5 ways to harness building technology for ESG goals

Las Vegas plans to make major improvements and reach zero carbon emissions by creating a giant digital version of itself.

Fifth Wall’s first SPAC has completed its merger with SmartRent, taking the smart home tech provider public on the New York Stock Exchange.

Property maintenance startup Plentific has raised $100m in Series C funding in a round led by Brookfield Technology Partners and Highland Europe.

Speaking to PlaceTech shortly after raising €30m in Series B funding, WeMaintain’s Benoit Dupont said his company is growing within a part of the market where tech solutions often collect data and tell landlords what the issues in a building are – but fail to deliver the solutions themselves.

Dutch developer EDGE has been granted planning permission for what it says will be the UK capital’s greenest tower.

A Silicon Valley drone startup and a Portuguese smart city tech provider have come up with a way of building drone infrastructure networks by retrofitting existing streetlights.

Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s innovation business, has created a low-cost, real-time sensor to manage and understand how parking spaces are used in an effort to kickstart better placemaking.

Backed by JLL Spark and A/O Proptech, Safehub has raised $9m in Series A funding to expand its disaster analytics software.

JLL’s e-commerce platform, where clients get the chance to buy from approved suppliers at discounted rates, has welcomed Scandinavian internet of things manufacturer Disruptive Technologies.