Demand Response

Smart Buildings

The Expanding Role of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Building Applications

March 19th, 2024
Smart Buildings

learnd BMS Integration Business & Growth Strategy Examined

March 4th, 2024
Australia Energy Demand
Energy

Advancing the Field of Flexible Energy Demand in Buildings

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has recently announced that it will lead an innovative smart buildings pilot project that has the potential to create a new ecosystem of technologies and solutions to support flexible energy demand. The Digital Infrastructure Energy Flexibility (DIEF) project will utilize software and technology to intelligently control the […]

Azbil Building Automation
Smart Buildings

Azbil Building Automation Business and Financials Examined

In this Research Note, we examine Azbil, a Japanese public company with a leading position in the domestic building automation market. Our analysis is based on their FY2022 annual results, year ending 31st March 2023 and investor presentations. The Building Automation (BA) business, the largest of three business units, accounts for 46% of consolidated net […]

Net Zero Buildings Delta Electronics
Energy

Net Zero Buildings Explored: Delta Electronics Americas HQ

Delta Electronics Americas regional headquarters has become the first green building in Fremont, CA, and second in the Silicon Valley Bay Area, to achieve the LEED Zero Energy certification from the USGBC. Originally developed as a pioneering ‘green building’ in September 2015, the site has just completed a series of upgrades that have brought it […]

Learnd Buy Build Strategy
Energy

Learnd BMS Integration Business, SPAC Listing & Growth Strategy Examined

Learnd, a UK-based systems integrator, has announced the acquisition of Complete Energy Controls, a Scottish firm delivering Building Management Systems (BMS) with a multi-site energy management focus. This Research Note highlights the public listing of Learnd, their “buy and build” business model, recent and forthcoming acquisitions, based on investor presentations, SPAC documents and Memoori analysis. […]

Smart Cities

DOE Connected Buildings Pilot: A Small Step in the Right Direction

Earlier this month the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $61 million pilot project that will create 10 highly connected communities across the country. The initiative will ​​transform thousands of homes and workplaces into energy-efficient buildings that can interact with the electrical grid to optimize their energy consumption. While not extraordinary in terms of investment or […]

Smart Cities

BP’s Blueprint for Decarbonizing Commercial Real Estate

British oil giant BP has acquired US-based building energy technology firm Blueprint Power.  Born in response to the energy regulatory transformation that emerged after hurricane Sandy in 2012, Blueprint’s technology supports the decarbonization of real estate by turning buildings into a flexible power network by connecting them to energy markets through cloud-based software. Blueprint will join the BP Launchpad portfolio, […]

Smart Cities

Building on the Edge: The Untapped Efficiency of Smart Grid Connection

Human activities have caused 1.0°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels and this is likely to reach 1.5°C between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate, reads the highly-referenced IPCC climate report. Two industries have become central to addressing this existential crisis; the power sector that represents almost all of the […]

Smart Cities

Smart Cities Should be Driving the Development of Smart Buildings

In 1950 only 30% of people lived in urban areas, now over 56% of people live in increasingly crowded cities – and that is expected to rise to 66% by 2050 as an additional 2.5 billion people join the global urban population. Urbanization creates numerous issues for citizens, including congestion, pollution, and poverty, but our crowded […]

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