Integration of Nature and Technology for Smart Cities
Integration of Nature and Technology for Smart Cities By:"Anil Ahuja, PE, RCDD, LEED BD+C, CxA" Published on 2016-03-17 by Springer E-book Library:"Technology & Engineering" This book is a resumption of the work “Integrated M/E Design: Building Systems Engineering” published by Anil Ahuja in 1997. Together with an international group of authors from the engineering, urban planning, and architecture fields, Mr. Ahuja discussed new trends and paradigms in the smart buildings and smart city sectors and extended the topic of the previous publication from the building to the entire city. A smart, sustainable building is not just about the building itself. There are things happening in the inside of the building and on the outside. A smart building connects the inside with the outside, provides efficiencies on both sides, synchronizes the outside infrastructure with its inside systems, and integrates nature and its occupants in its design. A smart building doesn’t jus...