Wouldn’t it be nice if the building where you spend your worklife catered closely to your preferences, with lighting levels and temperature set according to your preferred profile? This is what ...

As more people move to urban areas, cities face ever more economic and environmental challenges, including resource constraints, economic restructuring, aging populations, and pressures on public ...

Smart buildings have been shown to save energy, streamline building management and prevent expensive equipment failures.

REAL ESTATE, a mostly passive spectator of technological changes for years, is being disrupted at last under the unrelenting pressure of smart technologies applied to all aspects of the built ...

Smart building growth may also unlock new value in prefabricated and modular building approaches, with companies like Katerra installing smart tech in the manufacturing environment for plug-and-play ...

The built environment is pulsing with data. Cutting-edge real estate technology can help you capture, analyze and leverage data for happier workplaces and a more sustainable future. The buildings ...

If a spark of the smart city concept remains in the United States, its rekindling will require the continued growth and interconnectivity of proptech-supported smart buildings, said Troy Harvey, CEO ...

Smart building technology can also help state and local governments reach their energy efficiency goals and automate resident services, he adds. “For these reasons and more, the adoption of smart ...

Office buildings contribute as much as half of the energy used in the United States, and they can do more to curb their impact on the environment.

Energy-smart buildings use digital connectivity to monitor, automate, and optimize how a building uses energy and performs. They connect and pull information from the sensors, controls, meters ...

For Martin Damphousse, the mayor of Varennes, Que., environmental consciousness isn’t a passing bandwagon or a way to score easy points with voters. “It’s a responsibility,” says the mayor ...

Scientists have examined the concepts of occupant-centric control in the burgeoning field of smart buildings. They propose future directions for OCC research by providing recommendations to ...