Smart Buildings

Research for an article written on Smart buildings. Data is extracted from different articles over the internet. There may be plagiarism, this is just researched data.

• Data
  1. Navigant Research estimates that the smart building technology market will generate global revenue of USD 8.5 billion in 2020, up from USD 4.7 billion in 2016, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 15.9% over the forecast period.
• What is a Smart Building?
  1. A structure that uses automated processes to automatically control the building’s operations like heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, security and other systems.
  2. It works smart electronics and circuitry like sensors, actuators, and microchips.
  3. Even old buildings are now converted into smarter ones.
  4. Smart office buildings, health care facilities, hospitals, educational facilities, stadiums and many others types of smart buildings exist all over the world.
  5. Examples: Honeywell or Johnson Controls
• Benefits of Smart building
  1. Helps owners, operators and facility managers improve asset reliability and performance.
  2. It reduces energy use, optimize how space is used and minimizes the environmental impact of buildings
  3. “When the building load is rising and approaching the high limit setting, the nonessential loads are turned off in their subgroup order, followed by the high-priority loads,” Garry Myers, VP and director of building automation services for WSP Flack + Kurtz, told Siemens.
• Vs old building
  1. More productive with lighting, thermal comfort, air quality, physical security, sanitation and more at lower costs and environmental impact.
• Creation of smart buildings
  1. Linking core systems such as lighting, power meters, water meters, pumps, heating, fire alarms and chiller plants with sensors and control systems.
  2. At more advanced level, even elevators, access systems, and shading can become part of the system.
• Example of Smart buildings
  1. The Edge building, Amsterdam, Holland.
     • According to BREEAM a british rating agency it is the most intelligent building and greenest in the world.
     • This building knows from the convenient spot to part your car to how much sugar you like in your coffee.
     • One of the stand-out features of this green building is super-efficient LED panels that require such a tiny trickle of electricity that they can be powered using the same cables that carry data for the internet.
  2. Capital Tower, Singapore, Indonesia
     • This building won the Green Mark Platinum Award for its construction design, and for its energy and water efficiency.
     • It controls the temperature, make its eye on water and energy consumption, and also constant monitoring for carbon monoxide to ensure optimal air quality.
     • The building has many features like a panoramic view of the Singapore skyline, a fitness center, pool, childcare, and sever dining options.
  3. Glumac, Shanghai, China
     • One of the most suitable office building on the eart
     • It is the first LEED Platinum v4 facility in East Asia.
     • First asian building to have Living Building Certification for Net-zero energy, water and carbon.
     • It has the best AQI in Shanghai, with the help of indoor air monitoring system that allows employees to see the toxicity of the indoor air on their cell phones.
     • The Glumac has 5 air purification systems and a planted green wall to filter out the often serious pollution outside the building.