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Smart buildings & environments: General resources

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AutomatedBuildings magazine

Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS)

Energy Design Resources Design Briefs

IEEE Technology Navigator (listing of resources -conferences, publications, etc. - related to ambient intelligence)

Intelligent building dictionary (Building Intelligence Group LLC)

Intelligent Transportation Society of America

Lighting Controls Association

Material Connexion

Open Energy Monitor (“open-source energy monitoring tools”)

Smart Materials and Structures (periodical published 6 times each year)

Wearable Computing (at the MIT Media Lab)

Whole Building Design Guide (National Institute of Building Sciences)

Recommended for all architectural research

Smart buildings & environments: history & criticism

Banham, Reynar, The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, University of Chicago Press, TH7011 .B27 (Ch. 13, “A breath of intelligence”)

Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, More Work for Mother: the ironies of household technology from the open hearth to the microwave, BasicBooks, TX23.C64 1983

Dourish, Paul, Where the action is: the foundations of embodied interaction, MIT Press, QA76.9.H85 D68 2001

Fisher, Thomas, "Intelligent architecture: automated buildings," Progressive Architecture, May 1984, p.167-172 (first use of the phrase in an architecture publication)

Fortmeyer, Russell, “Control freaks,” Architectural Record, March 2010, p.102-104, 106, 108, 110-111

Kruger, Ted, “In finite state machines: living machines,” Architectural design (AD), September/October 1994, p.14-15

Mitchell, William J., E-topia: "Urban life, Jim--but not as we know it," MIT Press, 1999 (via Ebook Central)

Lupton, Ellen, Mechanical brides: women and machines from home to office, Princeton Architectural Press, HQ1420 .L87 1993

McCullough, Malcolm, Digital ground: architecture, pervasive computing, and environmental knowing, MIT Press, QA76.9.A73M45 2004

Osman, Michael, Modernism's invisible hand: architecture and regulation in America, University of Minnesota Press, Na2543.T43 O86 2018

Thackara, John, In the bubble: designing in a complex world, MIT Press, TA174 .T52 2005

Vidler, Anthony, “Robots in the house: surveillance and the domestic land-scape,” Daidalos, 1999, #73, p.[78]-85

Smart applications

Aging in place technology watch (industry news)

Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (supporting European research in ICT applications)

Assistive Technology Industry Association

Augusto, Juan Carlos (editor), Handbook of ambient assisted living, IOS Press, 2011 (via Ebook Central)

Dishongh, Terrance J., Wireless Sensor Networks for Healthcare Applications, Artech House, 2009 (via Ebook Central)

UniversAAL (open platform and reference specification for ambient assisted living)

Build Up, the European portal for energy efficiency in buildings

Elevate Energy (“design and implement efficiency programs that lower costs, protect the environment, and ensure the benefits of energy efficiency reach those who need them most”)

Energy Design Resources

Gonzalo, Roberto & Rainer Vallentin, Passive house design: planning and design of energy-efficient buildings, Redaktion Detail, NA2542.3 .P377 2014

Hemsath, Timothy L. & Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini, Energy modeling in architectural design, Routledge, NA2542.3 .H46 2018

Hootman, Tom, Net zero energy design: a guide for commercial architecture, John Wiley and Sons, TJ163.5.B84 H66 2013

Kurlander, “Wise up: how the grid is getting smarter,” Form: pioneering design, March/April 2011

Open Energy Monitor (“open-source energy monitoring tools”)

Precourt Institute for Energy (Stanford)

Sumper, Andreas & Angelo Baggini, Electronic energy efficiency: technologies and applications, Wiley, 2012 (via Ebook Central)

Zhang, Jianchao, “Building information modeling for smart built environments,” Buildings, March 2015, p.100-115 (via mdpi.com)

Atanasoae, Pavel & Radu Dumitru Pentiuc, “Choosing the energy sources needed for utilities in the design and refurbishment of buildings,” Buildings, April 2018, p.1-15 (via mdpi.com)

BACnet, data communication protocol for building automation & control networks (ASHRAE SSPC 135)

Lee, Jeehwan, “Ventilation and sound attenuation potential of double-skin facades in urban high-rises,” CTBUH, 2016, #1, p.32-37

Paoletti, Giulia, et al, “Nearly zero energy buildings: an overview of the main construction feature across Europe,” Buildings, June 2017, p.1-22 (via mdpi.com)

ASHRAE, Design guide for smart lighting control and energy solutions, 2016

DeKay, Mark, Sun, wind & light: architectural design strategies, Wiley, NA2542.3 .D45 2014

Dunning, Scott, Efficient lighting applications and case studies, The Fairmont Press, 2012 (via Ebook Central)

Gonchar, Joann, “Shady business: integrated designs for lighting and daylighting, automated by controls,” Architectural Record, August 2013, p.117-130

Lighting Controls Association

Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic

Electronic Security Association, Alarm.org

George, Roger Z. & James B. Bruce (editors), Analyzing Intelligence: origins, obstacles, and innovations, Georgetown University, 2008 (via Ebook Central)

Wainwright, Oliver, “Fortress London: the new U. S. embassy and the rise of counter-terror urbanism,” Harvard Design Magazine, Spring/Summer 2016, p.8-13

Yesil, Bilge, Video Surveillance: power and privacy in everyday life, LFB Scholarly Publication, 2009 (via Ebook Central)

Intelligent Transportation Society of America

Intelligent Transportation Systems, U.S. Department of Transportation

Kosch, Timo, et al, Automotive Internetworking, Wiley, 2012 (via Ebook Central)

Mitchell, William J., et al, Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century, MIT Press, TL220 .M58 2010 (via Ebook Central)

