Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has launched RunMyBuilding, a smart building integration and management platform for all physical and digital services across a building or campus.
Fujitsu noted that the new offering has the capability to be integrated into wider smart city digital environments.
RunMyBuilding by Fujitsu...
5G technology will be key for future projects in the smart buildings segment as building owners and managers will be able to use this tech to improve services at buildings and integrate 5G with other technologies such as artificial intelligence and IoT. To know...
Taiwanese company Advantech announced a collaboration with Swedish tech firm Trell Technologies with the aim of delivering an open, flexible and scalable smart building solution.
The initial goal of the partnership was to provide a system for monitoring temperature, humidity and external doors remotely in...
iinside, a spcialist in indoor motion analytics for airports and other public venues, announced the release of SafeDistance, a free upgrade to its LiDAR-powered solution for monitoring and analyzing crowd density in public spaces.
The company said the new launch is an effort to help...
Stratis IoT, which focuses on smart apartment and building tech for multifamily and student housing, announced the launch of Stratis Sustain, its utility monitoring, management, and control platform for new development and retrofit projects.
Stratis Sustain includes water and energy integrations enabling residents, property...
Hitachi and Hitachi Building Systems recently announced that they will launch full-scale commercial operations with its EMIEW communication robot as one of their Lumada?solutions in the building field. EMIEW stands for Excellent?Mobility and?Interactive?Existence as?Workmate.
The robot provides a range of services to support works in...
Thyssenkrupp Elevator and CommScope announced separate actions to help their respective customers to mitigate the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thyssenkrupp Elevator said in a release that it is providing select hospitals and medical customers who are being impacted by the COVID-19 virus in?North...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $4.5 million in funding for training programs for professionals who interact with distributed energy resources, including smart building technologies, solar energy systems, storage systems and electric vehicles.
These professionals include those that lead the nation?s emergency response and resilience...
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced that 3D AI analytics start-up Contilio is the winner of its Smart Construction Challenge, IIC said in a release.
The challenge was designed to advance real-world validation of Smart Construction applications and solutions while integrating cloud, edge, fog and IoT technologies.
As the winner, Contilio...
Empower Equity (EMPEQ), a fintech company focused on delivering equipment and project financing for commercial and industrial buildings, has broadened its portfolio with over $2 billion in available funding.
With this fund, EMPEQ said it can provide immediate financing, ranging from $10,000 to $10 million,...
Comprehensive Energy Services (CES) announced the creation of a new value-added partnership with Siemens Building Technologies to offer its customers the latest in the Building Automation Systems (BAS) field.
The partnership allows CES, which is a BAS provider, to have the opportunity to provide an advanced option relating...
The Lulea University of Technology in Sweden will demonstrate increased indoor connectivity capacity and improved performance once it expands its 5G testbed with an indoor system jointly developed by Nordic carrier Telia and Ericsson.
Lulea University of Technology's indoor system for 5G is fully developed...
Chinese carrier China Unicom and Huawei jointly announced the launch of a 5G indoor distributed massive multiple-input-multiple-output solution, both companies said in a release.
This solution applies 5G massive MIMO technology to improve 5G capacity of indoor networks, the companies said.
In the first year of...
Stadium connectivity and network densification among Microlab priorities
U.S. firm Microlab, part of Wireless
Telecom Group, announced that its wideband products for 5G deployment were
designed in and selected for the new indoor/outdoor SoFi Stadium in Inglewood,
California.
Microlab said that its products
are being used to enable network...
CBRE?s
Property Management Team and proptech company Negawatt Utility have announced a
strategic partnership with the goal of delivering building management and
energy saving technologies to buildings in Hong Kong.
Under the terms of the agreement, CBRE will leverage its client network and professional capabilities to help landlords...
Nokia and industrial firms partner to develop new building data-based applications
Finnish companies KONE, Nokia, YIT, Caverion, Halton, Netox and VTT have founded an ecosystem known as KEKO, with the main goal of creating the global standard in building data ecosystems.
The project is supported by...
Smart building efficiencies continue despite building closures
ABB Electrification has announced
a number of measures to support its customers through the crisis caused by the
widespread of the COVID-19 virus globally.
Effective March 27 and until the end of the calendar year, ABB Electrification will waive the fee...
French firm Sequans
Communications announced that Samea Innovation, a provider of wireless products
and design services, is using Sequans? Monarch GM01Q module to provide the LTE
connectivity for its new Sensoriis Smart Building Wireless Sensor.
The
Sensoriis device is an advanced IoT solution designed to monitor, collect, and
analyze...
Estonian tech company Ninja
Solutions transformed an office building in capital Tallinn into a contactless
mode, the firm said in a release.
The doors and elevators of the
building are accessed via smartphone, and the building does not require
physical security staff. Rented
areas require biometric verification, accessed through...
The U.S. Department of Energy?s
(DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) announced a
Request for Information (RFI) seeking public input on a potential funding
opportunity to demonstrate and evaluate the capacity of energy-efficient buildings
to interact with one another and the grid to provide greater...
5G technologies will be the key pathway that will enable the full implementation of IoT in smart buildings, Coretrust Capital Partners managing principal, Thomas Ricci, told In-Building Tech.
?Per our mission, Coretrust teams strive
to deliver excellence in customer service and utilize innovative technology to
enhance tenant...
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu was granted what it claims to be Japan's first commercial private 5G radio station license from the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications and will begin operating a Private 5G network at its Shin-Kawasaki Technology Square office, in Kawasaki City.
In a release,...
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 and 2029, according to a new research from Navigant Research.
The report noted that...
U.S. fiber infrastructure network company Segra announced the launch of?an in-building wireless?to help wireless carriers meet increased demand for more bandwidth and prepare for 5G technology, the company said in a release.
With
an estimated 80% of mobile traffic originating or terminating within a
building, universal in-building...
