Built Environment
A City Full of Unconnected Building Networks is Not Smart
October 23rd, 2018Webinar: The Evolution of Data and Analytics in the Built Environment
October 22nd, 2018
Using Nature to Solve the Top Complaint in the Open Office
This article was contributed by Evan Benway & Jonathan Chen from Plantronics. When presented with the opportunity to spend their day indoors or in nature, most individuals would choose the latter. We know that our fundamental attraction to nature is defined by the positive impact nature has on our personal wellbeing, happiness, and restoration. This […]
Microsoft’s Azure Digital Twins Platform Could Disrupt Cloud Computing for the Building IoT
Back in spring this year, Microsoft announced that they intended to invest $5 billion in Internet of Things (IoT) services over the next four years with the goal of “simplifying the journey in IoT.” They made it clear that they wanted any customer, no matter where they’re starting from, to be able to create trusted, […]
Keeping Up with the Data Demands of the Millennial Generation’s Smart Buildings
Since the beginning of human history, every generation of people has been defined by their buildings. From caves to mud huts, stone to brick houses, to steel and concrete houses, the places we live work and play have continually evolved to cater better for our demands. Today’s emerging generation, the millennial generation, demands connectivity, flexibility, […]
Architecture, Engineering, IT & Science Combine to Create Cybertecture
“Design is everywhere and is shaping everything… Design is being used to address the great challenges for achieving sustainability, alleviating poverty, providing affordability and delivering resilience for our world,” said Architect James Law, speaking at the 10th ‘Future Forum’ in Abu Dhabi. Law’s firm, Cybertecture International, provides leading edge architecture design, interior design, planning consultancy […]
We are Not in the Business of Smart Building Technology, We are in the Business of Occupant Wellness
“I have been a building automation junkie / zealot / freak for over five decades, always trying to trowel the newest technologies onto those darn pesky people who live and work in our buildings,” said Ken Sinclair, editor, owner and founder of AutomatedBuildings. “As an industry, we have always left the touchy / feelie part […]
Harvard Study Supports the Growing Body of Research Linking Air Quality to Productivity
Benjamin Franklin once professed, “I am persuaded that no common air from without is so unwholesome as the air within a close room that has been often breathed and not changed.” 250 years on and modern science is successfully proving that founding father’s idea. A recent pair of harvard studies has given further credence to […]
Integrated Smart Lighting Enters a New World of Applications
A lot of things have been getting smart recently. Devices that used to have one simple role have blossomed into multi-purpose systems, highly integrated into centralized platforms that span the building, campus or city. For no system is this more true than lighting. The ubiquity of light throughout the built environment has positioned it perfectly […]
“Most People Don’t Realize how Buildings can Affect our Health & Wellbeing”
How do office workers respond to artificial lighting that simulates natural light? How do changes of indoor environmental conditions affect sleep and stress? What types of indoor environment intervention can increase cognitive performance and improve job satisfaction? In order to answer these questions and others, Minnesota-based Well Living Lab recently announced an extensive three-year scientific […]
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