Smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls and Microsoft have announced a global collaboration to "digitally transform" how buildings and spaces are conceived, built and managed.
Microsoft also announced the general availability of Microsoft Azure Digital Twins.
As a key partner for Azure Digital Twins, Johnson Control?s OpenBlue...
Smart building tech company Honeywell has launched a building portfolio management system designed specifically for small- to medium-sized buildings.
The new offering, dubbed Honeywell Small and Medium Building Administrator, can save users up to 30% in facility energy costs, improve visibility into building portfolio performance,...
Japanese company Hitachi announced that it has developed an IoT platform for the smart buildings space.
Hitachi will launch the IoT platform in the Japanese market this year, the company said.
Hitachi's IoT platform for buildings was developed using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Dynamics 365. ?Hitachi...
Detroit-based real estate technology company KODE Labs has been selected by QuadReal Property Group and Stream Realty Partners to provide the smart building operating system for the RiverSouth property, which consists of more than 350,000 square feet of workplace space in Austin, Texas.
"Our goal...
Dubai-based real estate developer Damac Properties has signed a contract with automation systems and connected buildings service provider ODS Global to optimize operations and maintenance across 24 of its towers in Dubai.
Under the terms of the deal, ODS Global said that it would offer...
Transwestern Real Estate Services (TRS) and Cohesion, a smart building SaaS company, have launched TranswesternHub, an intelligent building software platform.
TranswesternHub is powered by Cohesion?s software and is already live at 77 West Wacker Drive, a commercial office building in downtown Chicago?s Central Loop.
The partners...
Energy management and automation company Schneider Electric has launched EcoStruxure Building Operation 3.2, an open integration platform that it says addresses the entire building ecosystem.
In a release, the company said that the next generation of Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Building solution is a "scalable and...
ABB announced the launch of its first series of virtual innovation shows for smart buildings, since experts are predicting that 30% of the global workforce will work from home at least once a week by 2021.
The innovation shows will bring together a panel of...
UL and the Telecommunications Industry Association have launched the SPIRE Smart Building Program, which they describe as a "comprehensive and objective assessment and rating program" for smart buildings.
Created in a partnership by the two organizations, SPIRE "provides an assessment of connected technologies within buildings,...
Smart building company Johnson Controls has announced the official opening of its OpenBlue Innovation Center in Singapore.
The new facility, located within the School of Design and Environment (SDE) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), will be a living laboratory, Johnson Controls said, for...
Global IT company Pactera and software company Eutech have announced a partnership to bring smart building and workplace design solutions to clients in the Asia Pacific and Oceania region.
The partnership brings together the Pactera OctoIoT platform with Eutech IVIVA, a workplace cloud that provides...
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced enhancements to?its Aruba Edge Services Platform (ESP) that unifies IoT, IT, and Operational Technology (OT) networks to enable customers to quickly adapt to changing environments and user requirements.
Aruba ESP is a fully programmable platform to generate contextual...
U.S. integrator Black Box announced the launch of Connected Buildings ? a suite of solutions and services that enable digital experiences in smart buildings.
?Black Box designs, deploys, manages and maintains the technology that connects the internal ecosystem of interoperable devices and sensors that work...
Smart buildings specialist Igor had been selected by Cushman & Wakefield for the implementation of smart lighting infrastructure at the 650 5th Avenue building, located in the Rockefeller Center area in New York.
In search of an IoT platform which offered valuable amenities to tenants,...
Commercial real estate firms are becoming more aware of how important emerging technologies such as IoT, 5G or artificial intelligence could be to enable smart buildings to reach their full potential.
The combination of these technologies will facilitate the task of smart building managers...
U.K. company Spica Technologies is developing a user-centric "workplace experience solution" for global insurance firm Zurich, which will initially be available to approximately 1,600 users at the insurers? new Quai Zurich Campus' global headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.
Under the terms of the contract, Spica will...
Smart building solution company Johnson Controls recorded revenues of $2 billion in its North America building solutions segment in fiscal Q3 2020, down 13% compared to revenues of $2.32 billion in the same period the previous year, according to the company?s earnings release.
The company...
Korean telecommunications firm KT plans to launch a suite of smart building services in cooperation with its subsidiary, KT Estate.
The new ICT-based integrated service consists of two solutions:"Smart Building Sensing" and "Smart Building BEMS" (building energy management system), the telecom company said in a...
Corning Optical Communications implemented a smart building strategy at its new headquarters with the main aim of improving the firm?s productive workplace environment.
Corning deployed an all-optical network in its Optical Communications headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, in order to drive power and high bandwidth...
Siemens is deploying its workplace experience solution, called Comfy, across its global offices, targeting approximately 600 company locations by October of this year.
In a release, the company said this decision supports a safe return to the workplace for employees during the pandemic and lays...
Building owners and operators are not taking advantage from the use and analysis of data generated by buildings, according to a new smart buildings survey from Omdia. Research indicates that 77% of end users keep the data generated by their facilities, but 42% of them do not...
IoT is already helping buildings to become smarter, as this technology is capable of connecting thousands of sensors and allowing for real-time data collection and analysis that will make buildings more efficient and more user friendly.
Swedish smart building research firm Memoori believes that the...
U.S. firm Cohesion, an early-stage smart building software-as-a-service company, announced that it has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to further invest in its platform, which helps commercial real estate operators integrate their buildings? systems and enhance tenant experiences.
The startup said its application bridges...
Microsoft and Samsung Electronics announced a global collaboration focused on digitally transforming the real estate development and property management industries.
The partners say they will combine smart appliances and digital cloud technologies with the aim of improving building operations and maintenance.
This new strategic alliance, with...
