Artificial intelligence is set to take off across the industry, but its integration brings challenges. Molly Tooher-Rudd speaks to four experts
Tag: smart technology
A golden age for smarter living: leveraging technology for comfort
As the UK’s population ages and climate warming intensifies, smart technology will be essential to ensure resilient and comfortable homes, says ABB Smart Buildings’ Kevin Lenton
Optimising performance with smarter ventilation
Partnerships between FMs, digital consultants and ventilation suppliers have the potential to achieve smarter systems that increase energy efficiency, while ensuring a safe and healthy indoor environment, says Breathing Buildings’ Louise McHugh
CIBSE President Fiona Cousins: building performance reimagined
New CIBSE President Fiona Cousins is challenging building services engineers to re-evaluate building performance and collaborate with other disciplines. She tells Alex Smith that CIBSE Members should be striving to deliver buildings that meet the needs of society and the natural environment
Case study: Edge Suedkreuz offices in Berlin
The striking Edge Suedkreuz office development in Berlin required a space-defying chilled beam system design that met the building’s exacting ventilation, cooling and heating demands. Andy Pearson reports
Life enhancing: improving IAQ with smart systems
Exposure to indoor particulate pollution can significantly affect health over a lifetime. Research by Dr Elizabeth Cooper and Dr Yan Wang suggests that the smart integration of automated windows and home air purifiers could improve average life expectancy by six months
Oxford’s balancing act: city smart grid with ground source heat pumps
Oxford is building an intelligent local grid that will allow buildings’ heat pumps to be connected to a smart grid that is able to charge hundreds of electric vehicles, thanks to a large-scale battery technology. Andy Pearson reports
Are smart home technologies too clever for the industry?
Dan Cash summarises – and responds to – key questions raised in July’s article on smart home technologies