PlanGrid releases API and launches technology partner ecosystem

Jul 27, 2016 by PlanGrid “PlanGrid, the construction industry’s leader in field productivity software, announced today that it is releasing…

Is Honeywell Priming for a Breakup?

Jul 25, 2016 by Brooke Sutherland “The $88 billion company is splitting its automation and control division into two separate businesses,…

Funding To Real Estate Tech Startups Skyrockets In First Half Of 2016

Jul 21, 2016 by CB Insights “In the first half of 2016, real estate tech startups raised more than $1.8B…

Smart Buildings Can Make Us More Healthy

Jul 20, 2016 by memoori “As part of a wider health shift in society over the last decade or two,…

HVAC Systems Top the Energy Efficiency Upgrade List, Johnson Controls Survey Finds

Jul 19, 2016 by OptimumLoop “HVAC improvements emerged as the most popular energy efficiency measure in Johnson Controls’ 2016 Energy…

Will leases of the future have a SLA?

Jul 16, 2016 by Tom Arnold “I recently negotiated a software contract with an extensive Service Level Agreement (SLA). It…

Cushman & Wakefield Waterloo Region Brokerage Ltd. Partners with Location Analytics Startup PiinPoint, Inc.

Jul 8, 2016 by Exchange “Cushman & Wakefield Waterloo Region Brokerage Ltd. and Kitchener-based location analytics tech startup PiinPoint, Inc….

Women in Construction Get Empowered to Succeed

Jul 1, 2016 by Debra K. Rubin, Janice L. Tuchman, and Theresa Chong “Even with pay disparities, real and perceived…

Paradym Announces Matterport Integration

Jul 1, 2016 by RISMedia “Paradym recently announced integration with its visual marketing software and Matterport 3D modeling technology. Now…

EXCLUSIVE: CEO LOGAN SOYA TALKS DATA-DRIVEN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Jun 30, 2016 by Aswin Mannepalli “Logan saw a painful problem and wanted to solve it. While 41% of the…

VR takes space planning to the next level

Jun 24, 2016 by Charlsie Dewey “Thanks to quickly evolving virtual reality technology, or VR, furniture manufacturers now can let…

San Jose: Showcasing smart buildings: where technology meets real estate

Jun 24, 2016 by Richard Scheinin “The official description of this week’s Realcomm conference is heavy on industry jargon. It…

Lunera Intros Pathway and Entryway LED

Jun 24, 2016 by Carl Weinschenk “The lamp, the company says, is optimized for architectural post top fixtures that generally…

Smart Buildings Can Be ‘The Nodes’ Of The Smart Grid

Jun 15, 2016 by memoori “‘As nodes of the smart grid, smart buildings will become increasingly active participants in the…

$50M+ Mega-Financings To Real Estate Tech Are Booming

Jun 14, 2016 by CB Insights “After reaching record levels in deal activity in Q1’16, real estate tech is seeing…

VC Funding Returns to Smart Building Tech with Investments in Comfy & Aquicore

Jun 13, 2016 by memoori “It has been a busy couple of weeks for funding in the smart technology space…

Comfy raises $12 million for app to end office thermostat wars

Jun 8, 2016 by Lora Kolodny “Building Robotics Inc., better known as Comfy, raised $12 million in Series B funding for…

Aquicore Raises $5 Million Series A Round to Transform Building Energy Management

Jun 8, 2016 by aquicore “Today Aquicore, a leader in real-time data collection and analytics for commercial real estate, secured…