As I watched water gushing from a burst pipe on my street last month, crews scrambling in an emergency repair that closed traffic for days, I couldn’t help thinking: “This could have been prevented.” In cities worldwide, this scenario plays out thousands of times daily reactive maintenance consuming budgets that could fund schools, parks, or...
How IoT Sensors Are Transforming Campus Safety and Security – AI-Driven Energy and Intelligence
Last semester, our campus experienced three false fire alarms in a single week. As the university’s technology director, I’d been pushing for an IoT sensor upgrade for months. The day after our board finally approved the budget, I walked through our engineering building with the installation team, pointing out where our new multi-spectrum sensors would...