Google highlights emerging firm and peaking energy technologies’ role in driving carbon-free electricity

Corporate clean-energy buyers can help commercialize these emerging technologies to reduce costs through repeated deployment, Google says.

By Ethan Howland • Sept. 19, 2023

BrainBox AI, Trane Technologies partner on automated HVAC decarbonization controls

The collaboration aims to combine building automation, weather information and occupancy information to reduce buildings’ carbon footprints.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 15, 2023

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Data Centers

Exponential growth in the data center market is driving the need for more energy-intensive chips, leading operators to seek more power, improved cooling solutions and optimized designs that can boost efficiency and performance. 

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Cortex unveils automation feature for its building decarbonization platform

Cortex Push seeks to build on the 11% energy reductions the company has already made across its commercial real estate portfolio, a Cortex executive says. 

By Nish Amarnath • Sept. 15, 2023

Johnson Controls adds security device monitoring and management to OpenBlue

The new security service connects devices to a centralized monitoring system and can notify facilities operators about device faults and performance degradation, the company says. 

By Joe Burns • Sept. 14, 2023

Site Technologies secures $10M for property imaging, AI analysis

Its drones, satellites and other property inspection technologies can help managers make building decisions more efficiently, the company says.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 13, 2023

Sensirion, Terabee partner on indoor air quality monitoring

Terabee’s Air Quality SB5 sensor draws on Sensirion’s environmental sensors for more precise carbon dioxide measurements to help facilities managers program ventilation systems more efficiently, the companies say. 

By Nish Amarnath • Sept. 12, 2023

SecurityOS from iLobby connects access control, visitor management

The software automates identity lifecycle management and permission provisioning for facility visitors, the company says.

By Joe Burns • Updated March 27, 2024

CBRE’s Smart FM Solutions implemented across more than 20K client sites

The AI-powered software can reduce client maintenance costs and energy consumption by as much as 20%, the company says. 

By Joe Burns • Updated Sept. 11, 2023

Lumen Energy, with $11M in Series A funding, launches automated power purchase agreement software

With its Auto PPA tool, building owners and operators can calculate costs and benefits of on-site solar and other clean energy systems to increase net operating income with zero upfront capital, the company says.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 8, 2023

Honeywell strengthens smart meter cybersecurity with Quantinuum tech, randomized encryption keys

Facilities managers looking to implement this technology can designate a security administrator and proactively monitor security events, a Honeywell executive said.

By Nish Amarnath • Sept. 8, 2023

Joulea to develop air leakage visualizer system in Energy Department project

The project, with $1.5 million in BENEFIT program funding, aims to improve building resiliency and efficiency by detecting leaks faster.

By Joe Burns • Sept. 7, 2023

Emergency24 partnership will improve emergency response, RapidSOS official says

The RapidSOS and Emergency24 collaboration aims to speed up the delivery of precise data during fires, with the potential to cut incident response time from two and a half minutes to 13 seconds, the companies say.

By Nish Amarnath • Sept. 7, 2023

Rolls-Royce Holdings names JLL as global facilities manager

As part of a contract slated to begin in February, JLL will oversee operations across 44 sites in six countries.

By Nish Amarnath • Sept. 5, 2023

FM:Systems’ acquisition by Johnson Controls marries occupancy data with controls, former CEO says

Kurt von Koch, who is now an executive at Johnson Controls, discusses the software’s office insights, the acquisition and the future of building management controls.

By Joe Burns • Aug. 31, 2023

Value of indoor air quality improvements can help offset upgrade costs, keep buildings efficient

As school starts and return-to-office mandates bring people indoors, lingering COVID-19 concerns and new ventilation requirements raise indoor air quality questions.

By Joe Burns • Aug. 31, 2023

Dottid rolls out AI assistant for Asset OS platform to integrate data insights into workflows

The chat interface has a help desk to streamline data integration and ensure accuracy by providing user-specific portfolio information, the proptech firm says. 

By Joe Burns • Aug. 30, 2023

Bluon’s new generative AI tool helps HVAC operators diagnose, solve problems

The MasterMechanic natural language interface is trained on about 50,000 HVAC tech support calls and draws on machine learning to help operators solve complex HVAC problems, the software company says.

By Nish Amarnath • Aug. 30, 2023

Dollar Tree eyes distribution efficiency with temperature controls

The technology is expected to improve operating performance and drive efficiency at its facilities, the retailer’s CEO said.

By Kelly Stroh • Aug. 30, 2023

FreeWire unveils tool to determine optimal EV charging locations

The tool uses AI-based algorithms to analyze datasets and determine the optimal locations to place EV charging stations. 

By Jessica Loder • Aug. 29, 2023

Technology, sustainability and benchmarking are key to optimizing healthcare facility performance

Focusing on efforts in those three areas can help managers meet demands for greater operational and cost efficiencies, healthcare facilities experts say. 

By Nish Amarnath • Aug. 28, 2023

Soft skills key to the evolving workplace, survey finds

Amid tech advances, human skills like communication, problem solving and time management remain valuable, according to various reports.

By Ginger Christ • Aug. 28, 2023

Integrated security architecture vital to tackling escalating threats, Info-Tech says

Merging physical and digital security systems and protocols will help companies bolster their defense against threats, the global IT research and advisory firm said.

By Nish Amarnath • Aug. 28, 2023

Cyber authorities have a plan to defend remote monitoring tools

Threat actors can turn one point of attack into many by targeting remote management services that lack security controls.

By Matt Kapko • Aug. 25, 2023

StoreEase unveils virtual self-storage platform amid rising demand for automation

The white-label software-as-a-service product provides facilities operators with a suite of tools to capture customer interactions, manage communication and enhance operational insights.

By Nish Amarnath • Aug. 25, 2023

Surging AI and cloud demand propel data center expansion, JLL says

Supply constraints and soaring demand are forcing data center users to search for capacity well in advance of their preferred go-live date, the firm’s latest report found.

By Nish Amarnath • Aug. 24, 2023