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Building controls company Honeywell is using its carbon energy management software - Carbon & Energy Management - aimed at helping building owners and operators meet “two pressing, yet often conflicting objectives” - reducing the environmental impact of buildings while optimising indoor air quality to support occupant well-being.

Energy management company Schneider Electric and industrial cybersecurity company Claroty have announced a new joint solution - Cybersecurity Solutions for Buildings - they say will help customers secure their building management systems (BMS) to protect their people, assets and operations amid growing cyber risk.

New buildings will be more energy efficient, use more renewable energy and support the transition to net-zero emissions, according to City of Sydney which has released a plan to include energy targets in development applications. 

The Internet of Things and the development of so-called ‘smart cities are fueling huge worldwide growth in the number of connected ‘things’, with latest estimates of 1.6 billion of these connections being used by smart cities next year - 2016 – alone.