IoT
Commercial building and facilities management resources for corporate facility executives, building operators and facility managers in all industry and service sectors. IoT articles below.
Survey Of FMs Looks At Plans To Adopt Augmented Reality
AI and computer vision company, Resonai, surveyed senior facility managers for its “2021 State of Augmented Reality in Facilities Management” report to discover current and expected use of AR in facilities.
Five Strategies For Leveraging AI, IoT For A Safe Return To Work
Facility managers are looking to technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to help employees safety return to work.
Protecting Facility Equipment, Operations With IoT Sensors
Sensors placed throughout buildings and sites help prevent and predict potentially damaging conditions. An expert from insurer Chubb’s IoT team discusses how this technology aids facility management.
Restroom Retrofits With Touch-Free Technology
Take a look at revamping “high-touch” surfaces that can be breeding grounds for germs, bacteria, and now, the COVID-19 virus.
Utilizing The IoT For Remote Monitoring
To enhance operations, while simultaneously keeping those in the facilities safe, managers are increasingly leveraging IoT devices to remotely manage water, energy, and gas consumption.
AssetCare Asset Management Platform
mCloud connects first 10 New York buildings in new multi-site commercial building campaign.
Sloan Launches Expanded Line Of Connected Products
Sloan’s updated line of Bluetooth-connected products enables facility managers to wirelessly monitor the health and status of their fixtures.
SBT Alliance Launches Safe Space School Initiative
An IoT integration partner, SBT Alliance can assist districts in combating the spread of COVID-19 as they are reopening schools, as outlined in the Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) of the U.S. CARES Act.
Armstrong Extends Free Pump Manager Service
To help facilitate remote HVAC management during the COVID-19 pandemic, Armstrong is extending the offer of free subscriptions for its cloud-based service, Pump Manager.
Frost & Sullivan Awards Enlighted, Inc. For Innovative Building IoT Tech
The Enlighted IoT platform captures granular data about activities inside facilities, and this year the company applied its technology to help minimize exposure risk in the workplace.
Three Essential Elements Of Next Generation Building Management Systems
Learn about the factors driving evolution of building management systems and essential elements necessary for solving management challenges of today and tomorrow.
Cybersecurity And Facilities Systems
Systematic assessment of OT/IoT infrastructure identifies vulnerabilities that impact not only facilities, but the organization as a whole.
Enlighted Adds Workplace Contact Tracing App To Building IoT Platform
Enlighted’s broader building IoT platform helps companies master future challenges in addition to making workplaces safer during the pandemic.
ASSA ABLOY Joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors
Zigbee Alliance is an organization of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Construction Data For Facilities Of The Future
A sound information architecture (IA) strategy is key to realizing the potential of available technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI).
FogHorn Lightning Health & Safety Solutions
The Lightning Health & Safety Solution suite includes out-of-the-box solutions that can be used individually or together to create a comprehensive system that improves the safety of workplaces and helps mitigate the spread of contagious illnesses.
America 2.0: Promises Of IoT and The Utility of Data Centers
The Internet of Things (IoT) and the underlying data centers technology will play a pivotal role in the formation of the “new normal."
Leak Detection: For Safety’s Sake
Technology tools work to identify gas and water leakage before an event occurs.
Six Ways Submetering Improves Energy Insight
Energy meters in facilities can help reduce energy consumption, cut costs, and increase sustainability.
Hydro Systems Improves Laundry Process
The Hydro Connect Real-Time Module helps laundries operate more efficiently, reduce costs, and quickly address any abnormal conditions.
O3 Sensor Hub 2.0 Open Platform Controller
The O3 Sensor Hub 2.0 replaces the conventional thermostat with an all-encompassing hub that creates a more comfortable space for occupants, while also providing easy accessibility and management for building owners.
Rite-Hite Platform Elevates IoT
Opti-Vu platform helps distill the data collected into insights and actions.
Userful Grows Visual Networking
Userful's Visual Networking Platform now lets enterprises connect any visual content or data from any source (cloud, on-premise server, data center) to nearly any type of traditional or smart display.
thyssenkrupp Elevator Introduces MAX Digital Service Packages
MAX Plus, MAX Pro and MAX Premium offer varying levels of real-time predictive maintenance service protection, ensuring smarter and safer building management.
TOTO And GP PRO Partner For Smart Restrooms At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
The companies’ collaboration at the world’s busiest airport creates a smart, connected restroom system that keeps facilities maintenance teams up-to-date on conditions and supply levels.
Facility Management And The Digital Frontier
This Q&A shares insight on why technology is central to transforming how buildings are managed, and how FM and CRE professionals can implement to benefit.
Why Is A Smart Building Desirable To Building Owners?
First define a smart building, then consider how improved marketability and energy efficiency are among the reasons to pursue smart building technology.
Adesto Adds Smart Transceiver Protocols
Ability to use multiple protocols on same network revolutionizes field integration for
building automation and industrial control applications.
Spacewell Introduces New Service App
The Work Assistant for cleaning service app supports service providers to deliver activity-based services, based on live IoT-data.
Cyber-Smart Strategies For Smart Buildings
In the age of smart buildings, the realm of operational technology needs cyber security equal to those employed for IT systems.
Unilever North America HQ Earns LEED Platinum Certification
The sustainably-built, energy-efficient Unilever headquarters was also named Commercial LEED Project of the Year by the New Jersey chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Osram, FSG Form Partnership For Smart Building IoT Solutions
Osram and Facility Solutions Group (FSG) are joining forces to offer turnkey smart building IoT solutions to the commercial, industrial, and retail industries.
End to End Security Solution
Adesto’s SmartServer IoT edge server and the IBM Watson IoT Platform, together enabled by NXP’s ready-to-use A71CH secure element for IoT devices, provide an extra layer of security for businesses connecting their systems to the IBM Cloud.
Blue Pillar Launches IoT Partnership Program
The company's Building Blocks Partnership Program includes system and solution providers to help accelerate adoption of IoT networks for facilities.
FacilityConneX Announces New Intelligent Building Project
The Intelligent Building Solution, built on GE Digital technology and Dell Technologies' edge solutions, will provide Dell Technologies' facilities management team with real-time monitoring-based commissioning.
EcoStruxure™ IT Advisor From Schneider Electric
Harnessing the power of the cloud, EcoStruxure IT Advisor delivers a simplified way to deploy data center management that is accessible anywhere and at any-time.
Top Five Trends Driving POL Adoption For Smart Buildings
Passive Optical Local Area Networks are the key to future-ready, cost-effective digital transformations in smart environments.
Smart Building Retrofits… What’s Holding You Back?
As building owners and facilities teams consider upgrading to smart building infrastructure, here are three broad scenarios that may hold them back.
Collaboration Provides Cloud-Based Advanced Energy Management Capabilities
Carrier Connect Wi-Fi thermostats can now interface with Encycle’s cloud-based Swarm Logic energy savings technology, improving HVAC system efficiency using IoT-enabled services.
Accruent, Tridium Collaboration Enhances IoT Facilities Management Solutions
The new strategic alliance will deliver enterprise customers greater value through the combination of Tridium's expertise in building automation and Accruent's vx Observe IoT asset monitoring solution.
