The digital evolution of cities has been underway for several years. It has created a virtuous circle that resulted in cities becoming increasingly competitive, sustainable and prosperous through the ...

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 ...

Dating back to around 3600 B.C., the Megalithic Temples of Malta are considered by many experts to be the oldest buildings in the world. The term “building” is somewhat loosely interpreted, ...

With sustainability at the forefront of public discussion, many organizations have set stringent decarbonization goals with plans to reach net zero within the coming years. At the same time, these ...

Everything’s getting “smart.” Higher education institutions are no exception as technology innovators push them into the future by creating smart buildings as part of smart campuses and smart cities.

Intelligent building systems promise efficiency and sustainability. Yet an analysis of nine years of sustainability reports from 22 publicly traded U.S. real estate investment trusts reveals a ...

The virtual and physical realms are becoming increasingly enmeshed through the world of the Internet of Things. The rate of Internet connections is outpacing companies’ abilities to secure them. As a ...

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 ...

Reinforcement learning (RL) represents a paradigm shift in smart building energy management by enabling systems to dynamically adapt to changing environmental conditions and occupant behaviours.