BLOG | OCTOBER 12, 2021 Creating a safe community with smart condo security There’s a psychological shift that takes place in high rises. The logistical challenges of vertical living mean multi-family residence safety and security must be approached differently than low-density housing. Anonymity and crime in high rise buildings [...]
BLOG | OCTOBER 11, 2021 Meet the Brains of the Operation Close your eyes and reach your hand out in front of you. With your eyes still closed, try to touch your pointer finger to your nose. Did they touch? If your eyes were closed, how did you know [...]
BLOG | SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 Smart Communities, Smart Cities and IoT One of President and Co-Founder Ted Maulucci’s frequently used analogies for demystifying smart buildings and IoT is that of a Christmas tree decorated for the holidays. We’ve reworked one of Ted’s 2017 blogs in which he develops this [...]
BLOG | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021 Building Our Communities to Support Electric Vehicle Adoption Electric vehicles (EVs) are an exciting innovation, promising to help get passengers from point A to point B safely and sustainably. EVs are already becoming more accessible, with affordable options starting at around $35,000. Such a [...]
BLOG | AUGUST 31, 2021 The Chronicles of Dumb Parking "Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.” - Solomon Short In becoming a proponent of the smart community, we’re forced to reckon with all the dumb ways that we currently live, so that we [...]
BLOG | AUGUST 25, 2021 Smart Communities at the Level of Home Automation The smart community was built from the idea of taking individual smart homes and connecting them together. As such, smart home automation is a key component of the smart community solution. The overarching experience of convenience, sustainability, [...]
From Survive to Thrive: How Proptech-Powered Smart Buildings Will Lead the Way BLOG | JULY 22, 2021 Smart buildings are not the future. They’re the present. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global smart building market was valued at $44 billion in 2018. In 2026, it’s projected that number [...]
BLOG | JULY 16, 2021 Hearing Loss Accessibility in your Smart Community Community is nothing without inclusivity. To us, this means making sure our technology is accessible to every resident, family member, and staff member. Statistics Canada has reported that over 5% of Canadians aged 15 years and over [...]
BLOG | JUNE 18, 2021 Investor Protect As of 2019, StatsCanada identified that around 40% of Toronto’s condominiums are investor-owned and are either vacant, used as a second home, or rented out. Condo rentals, and the unique challenges that accompany being a landlord, are only becoming more common. How can [...]
BLOG | JUNE 2, 2021 Smart Parcel Lockers Package delivery in condos and apartments can and must become smarter. EMarketer estimates that Canadian online spending will increase from $65 billion in 2019 to almost $108 billion by 2023. The current model of parcel delivery in most [...]
