Procore brings AWS digital twins to construction
California-based construction management software company Procore Technologies is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to leverage its IoT TwinMaker to extend the value of construction data into facility operations. [...]
Renogy combines energy monitor with smart home control
California-based Renogy has released an all-in-one energy monitoring and smart living device so users can monitor and control battery power levels, charge controllers, inverters and other connected devices at [...]
TD Industries automates smart building fault detection
Texas-based TD Industries has introduced automated fault detection and diagnostics to optimise smart commercial building reliability and performance. Called BrightBlue, it can help buildings conserve energy and resources, ensure [...]
JT and Learnd optimise smart buildings
Jersey Telecom and UK-based Learnd are optimising smart building monitoring using IoT technologies. The partnership should empower more efficient and sustainable building management by combining Learnd’s open data platform [...]
Controlling smart homes by breathing
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio have invented a device that allows users to control smart-home technology by changing their breathing patterns. The self-powered unit fits into [...]
New strategies needed to protect buildings from cyber attacks
Networked devices are increasing the cyber-attack risk for smart buildings, according to market research firm Verdantix. It is calling on firms to reboot their building operations security strategies, and [...]
Thread updates standard to support Matter
The Thread Group has improved its wireless networking protocol so it is ready for the Matter smart home connectivity standard. Thread 1.3.0 is said to simplify R&D and deployment [...]
Siemens buys Brightly and launches AI buildings suite
Siemens has acquired Brightly Software, a provider of maintenance management software, and launched Building X, an open AI-enabled suite for net-zero buildings, and Xcelerator, a portfolio of IoT-enabled hardware, [...]
Honeywell helps workers return to offices
Honeywell has launched a suite of occupant experience apps to help owners and tenants in premium commercial buildings unlock hybrid office spaces. Features analyse occupant behaviour and space use [...]
Johnson Controls announces smart building winners
A smart office building in the UAE and a sports and entertainment centre in California are among the first winner of Johnson Controls’ OpenBlue Pioneers innovation awards. Each OpenBlue [...]
Infineon mixes AI and ML for smart home alarm
German electronics company Infineon Technologies has introduced a battery-powered smart alarm system that achieves accuracy and low-power operation using sensor fusion based on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). [...]
Microshare app links building data to operations
Philadelphia-based Microshare debuted an app that links smart building data and digital twins with practical business operations at last week’s LoRaWan World Expo in Paris. The app, dubbed React-M, [...]
