Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

Smart technologies have transformed the way we live, work and communicate—we’ve become accustomed to a highly tech-enabled lifestyle and we now expect this to be present in our professional lives, too ...

Sensors vary widely and can monitor and detect a variety of sources, such as light, heat, motion, moisture, and pressure. Typical sensors used in smart cities can sense temperature, proximity, ...

Everything’s getting “smart.” Higher education institutions are no exception as technology innovators push them into the future by creating smart buildings as part of smart campuses and smart cities.

Smart spaces, also known as "connected places," are physical locations equipped with networked sensors that provide owners, occupants, and administrators with more and better information about the ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. In order for the federal government to successfully implement a ...

The most common challenge organizations face when making their building or spaces more intelligent is knowing where to begin. In conversations about smart buildings or workplace technology, there’s ...

All of the above are challenges for cities as they work to transform themselves into smart urban spaces. But with tight budgets and economies teetering on recession, governments need to find ways to ...

Intelligent building systems promise efficiency and sustainability. Yet an analysis of nine years of sustainability reports from 22 publicly traded U.S. real estate investment trusts reveals a ...

We often hear the word "smart" applied to everyday objects: smartphones, smart TVs, smart appliances -- and now, smart buildings. The idea of the smart building is still young. There is no accepted ...