Smart-building tech market set to triple

The market for smart-building technologies is expected to triple between now and 2018, according to a new report from IDC Energy Insights. The "Global Smart Buildings Forecast 2013-2018" predicts that spending in the sector will grow from $7.3 billion in 2014 to $21.9 billion in 2018. The predicted rapid expansion follows several years of slower-than-expected growth for…

ByThe Global ViewApril 4, 20140Comments

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Video surveillance can help buildings become more efficient

Facility managers and building owners will find it easier to incorporate digital video surveillance into their building control systems through a new integrated offering from Honeywell and Tridium. According to Tridium, the Rapid Eye Driver can help managers use video to diagnose heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) maintenance issues or detect water leaks. The software…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 12, 20110Comments

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Project Frog catches $22m to expand smart-building kit sales

Project Frog, a San Francisco-based business that offers a system for building efficient, prefabricated and sustainable structures, has secured a $22-million investment to help it expand its sales pipeline and fulfill orders. Led by GE's Energy Financial Services, the investment round was also joined by Claremont Creek Ventures, Greener Capital Partners and RockPort Capital Partners. The…

ByThe Global ViewSeptember 7, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Best ways to make buildings smarter? You tell us

No one knows for sure how many buildings there are in the world, but we do know this: many of today's structures are woefully inefficient. That matters because inefficiency means wasted energy: electricity and natural gas that could be used elsewhere for other purposes. Inefficiency also means money wasted on needlessly high heating and cooling bills…

ByThe Global ViewAugust 5, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Agilewaves aims to make buildings smarter than ever

Agilewaves, a building energy management firm based in California, has developed a turnkey system that meets the requirements of the new LEED Advanced Energy Metering credits. The Agilewaves Building Optimization System supports: Permanently installed meters with recording intervals stored in 5-minute increments Measurements for consumption, demand and power factor Ability to transmit data to remote location Data…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 26, 20110Comments

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Greener business buildings could save $40bn in energy

The US is banking on public-private partnerships to help make buildings across the country more energy efficient and save billions on energy costs. The Better Buildings Challenge, announced by President Barack Obama in February aims to improve the energy efficiency of commercial buildings across the US by 20 percent, a goal that could help businesses save…

ByThe Global ViewJuly 1, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Fear of energy bills drives building efficiency

The spectre of skyrocketing energy prices is driving "record levels" of projects to improve building efficiency around the globe, a new survey finds. The fifth annual global Energy Efficiency Indicator survey -- conducted by Johnson Controls' Institute for Building Efficiency, the International Facility Management Association and the Urban Land Institute -- questioned nearly 4,000 building…

ByThe Global ViewJune 17, 20110Comments

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Post-Katrina Tulane eyes ‘new era of smarter buildings’

It might still look its age -- about a century old -- on the outside, but Tulane University's School of Architecture building is getting a 21st-century makeover to its innards that will make it "smarter" and more energy efficient than ever before. IBM is transforming Richardson Memorial Hall in New Orleans into what it calls a…

ByThe Global ViewJune 9, 20110Comments

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Eight definitions of ‘smart buildings’

So what exactly are "smart buildings"? The simple answer is that there's automation involved somehow that makes managing and operating buildings more efficient. Pinning down an exact definition, though, isn't easy in a sector that's evolving so quickly. Here's how various organisations define -- for better or for much worse -- "smart buildings": Nice. Not thrilling,…

ByThe Global ViewMay 13, 20111Comment

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Five of the world’s smartest new buildings

What makes a smart building? Efficiency and minimal waste are critical, but it takes more than just green construction materials to achieve that. Really smart buildings have to be networked and automated to the max. Here, then, are five of the world's smartest buildings (and it's interesting to note that three of the five have risen…

ByThe Global ViewMay 13, 20110Comments

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Smart-building tech market set to triple

Video surveillance can help buildings become more efficient

Project Frog catches $22m to expand smart-building kit sales

Best ways to make buildings smarter? You tell us

Agilewaves aims to make buildings smarter than ever

Greener business buildings could save $40bn in energy

Fear of energy bills drives building efficiency

Post-Katrina Tulane eyes ‘new era of smarter buildings’

Eight definitions of ‘smart buildings’

Five of the world’s smartest new buildings

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