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Can smart buildings be more equitable buildings?

GreenBiz

Can smart buildings be more equitable buildings? Fortunately, I work for a supportive company that requested modification from building management to convert a small conference room to a part-time pumping room. Many building standards developed decades ago have had only small incremental updates over the years.

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The Future of Work Part 4: Reimagine IoT and Smart Buildings

Cisco CSR

Part 4 of the 6-part Future of Work Networking Series : Reimagine IoT and Smart Buildings. The Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technologies (OT) in Smart Buildings are essential to make hybrid work safer and better for people and better for the planet.

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PassiveLogic’s Predictive Building Controls Assists Growing Smart Buildings Market

Environment + Energy Leader

PassiveLogic is partnering with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to further develop artificial intelligence for predictive building controls in the smart building market. The post PassiveLogic’s Predictive Building Controls Assists Growing Smart Buildings Market appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Smart Buildings are Key to Successful Sustainability Initiatives

Cisco CSR

While the compatibility of economic growth and sustainable development is debated at all levels of politics, business leaders are realizing that sustainability has become key to company success. 2] Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future. Employee and customer health and wellness.

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Can the Smart Building tech of 22 Bishopsgate help solve another energy crisis?

Cisco CSR

But as we grumbled, auto manufacturers and engineers were heads-down on developing and rolling out more energy-efficient vehicles. In my last blog , I wrote about the hundreds of billions being invested into Smart Building technologies including those used to retrofit older buildings such as Cisco’s Penn1 showcase.

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DOE invests $61 million in ‘smart building’ energy efficiency projects

Renewable Energy World

of Energy is backing 10 energy efficiency pilot p rojects that aim to transform thousands of homes and workplaces into resilient smart buildings. DOE is providing $61 million for the "Connected Communities" program, which will equip buildings with smart controls, sensors, and analytics to reduce energy use, costs, and emissions.

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Closing the climate funding gap is key to Canada's prosperity

Corporate Knights

Corporate Knights has partnered with York University’s Schulich School of Business to develop a Canadian climate-finance index that tracks and measures private-sector climate-finance flows. Such an alignment is possible. Scores of innovations in recent years have opened up pathways to zero emissions.