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.RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
(IS-2021-87) Guide to Building a Connected Workplace with a Remote Workforce
CABA
This COVEO report released in April 2020 discusses the need for today’s employees to be equipped with up-to-date tools and information resources in order to work effectively from any location. There are currently several organizational challenges preventing a unified digital workforce, including siloed and disconnected systems which lead to inaccurate and inconsistent data, the authors write. The report describes measures companies can undertake to build an intelligent and connected digital workplace.
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2021 U.S. Internet, TV, & Phone Shopping Study
BroadbandNow
The third edition of this consumer shopping study reports that consumers spent a staggering $118 billion on new home services. (In 2020, our estimate was $91 billion.). As with previous years, our research is based on anonymized shopping data for the millions of users interacting with BroadbandNow supplemented by a broad survey of household decision-makers.
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GIS Goes Indoors to Bring a New Level of Visual Data Intelligence to Buildings
Memoori
Geographic information systems (GIS) have helped urban and regional planners better understand their environment with data rich mapping. In recent decades, GIS has become an important business tool, helping companies understand patterns, trends, and relationships by using socio-demographic, economic, and many other forms of data in the context of location through advanced urban mapping software. Now GIS is beginning to take advantage of the sensory development inside smart buildings to bring its powerful mapping to our indoor environments.
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(IS-2021-89) Combined Heat and Power and a Changing Climate: Reducing Emissions and Improving Resilience
CABA
This January 2021 report by the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Alliance looked back on the national three-day summit it held in the fall on the role of combined heat and power in a low-carbon future. This report is based on the presentations and discussion by those who attended the event, as well as on previous research and analysis undertaken by the alliance. Key benefits of combined heat and power systems are examined. CHP is a climate change solution because it can both reduce emissions and be a resilient energy resource, reliably providing electric and thermal energy even during severe weather events, the report notes.
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.CONNECTED HOMES
Minto launches 20-storey Oakvillage phase 4 with geoexchange energy
Daily Commercial News
Minto Communities GTA recently announced the launch of its Oakvillage phase 4A residential tower in Oakville, west of Toronto. The first of two towers, North Oak, will feature the developer’s first multi-residential geoexchange energy system. Geoexchange energy systems can reduce carbon emissions by as much as 70 per cent, the company said in a release. Minto is a CABA member.
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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 moves beyond 'things' to create harmonized connected home experience
PYMNTS
Consumers are getting more connected by the day. According to the latest edition of the PYMNTS/Visa How We Will Pay survey, 32.6% of Americans own smart speakers, 52.7 percent own smart televisions and 30% own a connected car. And consumers are using those connections for an ever-increasing number of day-to-day activities that used to be decidedly analog.
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TR-069 self-testing tool promises faster connected device certification
BusinessWire
Certifying internet-connected devices for the home as compliant with the industry’s most widely deployed management protocol will become quicker and easier thanks to the approval of the first TR-069 self-testing tool. The enablement of self-testing for TR-069 provides operators and vendors with the ability to perform test procedures themselves that would normally be carried out by a qualifying test lab. It also ensures that vendors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can prove their devices work.
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Amazon in major health care move with expansion of telehealth service
OmniTalk
Amazon is diving deeper into providing health care services — and not just for its own employees.
The company is expanding its on-demand telehealth service, Amazon Care, to other companies based in its home state of Washington, with a much bigger rollout to come this summer. Amazon initially piloted the service in September 2019, with availability limited to its employees (and their families) in Washington State.
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Must-know trends for all electronic security and life safety professionals
Electronic Security Association
The start of 2021 seems to have the same feel as 2020, with masks still mandated, required social distancing, closed businesses, remote working and an overall slow reopening of states. Some jurisdictions are opening faster than others, for example Texas. however. Because of this, professional electronic security, life safety and fire integrators need to know, understand and implement pertinent industry trends to sustain and experience growth as the year progresses.
