Interview: Sue Milne gives a fresh take on the home automation industry in the UK

Sue Milne started her career in advertising sales within the luxury marine market. She progressed into general management, and led sales and account management teams based in the UK and throughout Europe. Having worked for a large American corporation, she knew that she wanted to be in a smaller business where she could make an […]

Frost & Sullivan Expects Artificial Intelligence Solutions to Optimise Capabilities of Homes and Buildings

The adoption of customer-centric business models will help companies improve overall customer experience Home & building technology companies are increasingly embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms into products to facilitate self-learning behavior and stay ahead of the competition. These technologies are expected to enable building optimization capabilities, which are key differentiators. Additional features […]

IMARC Expects the Global Home Automation System Market to Reach US$84.4 Billion by 2024

Spurred by Growing Awareness About Efficient Energy Use As per the latest report by IMARC Group, titled “Home Automation System Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2019-2024”, the global home automation system market size was US$ 51.9 Billion in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 7.8% during 2011-2018. Home automation systems […]

CEDIA Reveals UK Home Technology Market is Worth Almost GB£700 Million

Following a four-month market research programme that involved participation from technology integrators, CEDIA® has now revealed the results of the survey to provide a greater understanding of the UK home technology market. The extensive research project, which was carried out by market research firm, The Farnsworth Group from September 2018 to January 2019, defines the […]

Fairhair Specification Enables IoT in Commercial Buildings via a Common, Building-Wide IT Infrastructure

Based on open standards, the Fairhair Specification defines a unified IP-based network infrastructure that enables streamlined building-automation systems with end-to-end security. The Fairhair Alliance has reached a key milestone with the publication of the Fairhair Specification. Fairhair is an organization of leading companies from the lighting, building-automation, semiconductor and IT industries that aims to facilitate […]

Opinion: manufacturers – don’t underestimate the value that distributors add!

By Julian Barkes, Bemco. The electrical industry has wrestled for a long time with the issue of trying to shorten the supply chain. The relationship between client, specifier, manufacturer, wholesaler and contractor used to be understood by everybody, but with facilities managers buying from Amazon, and margin-chasing contractors bullying manufacturers, the supply chain is getting […]

Zion Market Research Forecasts Smart Home Market to be Worth US$53.45 Billion By 2022

Zion Market Research has published a new report titled “Smart Home Market (Smart Kitchen, Security & Access Control, Lighting Control, Home Healthcare, HVAC Control, and Others): Global Industry Perspective, Comprehensive Analysis, and Forecast, 2016-2022’’. According to the analysts at Zion Market Research, the global smart home market was capitalized at almost USD 24.10 Billion in […]