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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Scientific Conservation Inc. (SCI), a building energy management firm based in San Francisco, has received more than $19 million in funding from GE and Triangle Peak Partners LP. GE’s investment follows its decision to choose SCI as one of its GE ecomagination Challenge winners for energy innovation. GE Capital
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The US General Services Administration (GSA) has chosen diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation to design and furnish new systems to replace power distribution, power control and electrical metering equipment. The work is part of the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building Modernisation Project in Portland, Oregon. The initial contract of $600,