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Guidehouse Insights
This report examined 14 intelligent building software providers and their platforms for optimizing commercial facilities. Among the CABA Board Members and CABA members mentioned in the report: Schneider Electric, Acuity Brands, Switch Automation, Johnson Controls, Honeywell, and Siemens.
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This report from May 2019 by the GreenBiz Group deals with world of sustainability and the ten trends sustainability professionals should be tracking in the year ahead. The topics covered include corporate sustainability, value of reuse, the importance of soil for climate action, deforestation, electric buses and trucks, energy productivity, green loans, super pollutants, green house gas emission disclosure by companies, and science-based targets for environmental impacts on water, land use, biodiversity and oceans. (CABA members may login to access this members-only content. Non-members please go to www.caba.org/join to obtain access to digital content.)
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This report from June 2019 by Ingram Micro provides a primer on the Internet of Things (IoT) as applied to smart cities. The topics covered include a definition of a smart city, IoT deployments in smart cities, use cases (traffic flow, security, efficiency of utilities, municipal services, sustainability), and how IoT can address challenges such as infrastructure, integration, privacy, and security.(CABA members may login to access this members-only content. Non-members please go to www.caba.org/join to obtain access to digital content.)
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CABA via Canada Green Building Council
Zero carbon buildings represent the best opportunity for Canada to cost-effectively reduce carbon emissions. This study by Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), a CABA member, leverages the Zero Carbon Building Standard to define the core competencies and sub-competencies needed to support zero carbon buildings.
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LEDs Magazine
The folks behind the DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) wired lighting control protocol are holding true to their intention of improving interoperability with myriad wireless technologies, announcing two steps in that direction — one related to Zigbee and the other to Thread. The Thread initiative is essentially aimed at making a wireless version of DALI, something that Bluetooth backers might also be poised to do. The Thread Group and Zigbee are CABA members.
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electropages
The integration of IoT technology into industrial environments has sparked a new industrial revolution that seeks to create smart, automated processes. But current wireless internet technologies such as Wi-Fi will not be able to handle the mass integration of such IoT devices. Thus another technology, LTE (4G), provides a possible alternative.
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The Belimo Energy Valve is an electronic pressure independent control valve with software-based services and cloud connectivity, measuring flow and temperature to monitor coil performance and energy consumption while maintaining optimal Delta T. Automatic reports show actual and historical performance data, recommending further potential for energy savings.
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IoT For All
While essential businesses have been fortunate enough to continue operating, the coronavirus pandemic has put extra strain on top of an already struggling retail industry.
Even before the virus, the emergence of online shopping threatened the livelihood of business owners. Combined with the pandemic-level impact of the coronavirus, opportunities for business seem bleak.
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Energy Watch News
As the summer months approach, the effectiveness of ultraviolet provided by the sun and man-made tech is being considered a disinfectant tool to combat the global coronavirus pandemic. UV-A and UV-B are the rays from the sun that reach the earth’s surface and cause skin sunburns, while UV-C is filtered out through the atmosphere and is in the “germicidal disinfectant range,” per the report.
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Hydrocarbons 21
Many countries in the European Union (EU) are struggling to meet the bloc's ambitious energy reduction targets, a problem that can be partly alleviated by adopting more extensive Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS), according to U.K.-based research and consultancy company BSRIA.
BSRIA, the Building Services Research and Information Association, has found that several EU countries, including Belgium, Ireland and Austria, are set to miss their energy reduction targets by more than 20 per cent. BSRIA is a CABA member.
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Building.ca
Sidewalk Labs‘ ambitious vision for a hi-tech neighbourhood equipped with futuristic innovations won’t be coming to Toronto’s waterfront.
The Google affiliate recently revealed that it is walking away from its controversial, smart city plans after spending years and millions of dollars on the proposal.
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Guidehouse Insights
Building managers have an opportunity to build resilience and portfolio value through intelligent building investments. New asset valuation metrics based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies are gaining wide market acceptance. Building managers can attain ESG value by making retrofit investments with real-time energy monitoring capability, selecting investments according to needs in specific verticals, and seeking operational benefits and ROI.
