Now that we have thawed from Helsinki’s freezing climate, here’s our take on the 48-hour frenzy. Every year more than 17,000 people gather for Slush, to network with 1000’s of investors, startups, talent-seekers, job-seekers and tech junkies on Nitros. This time they had us at Al Gore’s Keynote Speech.   Besides Mr. Al Gore, we observed several other exceptional speakers who blew our minds! Our team had a great time, and got the chance to present our idea to many investors and potential business partners. Slush, Helsinki The atmosphere was a perfect blend to house our ideas. Our CEO, Sjur explained...

What a week! Like every other week at Smart Plants this one was a hustle. With our team members all over the globe greasing their elbows preparing pitches, creating sensors, developing our solutions, documenting products, competing in Hackathons. And hey, winning awards! Plural because it was a double win. LoraWan is an open standard that allows battery-powered sensors to communicate with applications on the Internet safely – in a city perspective. During their Hackathon in Stavanger, 30 participants were invited to create new services for the network. And Smart Plants aced the Hackathon with its three sensors. See the Hackathon...

What a week! Like every other week at Smart Plants this one was a hustle. With our team members all over the globe greasing their elbows preparing pitches, creating sensors, developing our solutions, documenting products, competing in Hackathons. And hey, winning awards! Plural because it was a double win. LoraWan is an open standard that allows battery-powered sensors to communicate with applications on the Internet safely – in a city perspective. During their Hackathon in Stavanger, 30 participants were invited to create new services for the network. And Smart Plants aced the Hackathon with its three sensors. See the Hackathon...

Why we need them so badly A building can either make life on the planet worse or better by the way it is constructed and more importantly by the way it is run. Some of the key considerations in making a green building are: reduced energy and water usage, a healthy indoor climate and air quality, sustainable building materials and its overall carbon footprint. Environment Protection Agencies throughout the world have formed energy scoring systems based on these credit categories. With benchmarks understandably higher across the EU, Nordic countries, U.K. and U.S. Green buildings, on average, are 14 percent less...

Why we need them so badly A building can either make life on the planet worse or better by the way it is constructed and more importantly by the way it is run. Some of the key considerations in making a green building are: reduced energy and water usage, a healthy indoor climate and air quality, sustainable building materials and its overall carbon footprint. Environment Protection Agencies throughout the world have formed energy scoring systems based on these credit categories. With benchmarks understandably higher across the EU, Nordic countries, U.K. and U.S. Green buildings, on average, are 14 percent less...

Just like smart homes and smart cities, the concept of an intelligent factory has been around for quite some time. The legacy of lean manufacturing and the idea of Industry 4.0 have already wed at round tables. A smart factory handling its operations on its own, is no longer a mere concept. Factory owners are often rubbing their foreheads on the problems that won’t solve themselves. Turnover isn’t satisfying. Customers don’t wow at the products or service. Productivity, and sometimes even the continuous flow process, is stagnating. Manufacturing errors are scarily not decreasing. Employees aren’t happy and the workflow is really a...

Just like smart homes and smart cities, the concept of an intelligent factory has been around for quite some time. The legacy of lean manufacturing and the idea of Industry 4.0 have already wed at round tables. A smart factory handling its operations on its own, is no longer a mere concept. Factory owners are often rubbing their foreheads on the problems that won’t solve themselves. Turnover isn’t satisfying. Customers don’t wow at the products or service. Productivity, and sometimes even the continuous flow process, is stagnating. Manufacturing errors are scarily not decreasing. Employees aren’t happy and the workflow is really a...

According to the latest consensus reports by European Commission, buildings account for 40% of energy consumed in Europe. As well as 36% of CO2 emissions, continent-wide. The numbers are very similar in the United States. Apart from all the trouble this is causing our planet and eating away at our natural resources, that’s a lot of your money lost. These buildings are commercial and residential. So they include healthcare facilities, hotels, educational institutes, shopping malls, and mainly offices for companies in every industry. Each may or may not have its own method of building management. The fact is that our facilities need a...

According to the latest consensus reports by European Commission, buildings account for 40% of energy consumed in Europe. As well as 36% of CO2 emissions, continent-wide. The numbers are very similar in the United States. Apart from all the trouble this is causing our planet and eating away at our natural resources, that’s a lot of your money lost. These buildings are commercial and residential. So they include healthcare facilities, hotels, educational institutes, shopping malls, and mainly offices for companies in every industry. Each may or may not have its own method of building management. The fact is that our facilities need a...