Construction Specifications Institute Master Format Division 25 is often associated with “smart buildings,” a concept that remains aspirational for many engineers. While the term “smart” evokes ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

Smart buildings, powered by an ever-expanding network of IoT devices, face a staggering 820,000 hacking attempts every day, a ...

So far, Americans have been lucky. The nation’s buildings, places where citizens spend about 90 percent of their lives, have met their basic needs for shelter. But now, buildings have to be smarter.

Buoyed by a surge of high-tech innovations and several years of robust U.S. construction markets, AEC teams are working on ideas for “smart buildings.” Since the mid-1980s, a new generation of ...

If you’re going to spend your worklife in an office building, wouldn’t it be great if that building catered closely to your preferences, with lighting levels set according to your preferred profile ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. In order for the federal government to successfully implement a ...

Government agencies can turn to an array of sensors and data analytics platforms to enhance energy efficiency and optimize building operations. A smart building typically looks like a regular building ...

The Siemon Company, a leader in designing and manufacturing high-performance connectivity solutions for data centers and ...

In May 2020, the smart city concept appeared to have been dead and buried when Sidewalk Labs ended its collaboration with the City of Toronto to create Quayside, a data-infused, sustainability-focused ...

A research team developed a 3D Smart Building Energy-saving device capable of automatically controlling heating and cooling ...

The move towards corporate sustainability is gaining exponential momentum. We’ve seen companies move their targets, drop their targets, flounder and struggle to grapple with sustainability. And as the ...