Summer heatwaves are no longer rare events. Across the UK and Europe, each year seems to bring a new round of record-breaking temperatures, longer heat spells, and increasingly frequent amber and red weather warnings. For most people, that means reaching for a fan or staying indoors during the hottest part of the day. For IT infrastructure, it means something far more serious: a growing risk of throttled performance, unplanned downtime, and permanent hardware damage.
Smart building features are all around us and commonplace, like the lights going on when we use the bathroom in a museum. What seems like a relatively minor feature of modern life is part of a major technological development that is set to expand throughout new buildings and to be integrated into older and listed buildings in the future.
The word agile is an adjective defined as ‘to be able to move quickly and easily’. As a word, it reflects flexibility and athleticism, and the use of the word conveys a high degree of energy.
Sustainability as a concept is currently a theme found across central and local government initiatives and in business plans in multiple sectors. But what does it mean?





