One of the most consistent, most frustrating problems in the building operations world is just how infrequently buildings in the real world live up to the operational efficiency promised on the drawing board. In real estate, this is so common that we’ve given the discrepancy a name: We call it the “efficiency gap”. Nailing down …
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According to a growing number of industry experts, the next major shift in the consumer technology climate is going to come from the Internet of Things. While there are a lot of clear benefits to be drawn from a more connected world of devices, there are some clear ethical concerns to be navigated as well. …
Energy Star is the most well-known and well-used standard for benchmarking building energy performance in the world. Since the program’s American debut in 1992, it has been adopted in Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the European Union. Reporting energy efficiency through Energy Star is generally voluntary for commercial buildings, but many choose to …
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Think back to high school, during that last class of the day when heads start to drop. Everyone knows that feeling: You catch yourself falling asleep for an instant and waking up just before your head hits the desk. Whether it’s down to more reasonable sleep schedules or the vast quantities of coffee drunk in …
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Measurement and Verification, frequently abbreviated M&V, is a process for quantifying the precise impact on energy use of a conservation measure. It is an essential process for buildings investing in efficiency because it puts numbers to a difficult-to-quantify process and makes it easy to calculate the economic impact of an investment. One important thing to …
This blog post draws on research Aquicore conducted for its 2017 whitepaper CRE Tech Horizons: Infrastructure. — As the internet continues its inexorable takeover of every aspect of our daily lives, more and more devices are being connected to it. We call this trend, which networks refrigerators, HVAC systems, and water meters alike, the ‘internet …
Answering IoT challenges in commercial real estate with the blockchainRead More »
A tenant satisfaction and retention strategy is incredibly important to your bottom line and success. Losing a commercial tenant costs more than just lost revenue from a gap in rent. There are hard costs including updating the space, marketing, and broker fees to find and sign a new tenant. According to JLL, it can take
If your firm hasn’t already worked with GRESB (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark) you likely soon will. As the name implies, GRESB benchmarks sustainability across real estate portfolios. (Not familiar with GRESB? This summary guide can help get you up to speed.) Last week, GRESB released their annual assessment results and some key, global trends …
With CRE tech becoming more common in day-to-day operations, our world is now incredibly data-driven.
Property managers want less cost-prohibitive upgrades, but may not believe there are realistic opportunities for older buildings.
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