Tag: data
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Will International Standardization Make Data Flow in the Built Environment?
Some see standards as hindrances to development; others think the opposite is true. A Finnish strategy project argues that complying with international digital standards would both improve productivity and open up new business opportunities for built environment stakeholders. In early 2018, the Finnish Ministry of the Environment launched a project to devise a national strategy…
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Smarter Planning Decisions with Geospatial Data
As more data on our environment becomes openly available, new ways to use it in design and decision-making emerge. A-Konsultit, a Finnish architectural design firm, and Sipoo, a municipality, set out to use geospatial data in a novel way. “We got a commission from Sipoo to devise a method for determining development rights in rural…
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Mapple: Better Design and Business Decisions with Location Data
I had the pleasure of interviewing Karolina Mosiadz, COO of Mapple, an urban intelligence startup. Can you say a few words about yourself and your role in the Mapple team? As a marketer, I help early-stage companies find product-market fit, get first customers and start scaling. I focus on projects that aim to bring a…
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Better Indoor Environments with Real-Time IoT Data
Homes and other properties contain an increasing number of IoT sensors and smart devices that provide data relating to their environment. Cozify wanted to demonstrate how that data could be used to create comfortable indoor conditions for people, and save money while doing so. Kimmo Ruotoistenmäki Cozify is a Finnish startup that develops hardware and…
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Connecting IoT Data to BIM
Internet of Things sensors and IoT-capable devices provide a huge amount of data from buildings. To make this data useful and usable for research, Aalto University is developing and testing a service that links IoT with building information models, BIMs. “The idea to start an experiment on linking IoT with BIM at the Otaniemi campus…
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From Data to Business Value
Everybody in construction is talking about digitalization. Markku Moilanen, Executive Director at Ramboll Group, says that it’s just one facet of the industry’s change: “The way we think about design and consulting as businesses could soon become obsolete. Value chains will be reconfigured and new businesses will enter the market.” Existing companies must change, and…
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ReCoTech: How WeWork Uses Data to Make Buildings Better
HESA-SAFA hosted the afternoon presentations at ReCoTech in Helsinki on November 30, 2016. One of the excellent presenters was Daniel Davis, Lead Researcher at WeWork. He talked about how his company uses data to make offices better. “We make products. We’re a product company, our product is a platform for community!” According to Daniel, WeWork…
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How Open Data Could Serve in the City
Is Open Data finally making its presence felt in cities? The answer is yes as more and more cities are striving to become smart. If you want answers to questions like where did your dog go? How many lobbyists are in your city? If you want to get from 13th street to Main Road, should…
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Construction Technology Survey Reveals Data Security Concerns
The third annual Construction Technology Survey from 2014 reveals how the use of cloud and mobile computing creates new demands on data security. James M. Benham, President of JBKnowledge, shares his favorite quote from a client in the foreword to the survey: “I got into construction decades ago because you didn’t have to be a rocket scientist,…