Spacewell acquires Dexma and places its global hub for intelligent energy management in Barcelona

Dexma’s software will complement the smart building management solutions of technology firm Spacewell, integrated into the Nemetschek group listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange  First combined offering for smart building, facility and energy management 

ECOplay: the mobile application that helps you save energy

[PRESS RELEASE – FEEDBACK] ECOplay, the mobile application that helps you save energy, is available for free download – for iOS and Android smartphones. The application, developed by a European consortium led by the Portuguese Institute for Systems and Computers Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC), aims to help people change certain small daily habits […]

Pinelopi Spyropoulou from JustaEnergia talks about the Eco-Bot Project [INTERVIEW]

We are in an era where it is crucial to constantly innovate and find new ways of raising sustainability awareness amongst customers. “Not always an easy task” you would probably say!  For Utilities, OEMs or ESCOs, one of the means to actively engage customers is using trending technologies, solutions and apps.  This is why, in […]

Compressed Air Systems: key to Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing

Compressed air can be defined as a mass of air that is at a higher pressure than atmospheric. It is used as energy or to accumulate it for later use. It is considered by some authors as the fourth energy, after water, gas and electricity. The use of compressed air in manufacturing is very common, as […]

Top 5 Services that the Utilities of the future must offer their Customers

Digitalisation opens up an unparalleled opportunity in the world of energy trading to improve the energy products offered conventionally, and to create new solutions and business models strongly linked to digital technology.  We are at a time in the sector when it is no longer enough to rely on yesterday’s typical products and services (flat […]

Energy Efficiency Optimisation in Buildings for Urban Sustainability

The challenges and goals for architects, urban designers and owners of buildings are not related anymore with making the most impressive and most challenging buildings in terms of height and complex shapes. Or at the very least, not without targeting the sustainability of the building, such as NZE Buildings. It is not that there is […]

How Big Data Analytics builds Energy Efficiency

Saving energy has been a major concern since households and companies started consuming greater amounts of energy, especially in the form of electricity, the major fuel for most operations and processes performed on a daily basis. However, a few things have changed along the years when it comes to using energy more efficiently and consciously. […]

Crowdsourcing & Smart City: A winning combination to accelerate Innovation & Sustainability

Throughout history, there have been several initiatives from organisations, countries or regions to unify people, share economy and assets, or divide the responsibilities between each member of a group. However, several initiatives that involve giving control to the masses have ended up being politicised, or created debates on whether one economic system is better than […]