Tag: smart buildings
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‘The Changing Face of Smart Buildings’
Is the world getting smarter? Are our technologies and those who fund them?Here’s what we do know: Investment in so-called “smart buildings” is expected to more than triple fro…
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Busted! Top 10 smart building myths
Smart buildings have been proven to save energy, streamline facilities management and prevent expensive equipment failures. Yet to many property owners and investors, the value of smart buildings remains a mystery. In the following post, experts from Jones Lang LaSalle(JLL) aim to debunk the top 10 misconceptions they encounter through their experience working with clients around…
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Earth day 2013
For the past several years, I’ve used Earth Day as an opportunity to look at Microsoft’s progress on environmental sustainability issues over the past 12 months and where we are headed in the year to come. The most significant progress to report is around Microsoft’s work to achieve carbon neutrality in our current fiscal year.…
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City of the future
One of the biggest contributors to greenhouses gases in the U.S. is what you’d least expect — commercial buildings. In fact, the office you’re reading this blog post in right now may have as much of an environmental impact as your commute to work today. Commercial buildings are responsible for nearly 20 percent of U.S.…
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City of the future
One of the biggest contributors to greenhouses gases in the U.S. is what you’d least expect — commercial buildings. In fact, the office you’re reading this blog post in right now may have as much of an environmental impact as your commute to work today. Commercial buildings are responsible for nearly 20 percent of U.S.…