Article: The brains behind intelligent buildings.(FAST TALK)

When members of the editorial staff recently discussed the topic of intelligent buildings (which is the focus of this month's cover story, beginning on page 38), we remarked among ourselves that the term was almost archaic. Not, of course, because the concept is unproven or unimportant, but because the expression has been around so long.

Rewind to the mid-1980s. Back then, as a junior member of the staff, I attended the grand opening of the Hilton at Walt Disney World Village in Lake Buena Vista, FL, purported by its developer/builder/owner Tishman Realty and Construction Co. Inc., and the industry at large, as the "first intelligent hotel property." (It was also ...

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