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Smart Built Environment Eco-System
(Smart Bees) Lab

Smart Built Environment Eco-System
(Smart Bees) Lab

The Smart Built Environment Eco-System (Smart BEES) Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology conducts research at the intersection of cyber, physical, and behavioral systems. The lab integrates data, processes, and stakeholders across the project life cycle to improve efficiency and enable the sustainable design, construction, and operation of smart built environments. 

About the Lab

In the Smart BEES Lab, we aspire to reimagine the future of the smart built environment by leveraging emerging technologies and adopting a “beginner’s mind” approach. By intentionally challenging existing constructs and assumptions about the built environment, we seek to improve life-cycle efficiency and performance—from initial design and construction to long-term operation.

Our research promotes the seamless integration of processes, stakeholders, and data across project phases to overcome traditional fragmentation in the Architectural, Engineering, Construction, and Facility Management (AEC/FM) industry. We enhance operational efficiency and occupant well-being by integrating digital twins, real-time quantitative performance data, and qualitative user feedback. This approach enables data-driven, occupant-centric insights that inform the continuous improvement of the built environment. 

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Lab Director

Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Ph.D.
Director of Smart Bees Lab
Associate Professor, School of Building Construction
Georgia Institute of Technology

Learn more about Pardis Pishdad-Bozorgi, Ph.D.

Our Research

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Digital Twin and Human-Building Interaction

BIM & IoT

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Collaborative and Trust-building Technology

BIM and Blockchain

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Trust and Innovative Delivery Systems

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Industrialization and Sustainability

Distributed Construction

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Interested in Joining the Smart Bees Lab?

If you are a fan of yellow jackets, consider yourself smart with a solid educational background, creative and dedicated to advancing science and engineering, collaborative by nature, an independent thought leader, and have an interest in the built environment, then the Smart Bees Lab is for you.

On the application, please indicate your specific research interest; why you want to join the Smart Bees Lab; and demonstrate how your educational background and/or professional experience have prepared you to become a successful scholar and researcher. Demonstrated knowledge in the following areas is preferred: Building Information Modeling (BIM), Sensors and Actuators, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Visualization, Automation, Blockchain, Innovative Project Delivery, and Trust.

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