Smart Building stories - Page 2

The rise of smart buildings opens a Pandora's box of privacy and ethical concerns, futurist Roger Dennis warns, as data collection in facilities grows.

This is being driven, in part, by a recent evolution in processing power, allowing analytics to keep pace with the influx of data.

We caught up with HID Global’s Harm Radstaak, who was in Melbourne for the ASIAL Security Exhibition & Conference last week.

HID Global is a major player in the identity management space and more committed to trusted identities than ever before.

Singapore is trialling the world's first tropical data centre, which could reduce global energy consumption by data centres by up to 40%.

Current by GE acquires Australian start-up Daintree Networks to bring intelligent building solutions worldwide.

Smart commercial buildings will be a driving force in the uptake of internet of things, Gartner says, opening the doors for resellers to capitalise.

Apple has revealed HomeKit devices will begin to launch as early as May or June of this year, nearly a year after revealing the project.

Microsoft and Miele have teamed up to create smarter home appliances for consumers, with new technology that capitalises on the Internet of Things.

Smart building technology is expected to grow from $6.3 billion in 2014 to $17.4 billion in 2019 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.6%.

Microsoft's Director of Facilities and Energy, Darrell Smith, is using data-driven software to save the company millions.