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  • What in the world is CREtech doing in Copenhagen?

    Michael Beckerman

    San Diego. London. New York. Those are all of the places CREtech will be heading to in 2022 with our live, in-person events. But Copenhagen? “Huh??” you might ask, and for good reason! Well, as some of you may know, I have made the decarbonizing of the built world my personal mission. The real estate industry is the only business sector I know having spent 35 years in it in various capacities. But it’s also an industry that now is facing the single greatest crisis of my lifetime…the climate cris…

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  • NEW CREtech San Diego Panel Announced: “How ConTech Leads to Better Outcomes for GCs, Owners, & Beyond” 

    CREtech

    New York, NY (January 27, 2022) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced a new construction panel and its speakers for CREtech’s debut West Coast conference in 2022, CREtech San Diego, taking place in-person on March 22-23. The session, ‘Productivity & Profitability: How ConTech Leads to Better Outcomes for GCs, Owners, & Beyond’ will take place on Day 2 of the conference on the Main Stage…

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  • More robots on campus

    Axios

    Now coming to a dorm room near you: Bagels, tacos, and of course, those ubiquitous food “bowls.” (Does anyone under 40 eat anything that doesn’t come in a jar or a bowl these days, Jennifer asks rhetorically?) Driving the news: Starship Technologies, which makes the “coolers on wheels” that you see above, just introduced robot delivery service for students at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

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  • Local Sustainability Pushes Leave Energy-Hungry Lab Buildings Seeking Efficiency

    Bisnow

    The explosion in lab construction — with 21M SF of speculative development in the works nationwide, per CBRE — has come just as municipalities across the country, seeking to slash carbon emissions, have considered or passed bills limiting energy usage in large commercial structures.

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  • The future of retail: more self-service

    Axios

    Self-checkout, self-service, autonomous stores, DIY: The retail world is prepping for a future with fewer human workers and more technology involved in selling us stuff. Why it matters: While 72% of retail sales are still expected to take place in brick-and-mortar stores in 2024, merchants are busy installing interactive signage, smart price tags, and remote checkout systems that point to a very different customer experience….

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  • Experts say 2022 is the year smart city projects move from flashy to functional

    Morning Brew

    In recent years, smart cities have received criticism for over-promising and under-delivering—or, in many cases, failing to deliver at all. However, due to a combination of new government funding and what experts say is a shift in perspective about how to approach these projects—from tech-first to resident-first—smart-city experts told us they’re optimistic about the prospects in 2022. …

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  • Biden launches green buildings partnership with states, cities

    The Hill

    The Biden administration is launching a new partnership with two states and several cities aimed at reducing planet-warming emissions from buildings. President Biden is expected to announce the new “Buildings Performance Standards Coalition” during remarks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Friday.

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  • Meta is developing a record-breaking supercomputer to power the metaverse

    VentureBeat

    Following Meta’s (formerly Facebook) October announcement that it’s pushing to stake its claim on the metaverse, the company today announced that it has developed the AI Research SuperCluster (RSC), which it claims is among the fastest AI supercomputers running today. Once it is fully built, Meta says it will be the fastest operating supercomputer — the company is aiming to complete it by the middle of this year….

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  • Contractor/Customer Part of $10m StructionSite Funding and Integration Project

    For Construction Pros

    Oakland, Calif.-based StructionSite, Inc., which offers photogrammetry-driven project tracking software for the general and trade construction contractors, announced today a $10 million funding round lead by 500 Global, joined by Denver-based global contractor PCL Construction, GS Futuresand other existing investors.

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  • REBNY’s Technical Win On Proptech

    Commercial Observer

    The nearly 126-year-old Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) has a fairly short relationship with technology. It’s launching a consumer-facing residential listings service this year, about 20 years after the first ones, such as Craigslist, Redfin, StreetEasy and Trulia, rolled out on the web. Its tech committee dates from 2017.

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