text: Corporate Real Estate Technology Begs for a New Business Model
  With CRE technology, there will always be a market for customized integrated workplace-management systems and single-service-line ("point") solutions. A new business model for the next generation of technology, however, is needed for greater, much-needed new benefits. READ MORE
  To be zero waste certified, a company must prove it is diverting at least 90 percent of its waste from landfills. Microsoft is the first technology company in the U.S. to receive this endorsement. They have been pursuing this achievement for nearly a decade by exploring, piloting, and introducing sustainability programs across nearly every aspect of the company. READ MORE
  2017 Seattle Summit — Tech Playground Learning Theater — Impacts of Data, Innovation & Tech on CRE
  Future leading companies will be determined by how well they leverage data and technology. Learn how disruptive technologies are impacting corporate location decision-making to help identify strategic communities and optimize for real estate, workforce, incentives and more to help you successfully compete in today's competitive, global economy. READ MORE
  Around 10 years ago, coworking spaces began opening up to offer affordable office space solutions to startups and freelancers, but recently much larger tech firms have been jumping in. Over the past year, larger companies are now looking for the benefits of locating in these shared office environments. As a result, big media conglomerates and newly crowned tech giants have been moving employees to coworking and incubator spaces. These spaces are set up so that Fortune 500 tech companies now have better access to innovators, innovations, talent, and reduced real estate costs. READ MORE
  Our experience and research demonstrate that successful agile organizations consistently exhibit the five trademarks described in this article. The trademarks include a network of teams within a people-centered culture that operates in rapid learning and fast decision cycles which are enabled by technology, and a common purpose that co-creates value for all stakeholders. READ MORE
  Financial services organizations are reducing the amount of commercial office space they require as they adopt more flexible work styles. This is according to a new report from HOK's U.S. team, The New Financial Workplace, an investigation into the threats and challenges facing the financial services industry, with a special focus on how new technologies like cryptocurrency, biometrics and blockchain are disrupting the sector. READ MORE
  There is a natural role for ergonomics to play in workplace interventions as organizations increasingly look to improve employee well-being, said Lucy Hart, certified ergonomist, Global Furniture Group. The science considers how to optimize the performance of people by taking into account their capabilities and limitations in the context of their environment, she explained, speaking in an IIDEX seminar last fall. READ MORE
  Skanska's commercial development business unit in Central Eastern Europe says it will be the first developer to cover office buildings with semi-transparent perovskite solar cells on a commercial scale. Perovskites are crystalline materials that have great potential to replace silicon in solar power generation. Skanska will apply the technology, developed by Saule Technologies, onto its projects in 2018. READ MORE
  CEOs optimistic about impact AI will have on the workplace
  The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs has become a hot topic of debate with gloomy headlines predicting that it will replace millions of jobs in the next decade. CNBC spoke to chief executives at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, for their take on workplaces in the future and what effect AI will have on labor markets. "I understand fully that people are very concerned because they really don't know what the future brings for them personally," Ulrich Speisshofer, the chief executive of ABB, told a CNBC-hosted panel on "The Future of Work." READ MORE
  8 technology trends ready for exploitation in 2018
  In the age of disruption, businesses and their leaders will rise or fall based on their ability to spot and creatively respond to rapid technological change. Some companies notice an emerging technology and take a "wait and see" attitude. Others see a new technology and take action. They begin experimenting, making small bets, and learning. Their attitude is that it's never too early to start. It's never too early to begin looking at what others are already doing. It's never too early to engage the imagination to conceive of how the new technology could be used to create competitive advantage. READ MORE
  Meet Full Node: Berlin's Blockchain-only coworking space
  Cryptocurrencies have hit the headlines hard in recent times as people clamour to get a slice of a Bitcoin. However, Blockchain (the technology lying behind cryptocurrencies) could be far more impactful beyond Bitcoin and introduce a range of applications across every industry. Blockchain is also a very nascent technology, and one that many people do not fully understand yet. To address these issues, a dedicated Blockchain coworking space called Full Node is due to open in Berlin this April. The space will not just house Blockchain-based startups, but also host community events and hackathons to help people get to grips with the technology. READ MORE
  All those watching the Super Bowl this weekend, take heart: There's a good chance the Minneapolis stadium roof won't collapse — as its predecessor the Metrodome's did in December 2010. That's because U.S. Bank Stadium, which opened in 2016, features a sleek, practical roof made of a material that lets the snow fall into a gigantic snow gutter. This transparent material, Ethylene Tetrafluoroethyl, also saves energy. It allows natural sunlight into the stadium, giving the venue a natural, outdoorsy feel, while also allowing solar thermal heating that redistributes warm air in the winter and pumps cold air in the summer. READ MORE