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Shell leads investment in smart energy platform provider NET2GRID
Smart Energy International
The Dutch start-up NET2GRID has secured funding to grow the development and deployment of its AI-based smart energy offerings. The Series B funding has been led by Shell’s venture-capital (VC) arm Shell Ventures, Netherlands-headquartered investor APG Asset Management and EDP’s VC arm, EDP Ventures.
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.INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS
The ANSI CSA T-200 Bi-National Cybersecurity Standard
CABA
The bi-national (Canada/USA) Cybersecurity standard ANSI CSA T-200 can offer a very cost-effective certification option to IoT and OT vendors when compared to other cybersecurity certification options. Presentation slides outlining this new standard, contributed by David Rogers, from BC Hydro (CABA Member), may be found in the attached link.
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Redefining smart buildings: Focus on the people
RT Insights
Companies must realize that smart buildings can deliver more value in terms of space optimization and employee productivity — beyond reducing energy costs. For example, employers need real-time solutions that help monitor and enforce social distancing of their employees and room-by-room environmental health quality. They also need visitor management systems that do more than log a person in when they enter a facility.
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Artificial intelligence
SDM Magazine
Pandemic requirements and mature technology make now the perfect time for integrators to get comfortable with artificial intelligence. In particular, after several years of growth and expansion in the security industry, with a lot of that growth focused on video surveillance, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken a major leap in the last year, both in terms of the maturity of the technology and deployment.
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The vital role of smart buildings in the evolution of sustainable smart cities
IoT Tech News
2021 looks to be a pivotal year in the fight against climate change. With many global economies setting mid-century net zero carbon reduction targets, the pressure is on to develop strategies to bring down emissions in cities, save energy, and speed up the transition to renewable energy. Against this backdrop, demand for urban space will continue to grow. According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, cities will grow from the current 55 percent, of the world’s population, to 68 percent in 2050.
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USGBC expands reach of LEED Earth
USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently announced the expansion of its LEED Earth campaign to homes, communities, and cities. This initiative is designed to bring LEED to countries where green building is still emerging and offers certification at no cost to the first project certified. The USGBC, a CABA member, will also extend LEED Earth benefits to the first LEED Platinum project in any country to certify using LEED v4.1.
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Momenta Podcast: Sustainable energy transition with digital transformation at scale
Momenta
 Ken Forster interviews Mahesh Sudhakaran, the Chief Digital Officer for IBM’s Energy, Environment and Utilities Industry business. Mahesh has over 18 years with IBM and Schneider Electric, and is a recognized thought leader in the Energy & Utilities, Industrial and Industry 4.0 space. Schneider Electric is a CABA Board member.
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.CABA NEWS
Intelligent Building Energy Management Systems 'Thought Leaders' Think Tank
CABA
CABA hosted an Intelligent Building Energy Management Systems (EMS) “Thought Leaders” Think Tank on March 23, 2021. This session with CABA member Harbor Research and Steering Committee members on this project comes on the heels of the final report, released in December 2020. The research provides specific recommendations for participants in the intelligent buildings and EMS market to improve the value of their solutions while fostering a collaborative ecosystem aligned on appropriate standards and best practices. The Full Report will be available (April/2021) in the CABA Shop, following the embargo period. The Executive Summary can be freely downloaded.
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Smart & Healthy Buildings Summit Features CABA Research
CABA
The Smart & Healthy Buildings Summit was held from March 24-25. This hybrid in-person/virtual event hosted by Future Place was designed for senior executives involved in designing, constructing, and managing buildings. Attendees discovered how companies and leaders can reimagine the places where people work, live and play. The lineup of presenters included Ron Zimmer, CABA President & CEO, and a copy of his presentation can be viewed at this link.
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.WELCOMING AND THANKING CABA MEMBERS
CABA acknowledges member support
CABA
CABA welcomes and thanks new members: The Firm Advisors and WiredScore, and thanks renewing Board Members Delos Living LLC and Kele, Inc. and renewing member METZ CONNECT USA, Inc.
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