A new "smart" building could house 75 percent fewer bureaucrats, he said.

We're going to give them one of these smart buildings.

That'd be good for the Board of Education, a smart building.

They cannot compete with the so-called smart buildings that are designed for heavy computer operations and telecommunications.

A collective term for one set of technologies is smart buildings.

It also features automatic elevators, which means it's a smart building and is always on the floors of more influx.

"A lot is made of the so-called 'smart' buildings now being built," he said.

But because such funds can't be used for staff, education officials fear we could end up with smart new buildings and no teachers to put in them.

We were surprised to discover a smart white building with a bright pillarbox red door.

"They'll be 'smart' buildings with separate climate controls for different sections of the building."