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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.

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In May 2020, the smart city concept appeared to have been dead and buried when Sidewalk Labs ended its collaboration with the City of Toronto to create Quayside, a data-infused, sustainability-focused ...

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A new, cross-province initiative is evolving the living lab environment by testing and developing smart technologies and building solutions before they go to market. The $6.5-million project – dubbed ...