30 Oct '12, 12pm

Buildings as a platform for innovation and transformation

Buildings as a platform for innovation and transformation

Last year, my colleagues and I at GreenBiz Group started asking the question, “What happens when for massive technologies — energy, information, buildings, and transportation — collide?" We dubbed the collision VERGE , and launched a global brand of conferences, events, research, and media. (The next event is November 12-13 in San Francisco.) VERGE focuses on how data and IT create new platforms that enable radical efficiencies, breakthrough business models, and innovative products and services, and includes within its sphere a number of other megatrends: next-gen cities, intelligent buildings, connected mobility systems, big data, smart grids, the “share economy,” the "Internet of things" and more. Each of these things is enabled by technology convergence, and each stands to have a profound impact on how companies operate, how cities interact with their denizens, and how ...

Full article: http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/10/30/buildings-platfor...

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