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting and access control have already been revolutionized by connectivity. More recently, elevators, windows, and furniture have been given a smart makeover. Now, a Toronto firm wants to go one step further by integrating IoT […]
Timber Skyscrapers, Smart Paving, Weather Resistant Outdoor Spaces… Google’s Smart City Project in Toronto
Since Alphabet gave birth to Google’s smart city sister company, Sidewalk Labs, we have been wondering what a “city built by Google” would look like, how it would function, and what innovative features it might include. Over the past year or so, since the announcement that Toronto has been chosen as the location for its […]
Could Safety be the Gateway for Smart Technology into the Construction Site?
“While sectors such as retail and manufacturing have reinvented themselves, construction seems stuck in a time warp. Global labor-productivity growth in construction has averaged only 1 percent a year over the past two decades, compared with growth of 2.8 percent for the total world economy and 3.6 percent in manufacturing,” states a recent report by […]
The Collision of IT & OT is Shaping the Future of Buildings in the IoT Age
The Internet of Things for Buildings (BIoT) is simply so vast that it would be better described as an ecosystem than a business sector. An ecosystem is a community of elements, which interact with each other and their physical environment to create balance and functionality in a system. Where one business could potentially serve and […]
The Smart Redevelopment Conundrum: New Build vs Retrofit
Smart building technology has demonstrated its worth in recent years, and this is creating some difficult choices for building owners, namely; get smarter or risk losing tenants, and then either retrofit your current building or start fresh with a purpose built smart building. Commercial property owners must consider all the options before they start to […]
Siemens Building Technologies Acquires BIoT Start-Up Enlighted
Europe’s largest industrial manufacturing company, Siemens, has agreed to acquire the Silicon Valley Internet of Things (IoT) solutions start-up Enlighted. Financial details have not been disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018. Founded by Premal Ashar and Tanuj Mohan, Enlighted have raised more than $80 million in funding […]
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