2024-05-09T21:10:44-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150410099/toronto-metropolitan-university-unveils-plan-for-scithub-the-world-s-first-fully-digitally-enabled-building Josh Niland 2023-12-28T15:49:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4b/4bb185a7d3634476f46082b75ce4e554.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new prototype demonstration of different burgeoning <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2373949/smart-building" target="_blank">smart building</a> technologies is coming to the campus of <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/30267218/toronto-metropolitan-university" target="_blank">Toronto Metropolitan University</a> as part of a cross-institutional effort that will result in the construction of a new 3,229-square-foot Smart Campus Integration and Testing Hub (SCITHub) designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/6031101/wzmh-architects" target="_blank">WZMH Architects</a>.</p> <p>The initiative has been in development since 2019, with a finalized design for the structure submitted two years later, and its construction is now fully funded through a mixture of public grants and private donations that covered the total project cost of about $6 million.&nbsp;</p> <p>The TMU SCITHub is part of the Network of Living Campuses (NLC), which involves seven other universities across Canada. Researchers are hopeful it will serve as a kind of nexus for the various data-driven investigations into smart building tech that are happening at their respective campuses.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/07296ba35bf38fa8cca1708f4ec460ea.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/07/07296ba35bf38fa8cca1708f4ec460ea.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Toronto Metropolitan University </figcaption></figure><p>A mass timber building envelope and exterior Intellige...</p>