A sign for the U.S. Department of State is seen on the outside of the Harry S. Truman Federal Building on Oct. 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) In our current time of ...

What if your building could adjust window shading based on the weather forecast, address an impending equipment failure or check in visitors, all without human intervention? Thanks to advances in ...

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 ...

The most valuable skill in business today is translation — the power to bridge vision and execution, clarity and complexity, strategy and reality. The most valuable skill in business isn’t your ...

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 ...

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 ...

A building inspector at a construction site in San Diego. Image from city video Until local governments take the bold steps needed to reduce permitting fees, utilize new construction methods and ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Integrating technologies into buildings enhances efficiency ...

Why tech-savvy industries love PEBs Technology develops very quickly. If you work in a field like manufacturing, aerospace, wind and solar energy, or data storage, you don't always have three years to ...

Hybrid work is here to stay, leaving office buildings partly deserted. Rather than saving us energy, however, these empty halls and offices keep guzzling fossil fuels and warming our planet. But we ...