Williams, Bob, Intelligent Transport Systems Standards, Artech House, 2008 (via Ebook Central)

Smart technologies

AutomatedBuildings magazine

Bullivant, Lucy, Responsive environments: architecture, art and design, V&A Contemporary, N72.A75 B86 2006

Consoli, Marco, “The intelligent house is within anyone’s reach,” Abitare, June 2015, p.137-143

Cook, Diane & Sajal K. Das, Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols and Applications, John Wiley, 2004 (via Ebook Central)

Fox, Michael (editor), Interactive architecture: adaptive world, Princeton Architectural Press, NA2543.T43 I59 2015

Gramazio, Fabio, et al (editors), The robotic touch: how robots change architecture, Park Books, NA2543.T43 R63 2014

Green, Keith Evan, Architectural robotics: ecosystems of bits, bytes, and biology, MIT Press, NA2543.T43 G69 2016

Grondzik, Walter T. & Alison G. Kwok, Mechanical & Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 12th ed, TH6010.S74 2015 (“Automation” sections 31.26-32)

Guallart, Vincent, et al, Media house project: the house is the computer, the structure is the network, TH6012.M43 2004

Intelligent building dictionary, Building Intelligence Group LLC (via Internet Archive)

Newman, H. Michael, BACnet: the global standard for building automation and control networks, Momentum Press, 2013 (via Ebook Central)

Pitts, Jeanette Fitzgerald, “Advancing the daylight discussion: explore the scientifically proven advantages of automation in daylight management,” Architectural Record, May 2016, p.244-247

Smart Buildings Institute

Von Vegesack, Alexander, et al, Open house: architecture and technology for intelligent living, Vitra Design Stiftung, TH6012.O64 2006

Whole Building Design Guide (National Institute of Building Sciences)

Home Controls ("smart home automation leader")

Sensors (“open access journal on the science and technology of sensors”)

Sensors Magazine (manufacturers and suppliers)

Smart Home, Consumer Technologies Assocation 

 

Ashton, Kevin, “That ‘Internet of Things’ thing,” RFID Journal, June 22, 2009 (first use of the phrase “Internet of Things”)

Auto-ID Labs, at MIT, Cambridge, et al.

McEwen, Adrian & Hakim Cassimally, Designing the internet of things, John Wiley & Sons, 2013 (via Ebook Central)

Penttinen, Jyrki T. J., Wireless communications security: solutions for the internet of things, John Wiley & Sons, 2017 (via Ebook Central)

Rashvand, Habib F., et al, Distributed Sensor Systems: Practice and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, 2012 (via Ebook Central)

Addington, D. Michelle, Smart Materials and Technologies, Architectural Press, Office-TA418.9.S62A34 2005

Borch, Ine ter, Skins for buildings: the architect’s materials samples book, BIS, TA403.6.S56 2004

Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (CIMSS)

Jayaraman, Sundaresan, et al, Intelligent Textiles for Personal Protection and Safety, IOS Press, 2006 (via Ebook Central)

Kolarevic, Branko, “Actualising overlooked materials capacities,” Architectural Design, September/October 2015, p.128-133

Leydecker, Sylvia, Nano materials in architecture, interior architecture, and design, Birkhäuser, 2008 (via SpringerLink)

Ritter, Axel, Smart materials in architecture, interior architecture and design, Walter de Gruyter, 2006 (via Ebook Central)

Smart Materials and Structures (periodical published 6 times each year)

Vincenzini, Pietro, & Cosimo Carfagna, Smart and interactive textiles, Trans Tech Publishers, 2012 (via Ebook Central)

BACnet, data communication protocol for building automation & control networks (ASHRAE SSPC 135)

Fieldbus Foundation (automation infrastructure)

Hernandez, José L., et al, “An IFC interoperability framework for self-inspection process in buildings,” Buildings, February 2018, p.1-9 (via www.mdpi.com)

Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate

Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS)

X10: Performance and productivity at scale, IBM

Anumba, Chimay J. & Xiangyu Wang (editors), Mobile and pervasive computing in construction, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 (via Ebook Central)

Calvary, Gaëlle, et al, Computer science and ambient intelligence, Wiley, 2013 (via Ebook Central)

Dourish, Paul & Genevieve Bell, Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing, MIT Press, 2011 (via Ebook Central)

Farivar, Cyrus, The internet of elsewhere: the emergent effects of a wired world, Rutgers University Press, HM851 .F35 2011

IEEE Technology Navigator – listing of resources (conferences, publications, etc.) related to ambient intelligence (via technav.ieee.org)

International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IOS Press, 20102011 (via Ebook Central)

International Conference on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health, IOS Press, 20142015 (via Ebook Central)

Mishra, Sanjay, Wearable android: Android wear & Google Fit app development, Wiley, 2015 (via Ebook Central)

Pedersen, Isabel & Andrew Iliadis, Embodied computing: wearables, implantables, embeddables, ingestibles, MIT Press, QA76.592 .E43 2020

Ryan, Susan Elizabeth, “Re-Visioning the Interface: Technological Fashion as Critical Media,” Leonardo, 2009, Vol. 42, # 4, p.307-313

Seymour, Sabine, Fashionable technology: the intersection of design, fashion, science, and technology, Springer, TS1767 .S486 2009

Wearable Computing at the MIT Media Lab

WearableTech, a "news, analysis and opinion site devoted to wearable technology"

Alternative keywords

Ambient intelligence, Biosensors, Energy efficiency, HVAC, Human-computer interaction, Intelligent materials, Robotics in architecture, Smart power grids, Sustainable architecture, Sustainable buildings, Wireless sensors, Wearable computers

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