Picture this: The CEO of a major corporation arrives early at his company's 40-story office building. He swipes his access card and the door from the underground parking garage immediately unlocks, ...

The building sector, including residential and commercial buildings, accounts for approximately one-third of global energy consumption and carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions 1. To improve the energy ...

As children, many of us played with LEGOs, and some of us may still play with the famous colorful bricks from time to time. Now, there is a real-world LEGO-like building block that can be used in ...

Fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) is a well-established field of study in building science and building technology applications. This is largely driven by the significant impact of equipment ...