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Forbes
People are buying more and more smart devices and connecting them to their Wi-Fi routers, anticipating smart, convenient services like on-demand video streaming, high-speed online gaming and responsive video conferencing. People continue to want all the latest gadgets and services like smart lightbulbs, smart doorbells, home surveillance systems and a smart voice assistant at their beck and call. From their point of view, the world is becoming a much more convenient and fun place.
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PCMag
Whether it’s a full network of smart kitchen appliances or just a simple voice assistant, there are steps that can be taken ensure your systems are protected.
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BBC Future
For billions of people around the world, life at home has taken on a new significance this year. Flats and houses have become workplaces, gyms, schools and living spaces all rolled into one by national lockdowns.
It has also meant that many of us are spending more time than ever with the gadgets we have welcomed into our homes — so-called “smart” devices connected to the internet that can be controlled with our voices or via apps on our phones.
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Forbes
Once upon a time, in a neighborhood like any in America, a smart home sent an alert to its owner's cell phone. And it got completely ignored.
Just like the villagers in Aesop's Fables who eventually stopped believing the boy who cried wolf, if your smart home starts sending you too many notifications, pretty soon you'll tune it out.
The average U.S. smartphone user already gets 46 push notifications per day, and there's no sign of that number slowing down.
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TechCrunch
Click Materials, a Vancouver-based developer of “smart glass” has inked a major partnership with one of the largest manufacturers of windows for the home, Cardinal Glass, as it looks to challenge the billion dollar-backed View Inc.
Founded in 2016 by a University of British Columbia professor, Curtis Berlinguette, Click Materials has raised only a few hundred thousand dollars in seed funding.
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Forbes
With the entire world consumed by COVID-19 news the past few months, it would be entirely understandable if one overlooked essential announcements in the tech space. One of these announcements occurred in late April, when Plume, one of the industry’s rising stars in the intelligent WiFi space, announced a partnership with ADTRAN to improve and secure the smart home experience.
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Solar Power World
Itron announced that its IntelliSOURCE-DERMS solution has received OpenADR certification from the OpenADR Alliance, which fosters the development, adoption and compliance of the OpenADR Smart Grid standard. By integrating open standards into Itron’s IntelliSOURCE-DERMSsolution, Itron is helping utilities and cities to leverage more types of distributed energy resources (DER) and devices to assist with grid stabilization and reliability, pipeline management and conservation efforts. OpenADR Alliance is a CABA member.
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CABA
CABA is pleased to announce the appointment of Hugo Lafontaine, Vice-President Digital Energy at Schneider Electric. With almost 20 years in the building automation and HVAC industry, Hugo Lafontaine is highly passionate about building technologies and the ability to optimize and drive efficiencies to all aspects of buildings, including commercial real estate and critical space such as data centers and hospitals.
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CABA
CABA today launches a new online publication, the CABA Journal, with perspectives on emerging research, information, trends, and challenges in the intelligent buildings and/or connected home sectors. In the inaugural post, CABA President & CEO Ron Zimmer surveys challenges and opportunities for the industry in a world radically transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CABA
Join us for this special presentation from Paul Scialla, Founder and CEO of DELOS Living LLC, within the larger CABA Connected Home Council (CHC) webinar meeting. CABA webinars are complimentary and everyone is welcomed to attend, although pre-registration is required. DELOS Living LLC is a CABA Board member.
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CABA via Computrols
A panel of facility and industry experts discussed what strategies they and their organizations are implementing to ensure the safe return to facilities in the coming months. CABA President & CEO Ron Zimmer was among the invited panellists.
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CABA
CABA’s Landmark Research project in the connected home sector for 2020 is "Privacy and Cybersecurity in the Connected Home." Using industry expert interviews and consumer surveys, the research will provide actionable data relevant to the state of the market, key industry players business opportunities, technical barriers and opportunities, future market direction, issues, use-cases and industry recommendations. CABA Members the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), CSA Group, Resideo Technologies, Inc., SnapAV and TELUS have joined the research project. Contact CABA's Research Director, Greg Walker (walker@caba.org), for information on becoming a funder.
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CABA
CABA would like to thank new member FMI Corporation and Endeavor Business Media, renewing Board Member Hydro-Québec and renewing members ABB, Inc. and PLC Multipoint, Inc.
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