For building owners and portfolio managers, improving tenant experience and future-proofing as technological advancements in 5G, IoT-based sensors and data analytics continue to expand at an increasingly rapid pace, remains …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">How digital twins unlock value beyond BMS in commercial office buildings >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Enertiv’s smart building digital twin saves building owners 20% >by urvashiby urvashi
Until recently most building operations solutions have relied on static and siloed forms of data visualization which often provide incomplete and fragmented information regarding building operations. Now, Enertiv, a smart …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">McDonald?s new smart building app improved workplace satisfaction 76% >by urvashiby urvashi
McDonald?s improved employee workplace satisfaction by 76% through a smart building workplace app at the company?s new offices located in downtown Chicago. ?A simple feel-good moment, that was the corporate …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">‘Smart building’ means different things to owners and tenants >
A smart building uses technology to lower operating costs and serve up amenities What makes a building a smart building? Well, it depends who you ask, according to Brandon Van …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Why the factories of the future will use 5G, not Wi-Fi >by urvashiby urvashi
Why is 5G so important to industrial manufacturing plants? 5G will provide manufacturing robots and other IoT devices in industrial plants and manufacturing facilities with greater security, reduced latency and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">2019 smart building investment trends >by urvashiby urvashi
Nearly 60% of U.S. organizations to make smart building energy investments in 2019 More than 75% of U.S. companies and organizations are paying more attention to investments in energy efficiency …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Johnson Controls sells power business to focus on smart buildings market >by urvashiby urvashi
Johnson Controls International (JCI) will sell its Power Solutions business due to its capital-intensive nature to Brookfield Business Partners L.P. in a cash transaction valued at $13.2 billion. ?Our power …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Schneider Electric launches $565 million VC fund, updates smart building portfolio >by urvashiby urvashi
Schneider Electric this week announced the formal launch of its $565 million venture capital fund at its Innovation Summit in Atlanta. The new venture fund, dubbed Schneider Electric Ventures, will …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">MIPIM: Smart building trends reshaping the commercial office marketplace >by urvashiby urvashi
Panelists discussed the technology trends and challenges poised the reshape the smart building of the future at the MIPIM PropTech NYC?s event this week. Among the top trends were managing …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">The future of smart buildings: Siemens’ exec on trends re-shaping the marketplace >by urvashiby urvashi
Siemens? fast-paced acquisitions of J2, Enlighted and Comfy this year portend the company?s keen interest in maintaining a foothold in the coveted smart building sector in coming years. In a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">How do smart buildings fit into smart cities? >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
How do more intelligent buildings fit into the big picture of smarter cities? Steve Teubner, smart buildings solution leader at EY, discussed the role of smart buildings in the broader …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T, Synchronoss offer energy management platform for building owners >by urvashiby urvashi
As IoT devices continue to play a dominant role in delivering energy savings in the smart building sector, AT&T has announced plans to partner with Synchronoss to introduce a building …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Siemens explores self-financing model for smart building conversion >by urvashiby urvashi
While the benefits of deploying a smart building infrastructure such as energy savings and improved occupant comfort are abundant, the burden of capital costs involved in their deployment often delay …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Why interoperability matters inside a smart building? >by urvashiby urvashi
It?s impossible to make a smart building without the ability for all its systems to communicate with one another-interoperability. Today more than ever the proliferation of intelligent building technologies designed …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Schneider Electric and Penn Medicine partner on building management >by urvashiby urvashi
While smart building technologies aimed at increasing occupant comfort and energy savings have dominated the rhetoric in the commercial office and industrial sectors, nowhere else can these technologies have a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Top cybersecurity threats to commercial and industrial buildings >by urvashiby urvashi
While connectivity and automation have led to a tremendous opportunity in the smart building sector promising significant efficiency, safety and comfort to building owners and occupants, these systems are also …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">10 smart building tech companies every building owner should know >by urvashiby urvashi
Today, many new startups are leveraging the proliferation of the internet of things, machine learning and energy savings solutions to bring about massive innovation to the smart building arena. Here?s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ROI vs. NOI: Why should CRE invest in building automation? >
Tenants care about the ROI of building automation while building owners are primarily concerned with the NOI that their buildings generate. A key question facing the industry is whether these …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Industry 4.0 and the virtuous circle of IoT and in-building tech >
?IoT will generate the data that will drive intelligence that will enable the automation that will support the Fourth Industrial Revolution.? Not to toot my own horn, but I said …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Trend Watch: What to look for in DAS, CBRS and LP-WAN development >
In-building connectivity 101: DAS, CBRS and LP-WAN covered the reasons why these three aforementioned technologies are great candidates to help solve building connectivity issues. Here we discuss key trends that …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">In-building connectivity 101: DAS, CBRS and LP-WAN >
In Smart Buildings 101: How connected is connected enough? we discussed key reasons why buildings that do not offer a premium connectivity experience could be in danger of becoming unattractive …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Smart Buildings 101: How connected is connected enough? >
Connectivity in commercial office space has been nearly ubiquitious for 30 years. So, exactly how connected does a building have to be “smart”? For most white collar workers in the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">How does Bluetooth mesh connect IoT devices in smart buildings? >by urvashiby urvashi
If somebody told you 20 years ago that lighting would become one of the most prolific of smart building technologies in the world today, no one would have believed it. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Microsoft: Future of smart, IoT-enabled buildings focused on user intent >by urvashiby urvashi
With a stronghold in artificial intelligence and machine learning and an emphasis on sustainability, big tech companies like Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Apple, Google, and Amazon have become center of the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Innovation Watch – Intelligent automation and control startups >
A conundrum facing the intelligent building ecosystem is that most large BAS systems are based on proprietary platforms aimed at commercial properties over 500,000 square feet. However, according to Rasheq …