Tag: Smart buildings
Tooshlights to bring new convenience to ‘comfort breaks’
Tooshlights from Modus Systems aims to put an end to the embarrassment of not knowing if a public toilet cubicle is occupied or not.
At...
Honeywell adds Google Home integration for smart thermostats
Honeywell Home and Building Technologies, a subsidiary of industrial automation company Honeywell, has announced a new integration with Google Home for its connected home...
Microsoft delves further into IoT with GLAS smart thermostat
Microsoft is delving further into the world of IoT and smart building technologies, via a partnership with Johnson Controls to introduce a new smart thermostat.
The...
Smart thermostats gain traction in Europe and North America
The number of North American and European homes with smart thermostats grew by 67 percent to 10.1 million in 2016, according to a new...
Survey: Facilities managers look to IoT for building performance boost
A growing number of facilities managers are investing in IoT technology to improve the performance of the buildings they manage, according to a recent...
Herman Miller launches connected office furniture range
Just when you thought everything that could be connected to the internet had already been connected, along comes the connected desk.
The Live furniture range...
Finnish elevator company Kone lifts profits with IoT
A major theme at this years’ London leg of the Salesforce World Tour was putting the customer first. Decreeing 2017 'the age of the customer',...
Honeywell launches analytics hub to ‘listen’ to smart buildings
US industrial technology conglomerate Honeywell has launched a new cloud-enabled building management service to improve maintenance and performance in commercial properties.
As part of Honeywell's...
Intelligent hand-dryer collects bathroom-break data
Drying your hands after a bathroom break may never be the same again. A new smart product, the AdDryer from Savortex, promises to blast users with advertisements,...
Boiler company Baxi boosts first-time fix rate
Baxi Heating UK has revamped the computer equipment used by its field service engineers, opting for a rugged handheld device that can scan barcodes,...
KMC Controls creates smart building apps with Kony development platform
Last month, US-based building automation provider KMC Controls announced it is using enterprise mobility company Kony's platform to develop applications that will make buildings smarter....
Energy: How Eneco transitioned from commodity provider to service provider with...
Fonger Ypma, head of the Smart Energy Lab at Eneco Smart Energy, discusses how the Internet of Things has the capacity to change the...