If you’re an electrician tasked with handling the specifics for smart building power, succeeding in the design and installation requires having an all-encompassing perspective of needs. Here are some ...

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 ...

Nations around the world are undergoing a seismic shift, switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy to meet net-zero targets. But one sector is set to dominate new demand—buildings. Today, the ...

The most common challenge organizations face when making their building or spaces more intelligent is knowing where to begin. In conversations about smart buildings or workplace technology, there’s ...

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 ...

For decades, fluorescent lighting was the standard in most commercial buildings. But over the last decade, digital LED fixtures and control options have transformed the lighting landscape. Intelligent ...

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.

When most people think about a new building, they picture something sleek, efficient and loaded with the latest technology. They expect it to be “smart.” But here’s the problem: the way our industry ...

The Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center is one of the main research platforms available for the Architectural Engineering students and faculty members. The BEST Center provides ...

At the start of 2023, I left the physical security market where I have been an experienced professional for more than 25 years to go into a different world that for me is uncharted territory but at ...

The convergence of technology and sports has given rise to a new class of venues: smart stadiums. These digitally-enhanced and connected spaces are designed to revolutionize the fan experience, ...

Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has signed an agreement to acquire Environmental Systems Design, Inc. (ESD), a 270-person engineering firm headquartered in Chicago.