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Peter Scialla, President and Chief Operating Officer of Delos Joins Distinguished Line-Up of Speakers at CREtech New York Conference this Fall

CREtech
8/16/2021

New York, NY (August 17, 2021) — CREtech, the world’s leading community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector has announced that Peter Scialla, President and Chief Operating Officer of Delos, will be joining a distinguished line-up of speakers at CREtech’s flagship conference, CREtech New York, this fall. With hundreds of real estate and tech professionals already registered for the event, this year’s conference is expected to attract the most innovative …

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120 EV charging stations to be installed at California apartment complexes through state partnership

Smart Cities Dive
8/13/2021

Backed by state funding, a tech company is installing 120 electric vehicle chargers at apartment complexes throughout California in an effort to remove obstacles that prevent lower-income renters and residents from owning EVs.

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Construction tech startup Agora raises $33M in Tiger Global-led round amid 760% YoY ARR growth

TechCrunch
8/13/2021

Agora, a startup that has built a materials management platform for contractors, has raised $33 million in a Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. 8VC, Tishman Speyer, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Michael Ovitz, DST, LeFrak and Kevin Hartz also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total raised since its 2018 inception to about $45 million.

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Airbnb Revenue Nearly Quadrupled in Second Quarter

Wall Street Journal
8/13/2021

Airbnb Inc.’s second-quarter revenue nearly quadrupled, rebounding from the lows of the pandemic and exceeding pre-pandemic levels, as domestic travel lifted the home-sharing company’s fortunes.

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California takes a first-of-its-kind step on building decarbonization

Smart Cities Dive
8/13/2021

The California Energy Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to adopt changes to the state building energy efficiency standards that in part heavily encourage the use of electric heat pumps over gas alternatives. The state updates the code every three years. If later approved by the California Building Standards Commission, the changes will apply to all newly built or renovated residential and nonresidential structures beginning Jan. 1, 2023. …

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Rocket Homes starting iBuyer program

The Real Deal
8/13/2021

The Rocket Companies subsidiary plans to launch its own iBuying program in the coming months. The company will hire on-staff real estate agents who will begin assisting sellers in the fourth quarter, according to Inman. …

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Lyft pushes office return date to February as Twitter closes offices it had reopened

The New York Times
8/13/2021

In the latest corporate reactions to the highly infectious Delta variant, Lyft said on Wednesday that it would not require employees to return to the office until February, while Twitter said it would close its newly reopened offices in San Francisco and New York and indefinitely postpone other reopening plans.

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Meet the AIs that can write — and code

AXIOS
8/13/2021

Two new AI models out this week show the power of artificial intelligence to read text, write it — and even convert it into computer code. Why it matters: Natural language processing (NLP) is one of the most exciting areas in AI research, with major implications for how we’ll communicate and work in the years ahead.

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New Episode on CREtech Climate Cast Podcast: About the Climate Museum

CREtech Climate
8/13/2021

Miranda Massie, Director of the Climate Museum in New York, sits down with CREtech’s CEO Michael Beckerman to discuss what led to the founding and development of the Climate Museum. Through the in-depth conversation, Massie unpacks how she hopes the Climate Museum will help to educate and inspire leaders from across the globe to address the world’s biggest challenge – climate change.

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COMING SOON! How to Create Efficiencies with Data. Watch the Trailer Now!

CREtech+
8/13/2021

Miloš Halečka, Innovations Director at MiddleCap, discusses the transition to making data-driven decisions for property maintenance and raising the bar for sustainability.

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