A recent article of the AAP News reveals the different challenges of the smarter buildings of the future. Brian Turner, chief executive at Buildings IOT affirms that the returning back to workspaces needs to ensure: healthy spaces that guarantee adequate ventilation, temperature, and humidity conditions. “Think about any kind of space that's going to house humans, it's temperature, humidity, and air flow. Those three things have been shown to contribute to lower transmissio

The Environmental Defense Fund published a recent article on the important role that sensors have in the protection of the environment. The main idea is that for humans, it’s hard to plan ahead or respond to threats that cannot be seen, heard or touched: for example, air or water pollution, toxic chemicals in products we use and others… Sensors are making this ‘invisible’, ‘visible’. Let’s review 8 ways in which sensors can help solve environmental problems: Sensors can help

Science Daily published an article that talks about how Vanderbilt and Penn State engineers have developed a new approach to design and fabricated thin-film light sources. The main objective of this project is to develop inexpensive and efficient designer infrared light sources that can revolutionize molecular sensing technologies. The applications that this could have includes “free-space communications, infrared beacons for search and rescue, molecular sensors for monitorin

Another example on how technology can be in service of health and wellbeing. BBC Technology published an article that explains how in Dorset, more than one hundred people that need social care are monitored by artificial intelligence as part of a three month pilot program. “Sensors installed in homes will track behaviour and electricity usage which the AI will analyse to spot potential health problems. Lilli, the UK-based firm behind the technology, says it could cut costs an

Anil Ananthaswamy published a recent article in Knowable Magazine that analyzes how pathogens or viruses spread from place to place and from person to person. The first thing to know is that understanding the dynamics of fluids is crucial to understanding the transmission of disease. Air is a fluid: bacteria and viruses are carried by fluids. Lydia Bourouiba, fluid dynamicist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been researching for more than ten years how flu

Dan Diehl from Remi Network shared an article that explains how to provide healthy environments and, at the same time, meet climate goals. With the new variants of COVID 19, such as Delta, tenants and occupants have begun to worry again. Building owners and occupants need to prioritize healthy indoor air quality, especially ventilation systems. “At the same time, the U.S. and other leading industrial countries are setting aggressive carbon-reduction goals that push building o

Science Daily released an article that shares a study made by Incheon National University that analyses how climate change and air pollution is triggering the necessity of efficient, low-cost and portable gas sensors that can detect toxic gases in real time. “Organic polymer-based sensors have the potential to fulfill all these requirements, but they're not durable at room temperature”. Experts now affirm that this durability problem can be resolved with “a hybrid organic-ino

Building, Design and Construction Magazine published a recent article that analyses a study conducted by Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY) called Digital Twin: the Age of Aquarius in construction and real estate. The piece illustrates how advancements in artificial intelligence, sensor technology and machine learning are making digital twin technologies a key element for the development and management of new and existing buildings. “The paper outlines the technology’s value

Technology is getting increasingly important for human and urban development. According to Smart Cities World Platform, Rome’s municipality, in Italy, is conducting three different trials to diminish pollution and risk in the city by incorporating artificial intelligence and sensors into its city streets. “Sony Europe IMX500 image sensors with artificial intelligence (AI) processing functionality are at the core of three trials being run by Greentech specialist Envision in th

A recent article in Architecture and Design looks at how technology is adapting in buildings for a post-COVID future. From contactless designs to occupancy sensing to measurement of various health factors, technology is helping buildings reopen. The key considerations for designers to create safer spaces via technology are adaptability, monitoring and control through the collection of data and the use of sensors. “With motorised doors and intelligent lighting and HVAC, it wou

A recent article in Architecture Daily looks at how sensors and comfort surveys will play an important role in bringing people back to the office. “After a year of living in spaces where they have a high level of personal control, returning building occupants will likely bristle at the standard one-size-fits-all method of building operations. Occupants will desire their offices to accommodate their comfort needs, and building owners will have to provide safe and comfortable s