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Lauren December 20, 2021
Typically, problems come before solutions and the real estate sector certainly has a number of problems. It is one of the most carbon-intensive sectors, accounting for 38% of total global greenhouse gas e...
Lauren December 20, 2021
A group of pioneers worried about climate change and encroaching sea levels have created a buoyant neighborhood, where homes share electricity via a local smart grid and bob with the tied thanks to steel foundation poles that allow them to rise and fall, the Washington Post reports.
Lauren December 20, 2021
Clear Secure Inc., an identification services company known for its expedited screening product for air travelers, is bringing its biometric sign-up scanners to locations beyond airports. The company has temporarily installed the biometrics machines this month inside a Showfields Inc. interactive mall ...
brandonlin October 04, 2021
Visions for futuristic cities where life-improving technologies proliferate have been around since the dawn of science fiction. But are we approaching a point where we can realistically expect to see these technologies in action? Depending on the technology in question, the answer is increasingly yes. In a previous article on the subject, Jeremy Kelly, a lead director at JLL said that “In this d...
brandonlin October 02, 2021
Eastvale, San Jacinto and Fair Oaks are installing the solar-powered  Soofa Signs to provide communities with city announcements, public health information, real-time transit updates, and citizen feedback.
brandonlin September 09, 2021
Buildings are getting smarter, and that opens them up to a host of new cybersecurity risks. In recent years, building managers increasingly have relied on internet connections and computer networks to manage pretty much any part of a building you can think of—including elevators and escalators; ventilation, heating and air conditioning systems; office machines like printers and conference-roo...
brandonlin August 27, 2021
The City of Port Phillip in Victoria is installing traffic sensors to collect bike-rider, pedestrian and vehicle data in real-time to help inform its active travel plans.
brandonlin August 25, 2021
Smart Building Certification is proud to award Art-Invest Real Estate, the real estate developer of Hammerbrooklyn. Digital Pavillon, a Platinum Smart Building Certification. The 7,300 sq meter innovation hub and office building, which was delivered to community space Factory in mid 2021, is the first building in Germany to achieve the certification. “What Art-Invest Real Estate has creat...
brandonlin August 25, 2021
The new imagery and associated lidar data provides a full 3D digital representation of the environment and can be viewed simultaneously alongside other geospatial data.
brandonlin August 24, 2021
Semtech and IQnexus have joined forces to provide an on-premise solution based on LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN standard to monitor a building’s indoor air quality in real-time.