July 11 was the kickoff for the Akron Art Museum's renovation of its 1899 building fronting Market Street, which will restore the historic building, add gallery space and create a hub for creativity ...

Researchers at The University of Osaka have developed a novel framework for measuring occupancy in open-plan offices with ...

When millions of people turn off their lights for Earth Hour each year, something remarkable happens in the night sky above ...

Researchers adjusted the composition of perovskite solar cells to make them receptive to different wavelengths of light.

The casino industry has always been eager to adopt cutting‑edge technologies, yet the latest shift goes beyond eye‑catching ...

In this Perspectives piece by Miller Hull, author Zubin Rao, AIA, Associate, shares five tips with case studies for fire ...

The nation’s largest iconic buildings such as Detroit’s Renaissance Center and Chicago’s Willis Tower consume more electricity than many small cities, according to a study by Oregon Generators, a ...

Joshua New leads an Oak Ridge National Lab team that created a computer model of nearly every building in the United States.

We consider a wireless networked, sensor-driven lighting system as an enabling infrastructure for providing system solutions and services in intelligent buildings. The lighting system in an office ...

As a case study, we have implemented and deployed our system in nine production smart buildings of different types including residential, commercial office, and warehouse of multiple level building ...