Technology
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.
Amerlux Introduces Beautifying LED Lamp
The High Bay 202 pendant has a color rendering index of up to 90, which enhances customers’ perception of colors for fresh grocery products as well as clothing.
JLL Spark Buys CRE Software Company
The San Francisco-based firm purchased a software-as-a-service real estate technology platform that, among other things, lets investors manage their portfolios’ performance.
Bluon Energy Debuts HVAC/R Solution
In response to stricter regulations, the company teamed up with mechanical contractors to develop a cost-effective, energy-efficient new refrigerant.
CRE Tech Sector Headed for Defining Moment
2017 proved an active year in commercial real estate technology, according to CREtech’s 2017 End-Year Report, and greater advances are on the horizon as the sector nears a tipping point in its lifecycle.
U.S. DOE Office Would Boost Anti-Cyber Attack Strategies
Proposed in the Trump Administration’s budget, the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response would research and develop strategies to protect the U.S. power grid.
ComEd Goes For Gold in Bronzeville
The Chicago utility’s $25 million microgrid project could pave the way for advances in power reliability.
Why AI Won’t Replace the Facilities Team
BuildingIQ’s Steve Nguyen discusses the most common misconceptions about artificial intelligence and the most frequent roadblocks in the adoption of the Internet of Things within the commercial real estate industry.