John Hatcher

Discount retailer B&M Group has created a fully immersive digital twin of one of its flagship stores for the first time.

Shift away from reactive operations with real-time data and AI-driven analytics

SwiftConnect, the connected access network for places and spaces, has announced that international law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has launched company badges across major digital wallets for mobile-only access at its new London office at 25 Moorgate. As WFW prepared to relocate, more than 450 of their lawyers and staff were provisioned with a mobile credential ahead of their move-in.

EnOcean is celebrating 25 years of success and is looking confidently to the future. A quarter-century of EnOcean stands for technological expertise, relentless innovation, and a sharp vision: intelligent systems must operate reliably, sustainably, and with minimal maintenance. With energy harvesting, battery-free sensors, and IoT solutions, EnOcean has built the technological base for its next stage of growth. This includes advanced solutions for energy management, space optimization, and well-being, alongside ventures into dynamic new application areas.

J2 Innovations has announced the official launch of FIN Intelligence at Smart Buildings Show London. As a sponsor of the event’s dedicated AI Hub, J2 Innovations will demonstrate how FIN Framework 5.3, dubbed “The Intelligence Release,” advances the industry towards more autonomous building operations.

Kerlink has announced its launch of two versions of Wirnet iEdge, its latest indoor LoRaWAN edge gateway engineered to transform building management and industrial automation. Designed to connect, process, and integrate sensor data directly with building management systems (BMS) and IoT platforms, Wirnet iEdge and Wirnet iEdge+ represent a significant advancement in smart building technology.

Joan Workplace has launched the Joan ePaper badge, available in more than 90 countries, including the UK. It is the smallest screen Joan has ever made: a reusable 4-inch, four-colour ePaper display, worn around the neck, updated over Bluetooth and running about 200 days on a rechargeable battery at two updates a day.

As the Future Homes Standard reshapes the design and delivery of new housing, solar PV is now expected to be fitted to the majority of new homes in England. Here, Jason Kirrage, senior technical marketing manager at SolarEdge Technologies, outlines what housebuilders need to know about integrating solar into new homes, from meeting evolving requirements and protecting design flexibility to addressing safety and commercial priorities.

NanoTech has launched Roovie, which gives every building a world model: a physics-based model of how that specific building behaves, where AI agents can try decisions before anyone makes them for real. Design options, operating changes and capital plans are tested in this proving ground against the owner's goals, priced, and then checked against the meter, closing the gap between how a building was meant to perform and how it actually does.

Jonathan Olliff-Cooper, managing director of IoT Technologies, a UK designer and manufacturer of wireless monitoring for existing equipment and sites looks at some smart solutions for buildings.