Smart Buildings Systems for Architects Owners and Builders

• Author : James M Sinopoli
• Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
• Release : 09 November 2009

Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders is a practical guide and resource for architects, builders, engineers, facility managers, developers, contractors, and design consultants. The book covers the costs and benefits of smart buildings, and the basic design foundations, technology systems, and management systems encompassed within a smart building. Unlike other resources, Smart Buildings is organized to provide an overview of each of the technology systems in a building, and to indicate where each of these systems is in

• Author : Jim Sinopoli
• Publisher : Smart Buildings
• Release : 01 May 2006

Smart Buildings is a practical guide and resource for architects, engineers, facility managers, developers, contractors, and design consultants. The book covers the costs and benefits of smart buildings, and the basic design foundations, technology systems, and management systems encompassed within a smart building. Unlike other resources, Smart Buildings is organized to provide an overview of each of the technology systems in a building, and to indicate where each of these systems is in their migration to and utilization of the

• Author : Gonçalo Marques,Jagriti Saini,Maitreyee Dutta
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 23 May 2023

This book focuses on the integration of IoT and computer aided systems for the development of smart buildings. The scope of the book includes, but is not restricted to, advanced technologies for monitoring, energy management, smart gardening, protection, safety, assisted living, and intelligent operations. The authors cover the wide aspects of interconnected smart services with convenient interfacing to the end-users. The features of this book include discussion on various aspects of IoT and computer aided systems for smart architecture designs

• Author : James Sinopoli
• Publisher : Artech House
• Release : 31 July 2016

Authored by an accredited expert in the field, this timely new resource introduces technologies that can be used for advanced smart buildings, including renewable power, communications, indoor positioning, security management, and control systems. This book speaks to the innovation of advanced technology, particularly information technology within the building industry today and explores the potential benefits and issues with advanced technology and its applications and presents practical real-world case studies. This book demonstrates that the penetration of information technology in the

• Author : O.V. Gnana Swathika,K. Karthikeyan,Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 24 February 2022

This book discusses various artificial intelligence and machine learning applications concerning smart buildings. It includes how renewable energy sources are integrated into smart buildings using suitable power electronic devices. The deployment of advanced technologies with monitoring, protection, and energy management features is included, along with a case study on automation. Overall, the focus is on architecture and related applications, such as power distribution, microgrids, photovoltaic systems, and renewable energy aspects. The chapters define smart building concepts and their related benefits.

• Author : O.V. Gnana Swathika,K. Karthikeyan,Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 24 February 2022

This book explains the concept of data centers, including data collection, public parking systems, smart metering, and sanitizer dispensers. Electric urban transport systems and effective electric distribution in smart cities are discussed as well. The extensive role of power electronics in smart building applications, such as electric vehicles, rooftop terracing, and renewable energy integration, is included. Case studies on automation in smart homes and commercial and official buildings are elaborated. This book describes the complete implication of smart buildings via

• Author : Harry G. Smeenk,Marc Petock
• Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
• Release : 31 March 2023

Harness the full potential of IoT in your building to improve living standards, energy efficiency, and more Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key FeaturesDiscover how IoT solutions transform mechanical and electrical control systems into smart systemsUnlock new revenue potential, operational efficiencies, and improved occupant's quality of lifeExplore industry thought leadership through author-led real-world applications and use casesBook Description Imagine working in a building with smart features and tenant applications that allow you to

• Author : O.V. Gnana Swathika,K. Karthikeyan,Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 28 May 2022

A smart building is the state-of-art in building with features that facilitates informed decision making based on the available data through smart metering and IoT sensors. This set provides useful information for developing smart buildings including significant improvement of energy efficiency, implementation of operational improvements and targeting sustainable environment to create an effective customer experience. It includes case studies from industrial results which provide cost effective solutions and integrates the digital SCADE solution. Describes complete implication of smart buildings via

• Author : Maad Bali,Dietmar A. Half,Dieter Polle,Jürgen Spitz
• Publisher : Birkhäuser
• Release : 29 January 2019

How can smart technology open up new design opportunities – for the design, the execution, and the operation of buildings and for the digitalization of construction? A hitherto unusual conception of the building as a cybernetic architectural system forms the basis of this integrated design approach. The authors – architects and engineers with extensive design experience – contribute an overview of current technical components of automation and communication systems, as well as a summary of relevant laws, standards, and guidelines. Six example projects

• Author : Anuradha Tomar
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release : 30 May 2023

This book provides an overview of how efficient building energy management can be done, considering the increasing importance of renewable energy integration. It also includes the grid-interactive building, their control, energy management, and optimization techniques to promote better understanding among researchers and business professionals in the utility sector and across industries. This book is written and edited by leading specialists active in concurrent developments in smart building management, renewable energy research, and application-driven R&D. The experiences and research work

• Author : Andrew Harrison,Eric Loe,James Read
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 05 October 2005

The growing demand for high quality office and manufacturing space in South East Asia has led to an increasing awareness of 'intelligent building' concepts. This study is based on a major research project undertaken by three leading players in the construction industry - DEGW, Northcroft and Ove Arup & Partners - which looked at user requirements and changing patterns in the workplace. The book also contains key findings from the earlier Intelligent Buildings in Europe study undertaken by DEGW and Tecknibank

• Author : Alessia Arteconi
• Publisher : MDPI
• Release : 21 January 2021

This Special Issue “Evaluation of Energy Efficiency and Flexibility in Smart Buildings” addresses the relevant role of buildings as strategic instruments to improve the efficiency and flexibility of the overall energy system. This role of the built environment is not yet fully developed and exploited and the book content contributes to increasing the general awareness of achievable benefits. In particular, different topics are discussed, such as optimal control, innovative efficient technologies, methodological approaches, and country analysis about energy efficiency and

• Author : Marco Casini
• Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
• Release : 27 May 2016

Smart Buildings: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology to Improve Energy Efficiency and Environmental Performance presents a thorough analysis of the latest advancements in construction materials and building design that are applied to maximize building efficiency in both new and existing buildings. After a brief introduction on the issues concerning the design process in the third millennium, Part One examines the differences between Zero Energy, Green, and Smart Buildings, with particular emphasis placed on the issue of smart buildings and smart housing,

• Author : John Vacca
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 22 September 2020

Solving Urban Infrastructure Problems Using Smart City Technologies is the most complete guide for integrating next generation smart city technologies into the very foundation of urban areas worldwide, showing how to make urban areas more efficient, more sustainable, and safer. Smart cities are complex systems of systems that encompass all aspects of modern urban life. A key component of their success is creating an ecosystem of smart infrastructures that can work together to enable dynamic, real-time interactions between urban subsystems

• Author : John T. Wen,Sandipan Mishra
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 04 December 2017

Readers of this book will be shown how, with the adoption of ubiquituous sensing, extensive data-gathering and forecasting, and building-embedded advanced actuation, intelligent building systems with the ability to respond to occupant preferences in a safe and energy-efficient manner are becoming a reality. The articles collected present a holistic perspective on the state of the art and current research directions in building automation, advanced sensing and control, including: model-based and model-free control design for temperature control; smart lighting systems; smart