INC.com: How Silicon Valley Is Turning Itself Into Detroit
How Silicon Valley Is Turning Itself Into Detroit What strikes me most about Open Plan offices is that they’re so incredibly retro. Huge office spaces with desks beside each other were all the rage in […]
Building Smart Buildings Smartly – The New Technology of Construction
The construction industry is not known for its willingness to implement new technology but even it can’t ignore the wave of new technology flowing around it. […]
INC.com: The 6 Dumb Reasons Executives Like Open Plan Offices
The 6 Dumb Reasons Executives Like Open Plan Offices Numerous studies prove that Open Plan Offices make employees both less healthy and less productive, with scant benefits. Why, then, do so many executives continue to […]
Observer: These Solar Panel Blinds Will Power Your Home and Reduce Your Electric Bill by 70%
A new startup called SolarGaps has created smart solar panel blinds that can reduce your electricity bill by up to 70 percent. […]
Quartz: IBM, remote-work pioneer, is calling thousands of employees back to the office
IBM, remote-work pioneer, is calling thousands of employees back to the office Less than a year into her tenure as IBM’s chief marketing officer, Michelle Peluso prepared to make an announcement that she knew would […]
HBR: Will the Gig Economy Make the Office Obsolete?
The gig economy, where independent consultants, contractors, and freelancers create portfolios of work in lieu of one full-time job, is transforming the way we work by disconnecting work from an office. […]
Smart Building Technology
Building Smart Buildings Smartly – The New Technology of Construction
The construction industry is not known for its willingness to implement new technology but even it can’t ignore the wave of new technology flowing around it. […]
Observer: These Solar Panel Blinds Will Power Your Home and Reduce Your Electric Bill by 70%
A new startup called SolarGaps has created smart solar panel blinds that can reduce your electricity bill by up to 70 percent. […]
Fast Co.Design: The Quest To Grow Cities From Scratch
Biologists have been experimenting with building materials made with living organisms for years. When will they be used to build our cities? […]
CNET: When a smart apartment meets a smart city…
An example of linking citywide data with smart home platforms […]
MIT Sloan: Getting Started With IoT
60% of companies are not getting started with IoT, the other 40% have learned lessons on how to work with IoT initiatives
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Toptal: Are We Creating An Insecure Internet of Things (IoT)? Security Challenges and Concerns
Security is a great concern for the implementation of Internet-of-Things solutions and that makes the future of IoT insecure […]
TechRadar: How the smart building could save the world
As more and more smart devices and sensors talk to each other, swap data with the cloud and generally do more things more often there’s an increased blackout risk for entire nations. […]
BBC: Tomorrow’s Buildings: Help! My building has been hacked
More on more buildings are stuffed with technology and connected to the Internet, This makes them also more of target for hackers […]
Smart Workplace Design
INC.com: How Silicon Valley Is Turning Itself Into Detroit
How Silicon Valley Is Turning Itself Into Detroit What strikes me most about Open Plan offices is that they’re so incredibly retro. Huge office spaces with desks beside each other were all the rage in […]
INC.com: The 6 Dumb Reasons Executives Like Open Plan Offices
The 6 Dumb Reasons Executives Like Open Plan Offices Numerous studies prove that Open Plan Offices make employees both less healthy and less productive, with scant benefits. Why, then, do so many executives continue to […]
Quartz: IBM, remote-work pioneer, is calling thousands of employees back to the office
IBM, remote-work pioneer, is calling thousands of employees back to the office Less than a year into her tenure as IBM’s chief marketing officer, Michelle Peluso prepared to make an announcement that she knew would […]
HBR: Will the Gig Economy Make the Office Obsolete?
The gig economy, where independent consultants, contractors, and freelancers create portfolios of work in lieu of one full-time job, is transforming the way we work by disconnecting work from an office. […]
Gensler: using Microsoft HoloLens to support the design process
See how Gensler and Trimble collaborate on a pilot program to explore how Augmented Reality can be integrated into the way architects and designers develop their projects. […]
Business Insider: A surprising statistic shows why the office might be obsolete in a few years
Survey: Only 7% of Workers Say They’re Most Productive in the Office […]
The top killer of productivity in the office
Distractions are the #1 killer of productivity in the office, it prevents professionals for getting work done. Not being able to focus has a negative effect on the cognitive skills of workers. Organizations can create a productive environment for professionals using technology and smart building perspectives […]
INC: Neuroscience Reveals the Nourishing Benefits That Silence Has on Your Brain
scientists who study noise are uncovering benefits of its absence […]