The smart buildings They are born in the very conception of architectural and construction design. From the design and architectural planning, the systems that will be integrated are analyzed and determined: the different home automation devices, the energy optimization system and the security systems.
The goal of smart buildings is self-manage, learn, anticipate and adapt by themselves, without the need for the intervention or recognition of their users. Room temperature, lighting, shading, energy and water usage can be easily and automatically adjusted based on sensors and monitors.
Smart buildings work by installing sensors in a building’s major systems, such as electricity, lighting, security, water meters, heating and cooling, alarms, and security systems. These interactive sensors, when connected to a network, allow the building manager to monitor and control the environment through them, acting as eyes and ears. They are governed by software that allows an operator to control the situation in real time, also remotely, as well as automate many of these processes. And be able to make better decisions to further improve the habitability and efficiency of the building.
The Smart Building concept is applicable to different buildings: factories, hotels, museums, office centers, hospitals, shopping centers, etc. These constructions are characterized by having facilities and systems that allow an integrated management of the building’s functionalities, emphasizing energy savings.
What does a building need to become a Smart Building?
Devices and Sensors: Smart buildings need devices that are capable of relating to each other through the Internet, interconnected in real time through an enabling platform.
Artificial intelligence: Artificial intelligence makes it possible for machines to learn from experience and adjust to changing environments, making it possible for a building to evolve by improving its efficiency based on pattern recognition from collected data and applying optimized algorithms.
Management Platform: The data collected from the different elements and sensors of the building are processed and managed automatically, through a comprehensive management platform, allowing data from sensors, databases or external information systems to be combined and processed both in real time and in historical.
What systems control smart buildings?
The technology used by a smart building works through smart solutions, which is the ability to automate and digitize properties that do not correspond to private homes.
These systems manage: air conditioning, lighting, security, access, fire prevention, electricity and water supplies and waste management, among others.
Including modern control systems and automation techniques, smart buildings can produce energy savings; promote the sustainability and protect the environment; improve health and safety of its occupants; Improve Life Quality of those who coexist with the building.
smart building materials
In an intelligent building it is also worth thinking about the materials with which it is built. These must be materials that respect the environment and recyclable.
Green buildings, which not only include integrated automated systems, but are also designed to reduce the negative impact on human health and the environment where they are built.
home automation
Home automation is the automation and control applied to private homes. A smart home allows a series of advantages, in safety and comfort:
- Choose, through a single switch, the most appropriate lighting for each room, intensity or duration.
- Individually adjust the temperature of each space.
- Schedule appliances to work at times when electricity is cheapest.
- Collect awnings or close doors and windows depending on the weather conditions.
- Automatically cut off the water or gas supply when a leak is detected.
- Automatically notify all programmed telephones if any incident occurs.
- Through a phone call we can start up the electrical appliances, the heating or adjust the lighting of the home.
Smart buildings have concrete benefits, quantifiable in monetary terms: energy savings, productivity optimization, predictive maintenance.
Best building value: A smart building increases its market value once all smart technologies are implemented suitable.
* Gonzalo Martínez Vargas – CEO Moebius Real Estate Consultant
Source: Ambito
