intelligent building
intelligent building. Building in which the services (e.g. heating), environmental design, security, performance, maintenance, outbreaks of fire, leaks, etc., are controlled by computers (e.g. Pelli's Canary Wharf Tower, London, 1986).
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Hakser et al. (1992)
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