Automation

The first plenary session at IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona last week saw an address by the European Commission about Industry 5.0. Say what? Industry 5.0? What about …

    Canadian smart building specialist Kontrol Technologies said it is providing its customers with new building automation controls and monitoring solutions for water conservation, including building-level and in-suite technology. …

  Canadian autonomous building tech company BrainBox AI announced a partnership with KMC Controls, a manufacturer of building automation and technology solutions. Under the partnership, both new and existing KMC …

    Density, a specialist in business solutions for the built environment, and The Building People, a provider of smart building solutions that support the built environment, announced they have …

    Siemens and SITA said they are providing the Kansas City Aviation Department with “future-proof” technologies for the Kansas City International (MCI) Airport?s New Terminal project, dubbed Build KCI. …

  75F, an IoT-based Building Management System (BMS) company based in Minneapolis, announced a close of an additional $4.75 million, bringing 75F’s total Series A to just under $23 million. …

  Building Controls & Solutions (BCS) announced the acquisition of Control Products, which is a provider of building automation systems and components based in Houston, Texas. Financial terms of the …

The global building automation systems (BAS) market is estimated to reach $5.91 billion by 2026 from $4.69 billion in 2019, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 3.4%, according …

I was supposed to go to Cannes, France in March, and then maybe in June, for the annual MIPIM event. Instead, I ended up engaging with the event virtually, trading …

ACnet?International, KNX Association, OCF, Thread Group and the Zigbee Alliance have joined forces in an effort to better align commercial buildings with users’ connectivity needs and to improve the integration …

The commercial building automation system (BAS) market is expected to reach more than $44.2 billion globally by 2029, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2% between 2020 …

Adesto Technologies Corporation, a provider of application-specific semiconductors and embedded systems for the IoT segment, announced the general availability of its next-generation edge server for building automation and industrial IoT …

Automated parking a big space-saver for commercial real estate Population growth and migration to densely populated urban areas are increasing the requirements for parking, which continues to be a persistent …

The most significant artificial intelligence-based PropTech innovation to hit the shelves this week isn?t a digital twin or a smart building app – it’s robot janitors. But fear not, they …

The world?s first fully-automated warehouse that requires no humans to fulfill tasks could be in warehouses and fulfillment centers very soon. ? Mujin, a Tokyo-base startup, claims to be the …

Honeywell and Fetch Robotics partner on warehouse operations For landlords and owners of warehouse distribution centers, designing for growth means adopting innovative technologies that can meet the tremendous demands from …

The United Nations predicts that the world will only have 60% of the drinking water it needs by 2030. If so, then water optimization might trump all IoT use cases. …

As buildings become smarter, the need to propagate signals will be challenged by a myriad of factors including the age of the building, the materials used in construction, the needs …

A building?automation system (BAS) can provide many benefits to building owners and landlords, including higher energy efficiency, lower operating and maintenance costs, better indoor air quality, and greater occupant comfort …

As with people, the definition of what makes a building “smart” can be nebulous. People can have a high degree of cognitive intelligence, but be “stone cold” when it comes …

When most people think about intelligent buildings, they think about OpEx savings related to optimizing energy consumption? for good reason. The department of energy estimates that most buildings waste up …

To a managers of intelligent buildings, the allure of being able to leverage centralized industrial automation control systems to spend more time running a well-orchestrated system is preferable to hunting …