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Smart buildings: When tech makes choices for us

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While algorithms are concerned with the predictability of human behaviour, things happen passively to the occupants of smart buildings. [iStockphoto]

Smart buildings, which are central to the concept of smart cities, are a new generation of buildings in which technological devices, such as sensors, are embedded in the structure of the buildings themselves.

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