Buildings have become data-rich environments, thanks to the proliferation of lower-cost sensing devices with greater computational power and data storage capacity. As buildings get “smarter,” property ...

Why the big push toward digitization in the built environment? What aspects of a building have the most potential for positive operational and environmental impact? What does long-term value truly ...

Commercial building owners and operators recognize that smart technologies, smartly used, are the keys to a successful property, with benefits ranging from attracting and retaining tenants to ...

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 ...

Every startup founder hits the same dilemma. Do you wait for technology to mature, or build on what's emerging now? Wait too long, and competitors take the market. Jump too early, and you're building ...

A building facade with dozens of sets of fluttering flaps — reminiscent of butterfly wings — may look like something straight out of science fiction, but it's actually an innovative way to control ...

Federal Government says conventional building technologies fail to deliver affordable housing and pushes innovation ...