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Waste generation has been identified as the fast-growing problem causing significant environmental and health hazard owing to changing modern societies, especially in the urban regions of the world. Traditional waste management practices face significant challenges in terms of overflowing waste bins and ineffective route planning. With 68% of the w...

Water utilities across the globe are under pressure to improve the resilience of their infrastructure to water stress, drought, and flooding-related events that are occurring due to climate change. Policy makers are implementing new strategies to ensure long-term sustainability through extensive replacement and rehabilitation plans to modernise the...

To promote safe interactions between humans and robots, the discipline of soft robotics incorporates low modulus yet highly dexterous materials into robotic systems. Easily deformable materials like polymers, elastomers, alloys, biohybrids, and nanostructures in the form of fluids, gels, soft electronics, and wearables (with elastic and rheological...

30 Aug 2022  |  Global  |  Market Research

Top 50 Start-ups Advancing Decarbonization and Digitalization in the Global Homes & Buildings Industry

Smart and Healthy Building Solutions Driven by AI and IoT are Key for Decarbonizing the Commercial Real Estate Sector

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Digital transformation technology adoption has accelerated during the last few years and is poised to transform the building technology industry, making buildings more connected, sustainable, and cognitive. Intelligent building solutions using digital transformation technologies, including IoT, AI, and machine learning (ML), are advancing building ...

The global Facility Management (FM) market is going through a major transformation, driven by technology innovation, new business models, emerging value propositions, competitive disruption, and creative new service offerings. In many parts of the world, FM services are commoditising and there is a need for innovation and new value propositions if ...

The homes and buildings industry recorded a robust 8.6% growth in 2022, driven by demand for facility management services, smart home devices, customer experience platforms, and construction management solutions. Increasing adoption of internet of things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven smart building solutions also contributed to the ...

The impressive advances in life sciences research and development (R&D) befallen in the past two-three years are playing a leading role in the transformation of the healthcare industry. A myriad of new developments in the fields of gene and cell therapies, empowered with nanotechnology advances, omics technologies and novel smart molecules approach...

29 Apr 2019  |  Global  |  Market Outlook

Global Homes and Buildings (H&B) Industry Outlook, 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Voice Command Control, and IoT-enabled Lighting to Drive the Industry Forward

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The homes and buildings (H&B) industry continues to evolve, driven by transformational technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), data analytics, and the cloud. These technologies are significantly impacting smart homes, LED lighting, building automation, and building energy management markets. Ev...

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has identified that growing populations, rising affluence and urbanization are translating into increased threat to global food security. The agriculture sector has undergone a series of transformation since the 19th century, including mechanized agriculture as well as green revolut...