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Which healthcare facility retrofits save the most energy and emissions?
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (499+ words) Schneider Electric and JLL examine nine measures that could help healthcare organizations save money and reduce carbon dioxide emissions as they upgrade their infrastructure. Hospitals and other healthcare providers are embarking on retrofit projects to replace aging facility infrastructure and…...
AI offers more intelligent building security alerts, Johnson Controls expert says
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (401+ words) AI can help security teams detect anomalies quicker and with less error, but outdated tech infrastructure can be a barrier, he says. AI can help security teams and remote systems technicians react to incidents with speed, intelligence and fewer errors,…...
Startup hopes more structured investigations reduce accident risks
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (261+ words) Haven Safety Corporation applies AI to an incident platform to analyze what happened and find patterns that reveal practices that can be fixed. The company describes its platform as an AI copilot for safety teams because it automates how witness…...
How commercial property management firms are using AI — and hope to use it tomorrow
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (1251+ words) In recent communications, executives at CBRE, JLL and Cushman & Wakefield detailed their company's AI use and what further adoption will look like. Company leaders' often vague predictions of how AI will be adopted are giving way to more fully formed…...
How smart building systems became the weakest link in property security
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (724+ words) In many facilities, passwords are tracked in spreadsheets, shared across teams or passed along informally when responsibilities shift, exposing organizations to unauthorized access to their networks. Chris Skipworth is CEO of Passpack, a password management platform. Views are the author's…...
Colliers going all-in on AI, CEO Hennick says
2+ week, 6+ day ago (642+ words) The real estate services and engineering company generated revenues of $1.6B, up 5% year over year, with growth across all business areas, according to its 4Q earnings report, released last week. Colliers spent big last year on artificial intelligence to boost its professionals…...
Maintenance performance requires discipline in data management: Limble
1+ week, 4+ day ago (475+ words) Organizations with high-quality CMMS data are more likely to report strong cross-functional trust in equipment data, while those that ignore data management risk making decisions on false info. Reactive organizations scored lower on data quality and faced more disruptions than…...
With physical and IT security merging, collaboration will be a 2026 priority: Genetec
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (366+ words) In another trend, physical security teams see the importance of AI in navigating alarms and investigations and prioritizing events, survey results show. Physical security is growing more enterprise-focused and holistic, requiring security teams to collaborate more with IT and leverage…...
Legacy BMS protocol poses threat to building systems: Claroty
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (381+ words) LonTalk, a system networking protocol from the 1990s, is buried deep in many internet-connected building systems, creating vulnerabilities, the cyber-physical protection company says. A legacy building management internet protocol from the 1990s is quietly running inside many commercial real estate, retail, hospitality…...
How data center cooling could become more manageable
3+ week, 4+ day ago (385+ words) Recent product launches show the paths companies are taking to reduce the water and power that's needed to keep server racks from overheating. The massive infrastructure that data centers need to keep their racks of computer servers cool is one…...