Buildings are getting smarter in response to growing user expectations, developers’ desire for greater profitability, and the availability of enabling technologies. The heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC), security and lighting systems of the past are being updated and augmented by new services designed to make buildings more comfortable, efficient, climate-friendly and profitable. 

In the latest Engineers’ Insight, sensor specialist Alessandro Mastellari examines one of the key enablers of intelligent buildings – sensor technology - and explores the ways in which this technology is employed to measure building parameters and influence how buildings are used.