Gridd® Mobile: Managing Your Facilities Made Easy

While the Gridd® Adaptive Cabling Distribution® System allows for quick and easy access to power and data cabling, Gridd® Mobile is the augmented reality (AR) technology app that allows you to view, modify, or upgrade your cable networks to meet the ever-changing needs of property owners and tenants with ease. Using a smartphone or tablet […]

AVIXA Annual Event for AV Integrators  Jillian Chimenti, FreeAxez Client Success Manager, recently appeared in a lightning panel discussion at Infocomm 2022, centered around New Technology. The event took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center on June 9th, offering an opportunity for integrators to view new products, catch up on some training, and spend […]

The Future of FM Tools This article is reprinted with permission from (International Facility Management Organization) IFMA.org. Machines are often depicted cinematically in a post apocalyptic world where humans and machines are at war. They are so advanced they no longer require humans to operate them. Meant as a warning of over reliance on technology, […]

Consumers expect the products they use in everyday life to be safe when used as directed. Product transparency allows the consumer to screen products and to ensure those products are safe for intended uses. Today, thanks to something called the Health Product Declaration® (HPD v2.2), manufacturing and other industries have taken another step toward product awareness […]

In the early days of smart commercial technologies, applications in the commercial real estate space were long on promise but fell short in execution. Early efforts for the development of the smart unified building that could automatically adapt to changing conditions were hampered by the complexity of integrating multiple systems into a single platform. That […]

“Moore’s Law is a thing about human activity, it’s about vision, it’s about what you’re allowed to believe. Because people are limited by their beliefs, they limit themselves by what they allow themselves to believe about what is possible.” —Carver Mead Technology is not stagnant. That’s especially true in computing, where the rapid pace of […]

People and organizations globally are struggling to combat the COVID-19 crisis in all facets. One of the most significant challenges presented to the public is detecting asymptomatic infected people. To date, the fastest COVID-19 test kit can return results in approximately 15 minutes at around $5 per test. Other than a test, febrile screenings have […]

Every year we see the appearance and disappearance of a variety of novel trends; office designs are no different. How we design our workplaces has a significant effect on how our teams perform, so it makes sense that advances in technology and new work styles influence design trends. But cost discourages many organizations from following […]

Resilience is defined as the ability to adapt to changing circumstances and to sustain or recover functionality and vibrancy in the face of strain or disruption. It is the ability to bounce back after an interruption or inconvenience. Resilience in design—better known by architects and designers as resilient design—is intentionally designing homes, buildings, topography, neighborhoods, […]

Access to data is helping organizations to bring relevant change to how they work. Sensors and other powered devices provide data points for insights into improved energy efficiency, enhanced occupant comfort, and the impact of light on different building zones over the course of a workday. Smart building technology can allow in more passive light […]