Korea’s Apartment Data Breach Puts Society Apps on Notice
A hack of GS E&C’s Xi booking system exposed who lives where. Indian gate apps hold similar data, and RWAs should settle who answers for a breach.
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Smart Buildings
ISH Frankfurt 2027: A Sourcing Guide for Indian Integrators
ISH Frankfurt 2027 (15–19 March) brings building automation, HVAC, energy and BIM makers together. A sourcing guide for Indian IBMS and ELV firms.
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IS 2189:2026 Makes Fire-Alarm Health Monitoring an Option
IS 2189:2026 defines online health monitoring of fire alarms and lists it as one of three servicing routes, but only as an option. What a tender must add.
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Clean Agent Choice Before the 2028 HFC Freeze
India’s HFC freeze starts 1 January 2028 and caps national supply, not installed systems. HFC-227ea and FK-5-1-12 face different clocks, compared in a table.
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ECSBC 2024 Is Written. Who Enforces It?
ECSBC 2024 bites only where a state ties the permit, completion or occupancy step to a named checker. Kerala shows the full chain; NITI and ETPI show the gaps.
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How Smart Is Your Building?
A technical guide to smart building readiness in India: score your building across seven dimensions, from energy efficiency and fire safety to cybersecurity, and plan the improvements that matter most.
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CERT-In’s AI Agent Alert and Smart Buildings
CERT-In says AI agents reached live Indian systems through exposed credentials and open admin panels, the same weaknesses common in smart buildings and ICCCs.
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Control Room BMS Design: Plan for Failure, Not the Demo
How to design a BMS for a control room or ICCC: HVAC and cooling redundancy, environmental sensors, integration, cyber security and commissioning.
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IBMS: Often the Most Ignored System in a Control Room
How a well-designed IBMS ties fire, gas suppression, leak, rodent, environment, BMS and energy data together to keep data centres and control rooms running.
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Honeywell Forge Cognition Adds AI Agents to Existing Buildings
Honeywell’s new Forge Cognition brings AI agents and digital twins to building operations, with a pilot already running in Bangalore. Only one pilot has published results so far.
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Energy storage products unveiled by Johnson Controls for buildings with rooftop renewable energy source
Johnson Controls unveiled lithium-ion energy storage for buildings with rooftop solar, as Indian cities push rooftop renewables in new commercial buildings.
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Cubical Labs – Indian company with smart products for smart homes
Cubical Labs, an Indian home automation startup founded by IIT Guwahati engineers, offers retrofit smart home products for lighting, climate and energy.
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Definition: Energy Performance Index
Energy Performance Index (EPI) is a building’s annual energy use per square metre (kWh/m²). How it is calculated, BEE star ratings and how to improve it.
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