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 ...

Sensors vary widely and can monitor and detect a variety of sources, such as light, heat, motion, moisture, and pressure. Typical sensors used in smart cities can sense temperature, proximity, ...

CORK, Ireland – With calls to meet sustainable growth targets looming over a number of industries, Johnson Controls (JCI) has a plan in mind. The company recently released "The Smart Building of the ...

Euphyia-Tech has announced a strategic collaboration with EasyLiving to evaluate and enhance the smart readiness, energy performance, and sustainability features of EasyLiving’s residential buildings ...

Robotic butlers are zooming around hotel lobbies, bathroom mirrors are transforming into interactive touchscreens, and guests are opening their doors and controlling the lights/temperature in their ...

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 ...

It’s virtually impossible to imagine a city without conjuring an image of its skyline, or at the very least, a vista of the buildings that populate it. Likewise, in smart cities, smart buildings play ...

On Tuesday 20 th April, WiredScore launched a new certification for smart buildings: SmartScore. The launch saw 70 buildings, 44 landlords across 7 countries commit to SmartScore certification, ...

Smart building technology is slated to be the next revolution in the commercial real estate sector. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, its adoption will likely be even more accelerated than ever. When ...

The idea of the smart building is still young. There is no accepted definition yet, but one of the best examples that illustrates the concept is occupant-centric control (OCC). This involves using ...