Technology
HqO Presents New Mobile App
The company introduced its platform at Jamestown’s Innovation and Design building in Boston. HqO’s mobile app offers tenants access to utilities, including visitor registration and parking.
CRE’s New Safety Strategies: Drones, Robots and Apps
High-tech options for protecting people who work in commercial buildings are multiplying. Robots, drone detectors, heat-sensing cameras, automated check-in kiosks and crowdsourcing apps that rely on occupants’ reporting skills are already part of the new generation of security systems in office and retail buildings.
Australia Approves Solar Park for Bitcoin Mining
Located some 130 miles south of Perth, in Western Australia’s Shire of Collies, the 20-megawatt facility should come online within the next six months.
Cortet Unveils Next Generation Lighting Control Solution
The Cortet E100 Gateway measures only two by two inches, but it can wirelessly control up to 120 devices, including LED fixture controllers, wall switches and sensors.
How RTEM Is Rewriting the Energy Management Playbook
Yardi Energy’s Annette Durnack sheds light on trends in real-time energy management systems and selecting an RTEM.
Micro-Hedging Energy Bets
A new Texas initiative powered by blockchain could lead to more cost-effective management of energy price risks.
Extech Instruments Presents New Laser Distance Meters Series
The Nashua, N.H.-based company launched three new devices—DT40M, DT60M and DT100M—capable of computing area and volume, measuring angles and staking out distances between objects.
REthink Presents Customer Relationship Management Platform
The company developed REthink CRM, a cloud-based commercial real estate brokerage platform that provides cutting-edge technology for managing client relations, listings, properties and deals.
Parking Demand Trends: The Impact of Transportation Network Cos.
Walker Consultants Vice President Mary Smith discusses the impact of TNCs and autonomous vehicles on parking demand and how some sectors are affected by this growing industry.
How Are Driverless Cars Reshaping CRE?
Autonomous vehicles are expected to impact commercial real estate on several levels, from design to new development opportunities. Partner Engineering and Science’s Joe Derhake zeroed in on the extent of these effects.