As far as commercial buildings go, data is golden and holds the key to safer, healthier and better building performance. It gets more interesting if you consider the fact Internet of Things (IoT) is heralding a new age for commercial buildings. Thanks to IoT, inter- and intra- connection of commercial buildings plus the ability to gather real-time accurate data from …
How IoT Unlocks the Captive Real Estate Market
More and more facility managers are looking at the Internet of Things to address building automation obsolescence and the captive real estate market. This is because legacy BAS equipment vendors may provide limited upgrade paths or fail to include modern features. Even now, facility managers often face high-cost upgrades from the vendor, operation disruption from switching to another vendor, or are …
Top 10 Sustainable Building Methods
Many organizations are recognizing the value of sustainable and green building methods. New advances in materials, technology and practices enable companies to use environmentally friendly processes that also lead to better overall efficiency. Here are the top 10 sustainable building methods currently in use or under development.
How an IoT Smart Building Solutions Increase Weather Preparedness
Insured losses from natural disasters in the U.S. last year totaled nearly $36 billion, 50 percent higher than the average during the previous decade. – National Geogrpahic
The IoT Edge: Cutting Edge Computing Increases IoT Efficiency
By Megan Bozman Edge computing refers to processing data within the nodes of the IoT. In other words, the ‘things’ within the Internet of Things conduct some level of processing and storage within those things, rather than transmitting all data to the cloud. This makes perfect sense because: