As intelligent buildings continue to emerge as a major pillar of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the use of public and hybrid cloud technology will hold the key to offering the economics and elasticity necessary for critical compute and storage resources required for a variety...
The strong demand for same-day online shopping and e-commerce products has online retailers like Amazon boosting national markets for automated industrial warehouses and distribution centers?transforming the once the ugly ducklings of commercial real estate into profitable swans for both real estate investors and corporate...
Automation technology and use cases for smart buildings
Intelligent building technology is poised to transform nearly ever aspect of the physical workplace in the coming years. From the ability to centralize the management of myriad of industrial control systems to the ability to create optimized...
IoT investment beneficial to CRE owners of all sizes
The internet of Things (IoT) and digital devices are changing a fundamental truth about the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. Information, information, information is eclipsing the age-old mantra of location, location, location. ??
While finding a space...
IoT is key to building efficiency, but cybersecurity has to be addressed
While the buildings we work and live in are getting better, smarter, and more connected as we speak, they are also becoming exponentially more vulnerable to cyber attacks, which means cybersecurity measures are...
Stockholm is a ?lighthouse city?, alongside Cologne and Barcelona, in the European Commission?s GrowSmarter project, one of three to?receive support in the first ?Smart Cities and?Communities? (SCC1) call under the?Horizon 2020 funding stream, the biggest innovation fund in Europe, with ?80 billion allocated through...
IT/OT convergence key enabler for successful smart buildings
LAS VEGAS--From the in-building wireless systems that support IoT sensors to the mobile apps that let facilities managers have real-time, granular access to operational data, technology can deliver smart buildings that create ROI and operational efficiencies. But,...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has completed a $15 million 18-month overhaul of Gatwick Airport?s IT systems, which it has compared to performing open-heart surgery while the patient is running.
The work has covered the introduction of an ?internet of things? (IoT) network, a 30mbps public...
Panel discussion: Business cases for smart buildings ROI (office, retail, multi-family, factory, hospital, and campus)
Moderator Ronny Haraldsvik, Principle at Haraldsvik Consulting, is joined byJim Sinopoli, Managing Principal, at Smart Buildings;?Kurt Jacobs, Director, Markets and Solutions at?JMA Wireless and?Kern Davis, VP of Consulting Services Group...
Fireside Chat: Evolving Smart Building Infrastructure
Todd Landry, Corporate VP, Product and Market Strategy , JMA Wireless
Jeff Mucci, CEO & Head of Industry Insights, Enterprise IoT Summit
https://youtu.be/7rWckm76ET4
Mr. Landry is a technology, business & marketing executive with a long history of developing and marketing winning product...
Connected buildings: Smart buildings ? Solutions for retail, small business and large office space.
InterDigital Director Vanja Subotic and Nader, Nanjiani, marketing director for Harman, discuss strategies for implementing smart solutions in buildings.
https://youtu.be/HGF-b-ehIe8
Ron Zimmer has an extended expertise in the connected building field. In a session at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin Texas, the executive comments about the impact IoT has for the development of intelligent buildings.
https://youtu.be/aRaR4iN5fek
Zimmer joined CABA in 1997 working with industry leaders...
Monica Paolini discusses connected buildings at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas.
https://youtu.be/4o0dhtpRDP0
Monica Paolini is the founder and president of Senza Fili. She is an expert in wireless technologies and has helped clients worldwide to understand technology and customer requirements, evaluate business plan opportunities,...
Clothing retailer looks for?lighting savings at distribution center.
We have all seen a pair of jeans with an eagle stitched in them, or at least seen that iconic Americana logo during a trip to the mall. American Eagle Outfitters is a U.S.-based clothes...
World's most intelligent smart building
Twenty-eight thousand sensors. That is how many it takes to create the world's smartest, most environmentally friendly building: The Edge. An office building in Amsterdam whose main tenant is consulting firm Deloitte, has been rated the most environmentally sustainable smart...
?Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler has entered a partnership with Huawei on a global connected elevator solution.
Swiss elevator and escalator manufacturer Schindler runs 1.5 million elevators and escalators globally, enabling one billion elevator rides every day. Within five years, these should all be connected, following...
A fight against the living room
Stadiums are in trouble. In a 1998 ESPN poll, 54% of sports fans said they'd rather watch a game at the stadium than at home. By 2011, only 29% of respondents to the same poll said they preferred being...
The need for a managed Wi-Fi solution
According to Cisco?s Visual Networking Index, more than half of all monthly traffic from mobile-connected devices will be offloaded to the fixed network by means of Wi-Fi and other solutions by 2018. But implementing a building-wide Wi-Fi system...
Control and savings with building management systems
Building management systems (BMS) are the backbone to smart buildings. They are the systems put in place to allow building owners and tenants to monitor, maintain and manage the mechanical, electrical and electromechanical functions within a structure. BMS...
Preparing for the Olympics with a smart building
Honeywell created what it called the "intelligent system"?for the National Stadium in Beijing, China, turning the venue for the opening and closing events at the 2008 Summer Olympics into a "smart building." Designed by highly controversial artist...
The smart building: A laundry list of potential benefits
Smart buildings are expected to save money in more ways than one might think. Yes, they can significantly reduce energy and operating costs, but there are a number of expected not-so-obvious?benefits gained from implementing a smart...
Reducing costs with smart building
Thanks to the smart building, today's structures are alive, equipped with technology that allows for automated processes of things that have, for hundreds of years, lived in dormancy.
Many older buildings have the capability to become smart buildings, but owners and...
People have always sought to make sense of the environment and utilize resources to enhance their safety, comfort, and wellbeing. It is no different in the growing world of IoT and the evolution of how brick-and-mortar buildings are moving from solely providing shelter to...
With this newly deployed sensor network, Netherlands Railways will get data on passenger flows, which can be used to improve traveler experience and optimize the stations? operations.
Passengers are no longer simply passing through railway stations; they work, hold meetings, shop and eat there. At...
