The size of the smart building AI and machine learning market is forecast to triple between 2020 and 2025, reaching $3.3bn by the middle of decade.

Smart cities are an “attractive target” for threats, the GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned in a new set of guidance for data-driven city leaders. 

The digital parking assistant has appointed Angelique de Rauville as managing director of its business in the UK as it plans to ‘increase our business exponentially in the short-term’.

The digital connectivity rating firm has announced plans to achieve Certified B Corporate status for its social and environmental impact as it nears the launch of its smart building certification product.

Carly Morris is the new head of Geovation, the OS and HM Land Registry initiative to propel innovative startups using location and property data to the next level.

The UK Green Building Council has announced a partnership with Enfield Council to “catalyse radical solutions for the delivery of sustainability on large regeneration schemes.”

Danish co-living startup LifeX has raised €6m to continue rolling out its ‘Nordic feel’ shared homes in European cities.

Norway-based Disruptive Technologies, creator of the world’s smallest wireless sensors, is partnering with a new product from Google’s urban innovation company, Sidewalk Labs.

Sunand Prasad, incoming chair of the UK Green Building Council, said he plans to use the position to champion climate action in the property and construction industry and inspire the industry to adopt practical solutions to making buildings truly sustainable and regenerative by design.