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Acuity Brands Intelligent Spaces Group & FY2023 Financials Examined
October 23rd, 2023Acuity Brands Intelligent Spaces Group and 2022 Financials Examined
October 28th, 2022
Acuity Brands Annual Report 2021 Examined
While lighting makes up 95% of Acuity Brands Inc revenue (they are now the largest lighting manufacturer in North America) it is their Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG) business segment that focuses on smart buildings technology. In this research note, we examine their recently published 2021 Annual Report. Acuity’s ISG business segment offers building management systems […]
How Valuable is the Channel in Smart Building Technology?
In the midst of increased M&A activity in the smart building space, it is natural to consider the implications to building owners, operators and other competing solution providers. Do these acquisitions mean that smart building technology is maturing and has “arrived”. Or, were these acquisitions made opportunistically? It’s hard to know, and the answers may […]
Growing Shift to Energy-Efficiency-as-a-Service for Deep Retrofits & LED Lighting Upgrades
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. The retrofit market in commercial and industrial buildings is undergoing a shift in how energy efficiency, lighting and other projects to optimize building technologies are obtained and managed. Organizations across the U.S are being offered a simpler way to access new energy […]
The Crucial Role of Start-Ups in Occupancy Analytics & In-Building Location Based Services
Start-ups are playing a crucial role in the development of the occupancy analytics, explains the latest report from Memoori: Occupancy Analytics & In-Building Location Based Services 2017 to 2022. The report comprehensively explored mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, in addition to partnerships and ecosystems, to provide an in-depth of the market as a whole. […]
The Smart Airport is a Very Different Prospect to Other Smart Buildings
You may not be surprised to hear that there has been another partnership between a lighting firm and an IT company. Such has been the surge of lighting into the IT sector that it seems that every month we see a new IT – lighting relationship forming. Many have been strategic partnerships while others are […]
Indoor Location Ecosystems Support Vertical Solutions for Smart Buildings
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson Independent Senior Research Associate at Memoori. With the advent of IoT platforms, advanced sensors and improvements in network connectivity, there are an increasing number of companies offering Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) and Location Based Services (LBS) for various applications in commercial and industrial buildings. In-building location-based services can […]
Osram Broadens Portfolio With Smart Building Focused Acquisition of Digital Lumens
Lighting giant Osram has agreed to acquire smart building focused start-up Digital Lumens Inc, for an undisclosed fee. The move is the most recent in a string of similar deals that have seem promising start-ups assimilated by one of the sectors big players. The deal will allow Osram to expand its internet of things (IoT) […]
OSRAM Joins the Lighting Divestment Bandwagon
The divestment and realignment trend continues in the lighting sector as another market leader sells off its luminaries business and refocuses efforts on smarter technology. Munich-based OSRAM made a number of moves towards location based services and connectivity technology in the past few weeks and announced the sale of its lamps group Ledvance to a […]