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compliance

EU AI Act Article 26 for Commercial Real Estate: A 19-Month Substance Window, Not a Timeline Drama

High-risk AI obligations land on the deployer — the building owner, the facility manager, the asset operator — not just the AI provider. The trade press is writing the enforcement-date story.

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ai-hvac

Grid-Interactive Buildings in CRE 2026: How ASHRAE 90.1-2022 Addendum G Turned Load Management into Procurement Language

ASHRAE 90.1-2022 Addendum G — the Load Management section — turned grid-interactive operation from a voluntary efficiency story into a code-anchored procurement question. Seven G-modules (G01 through G07) now name the operator actions that count.

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ai-hvac

The Honest Procurement Number for AI-HVAC: 10-15% Year-1 Ramp / 20-35% Steady-State / DOE-Validated 50% Ceiling

Practitioner reference band. Owner-operator voice. Built for the AI-HVAC procurement review you have to defend. The AI-HVAC procurement category has a single-tier numbers problem.

5 min read
smart-buildings

Is Your Building Exposed to CVE-2026-20761? A 4-Question Self-Audit for EnOcean SmartServer

On 2026-05-16, Claroty's Team82 disclosed CVE-2026-20761 — an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in EnOcean SmartServer building controllers. An attacker with reachability to the device can execute arbitrary commands as root.

4 min read
smart-buildings

The August 2026 Procurement Deadline Most CRE Platforms Are Pretending Is Not Real

The EU AI Act high-risk-AI obligations covering building automation become enforceable on August 2, 2026 — about 90 days from this post. Three independent signals reached convergence in the same week: (1) the EU AI Act 90-day cliff, (2) Johnson…

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decarbonization

The Embodied Carbon Wedge No One Else Ships — And Why CA Scope 3 Just Made It Mandatory

LEED v5 makes embodied carbon reporting mandatory for certified projects (cradle-to-gate A1-A3). California Scope 3 disclosure is mandatory in 2026 for $1B+ revenue corporations. Both deadlines force action inside the next 8-10 months.

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strategy

The 275% Funding Surge in AI Buildings: What the Capital Signal Tells Us About Vendor Credibility

PropTech equity funding hit $1.7B in January 2026 alone — a 176% year-over-year jump per Center for Real Estate Technology & Innovation tracking. AI-building specific funding has run at roughly 275% of its 2024 baseline through the first quarter.

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compliance

Why No Other CRE AI Vendor Will Ship a Privacy Broker in 2026 — And What That Means for Your Procurement Review

Five surveyed CRE AI platforms — Cherre, VTS, Yardi Virtuoso, Altus ARGUS Assist, ProptechOS — have shipped agentic features in the last 60 days. None of them ship a privacy broker.

6 min read
building-intelligence

Siemens Says 20% Energy Reduction. Here's How to Verify That Claim (A Practitioner's IPMVP Guide)

A practitioner's IPMVP walkthrough for verifying a published vendor savings claim before it reaches your capital plan.

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