Smart kitchen firm Fresco closes $20m funding round

Irish smart kitchen firm Fresco has closed a $20m financing round led by three international appliance brands. Smart kitchen appliance users are projected to reach 248 million worldwide by [...]

Smart homes top 100m in Europe and North America

The number of smart homes in Europe and North America reached 105m in 2021, according to research from IoT analyst firm Berg Insight. The smart home market is North [...]

Insteon shuts down leaving smart home users stranded

California-based IoT company Insteon suddenly shut down this month leaving its smart home users without connectivity. It later emailed customers saying it was dissolving the business and trying to [...]

JPMorgan adopts Sustainable Building Software

Global bank JPMorgan Chase has adopted Prescriptive Data’s Nantum OS software to optimise energy use and reduce its carbon footprint in its office buildings. The company, the world’s largest [...]

Smart Windows ensure Staff Wellbeing at Amazon

Amazon has completed installation of View Smart Windows in its recently acquired 72nd Way Redmond office complex. The new windows employ machine learning technologies to maximise health and wellbeing [...]

Austin deploys IoT and AI to boost construction rate

One of America’s most diversified builders is adopting IoT and AI to optimise its construction processes. Dallas based Austin Commercial, part of Austin Industries, is employing construction AI specialist [...]

Checkit: world’s smallest sensors for Smart Buildings

Checkit is partnering on IoT technology with Norwegian tech company Disruptive Technologies to integrate ultra-small sensors into Smart Buildings. In a statement, Checkit said that its partnership with Disruptive [...]

Telus partners Duuo to expand Building Automation

Canadian telecoms operator Telus is partnering with property and insurance firm Duuo to expand property operators access to Smart Building solutions, and provide residents with insurance and financing that [...]

Accelerating Smart Building Digital Transformations

Facilio, Airmaster and NEJAVI are partnering to accelerate IoT-based digital transformation in property operations, without the need or cost of extensive on-site integrations. Facilio is a property operations software [...]

Privacy guarding distributed building intelligence

Photonic specialist Lumentum and edge AI specialist Ambarella have published a new joint reference design that enables a new approach in Distributed Building Intelligence, adding scalable AI to sensor [...]

CPower grid-efficient buildings platform for NYC

CPower Energy Management has launched a cloud based building management system to enable power grid-interactive efficient buildings in New York City. The BMS-aaS cloud service provides NYC commercial property [...]

Honeywell ensures the show goes on in Charlotte

Honeywell is deploying a healthy buildings dashboard and air quality sensing technology at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Belk Theater, Booth Playhouse and Stage Door Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina. [...]