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IoT DHCP - Broken?
by Arne Hansen/ on 11 Mar 2023

IoT DHCP - Broken?

IoT devices, including BMS, HVAC controllers and a large array of peripherals have a common failure in their approach: no DHCP, or worse: non-compliant DHCP - raising security concerns.

Market Analysis
Modelling Energy Security using Machine Learning
by Arne Hansen/ on 28 Feb 2023

Modelling Energy Security using Machine Learning

With 2023 now well underway, we thought this an opportune time to thank our clients, collaborators and colleagues for the goals kicked in 2022 and the myriad opportunities that 2023 brings forth, particularly around occupant comfort and ‘building-to-grid’ applications - load shifting and orchestrating demand to allow further integration of renewable energy sources to the grid.

Market Analysis
Building? Performance? Huh?
by Ariel Tobey/ on 06 Dec 2022

Building? Performance? Huh?

…buildings like other systems are in a constant state of flux, responding to internal and external changes: energy prices, weather conditions, changing tenant and occupant dynamics.

Prop-Tech
The Problems with BACnet IP
by Arne Hansen/ on 12 May 2022

The Problems with BACnet IP

BACnet IP is a industry specific network transport stack, competing with the likes of TCP/IP - is it lunacy to develop a non-TCP/IP solution specifically for the prop-tech, and more specifically Building Automation and Control Networks (BAC net)?

Policy
Standards for Smart Buildings
by Arne Hansen/ on 10 Dec 2021

Standards for Smart Buildings

Who works in a smart building these days? When you think of “Smart buildings”, intelligent lighting, heating and cooling based on people in a space, fault detection and AI probably come to mind.

Market Analysis
Become a data champion
by Lindsay Rex/ on 09 Dec 2021

Become a data champion

Do you have creative control in your professional role? Are you free to choose where to focus your attention with time to plan, strategise, reinvent and re-implement?