...Laura Remes; Kenneth Dooley; Jaakko Ketomäki; Heikki Ihasalo Purpose User-centred intelligent buildings (IBs) should respond to users’ needs holistically and the demand for end user applications is steadily growing. The purpose of this study is to answer: What are end user applications, what...

... and preferences. While this is theoretically possible, little research exists on how optimization might look in practice, and on the value it could bring to the workplace. Office buildings Office management Productivity Smart buildings Intelligent buildings Hotdesking The following section...

... presents a challenge in terms of understanding a wholly new approach to the building management. This paper asks if the intelligent building of today meets the needs of the facilities management team. Does it enable them to manage their asset more effectively? New technologies are converging...

... differences in order to achieve better quality intelligent buildings. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Intelligent buildings Building management Performance measurement This paper outlines building evaluation methodology and instruments, which will facilitate comparative, cross‐cultural evaluation...

...Albert T.P. So; K.C. Wong A paper on a new definition of intelligent buildings for Asia was published in Facilities in late 1999. This definition was later adopted by The Asian Institute of Intelligent Buildings as the official definition of intelligent buildings (IBs). The requirements...

... homes. In addition, the research suggests that the use of this technology is not limited to high‐income earners or other demographic stereotypes. Instead it has broad market appeal and the potential to save energy for the community at large. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Intelligent buildings...

...Edward Finch Conventional wisdom suggests that the complete integration of building automation systems is the final outcome in the evolution of intelligent buildings. Security systems, energy management systems, fire alarm systems are some of the automation systems that are converging to produce...

...Michael Chun To Cho; Richard Fellows This paper reports an investigation of the performance of a sample of office buildings in Hong Kong which were marketed as being intelligent. A summary review of literature charting the development of intelligent buildings and perspectives of what intelligence...

...Albert T.P. So; Alvin C.W. Wong; K‐c. Wong Intelligent building (IB) is the future of our building industry. All new commercial buildings and probably luxurious domestic buildings are designed with a common goal – to become intelligent buildings. However, the official definition of IB has not yet...

... a single communication path is particularly attractive. The mechanics of implementing an open standard for a building automation system are similar for both standards. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Intelligent buildings Internet Premises management So far, the discussion has looked...

... has been written for us means that we can even link telephone and security systems into the database. The system is simple to use and needs hardly any training." Intelligent buildings FM-FOCUS software from Visual Technology to improve facilities management Keywords Intelligent...

... Providing owners,occupiers and facilities managers with better control over the environmental spaces in buildings is a major quest for the building services industry. The difficulty is that the "intelligent building", like any holy grail, represents different things for different people...

...Edward Finch; Derek Clements‐Croome The emergence of intelligent buildings is likely to impose significant demands on facilities managers into the twenty‐first century. Whether we choose the term intelligent or not, building intelligence permeates through every feature of the modern building...

... OWS within a system. The NCU can be considered the heart of the whole system. It is a microprocessor‐based main controller with network control modules (NCMs) being plugged into the slots. The NCU incorporates the following modules: Buildings Energy management Intelligent buildings Internet...

... in a single database, it is available on location, where the piece of ducting or trunking is to be found: where the information is often required. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Barcodes Identification Intelligent buildings Smart cards Standards When we speak of building intelligence we...

...Eric Loe Examines some of the economic characteristics which arise when an intelligent building investment is made, by looking at the issues of change as businesses seek greater flexibility from their work space. Considers two recent studies in the field and summarizes by reviewing the benefits...

... Intelligent buildings Service operations Technological change This article focuses on those changes in the construction supply system which are a prerequisite for the effective design, management and production of smart buildings. The issues are considered in the context of the international...

...Andrew Mawson Investigates the subject of intelligent buildings which have specific capabilities in the context of the occupiers′/investors′ current and future business. Proposes that the design of the building should reduce life‐cycle costs by recognizing the needs of its occupants. Concludes...

... of the Learning Building Group research programme. Costs Facilities management Financial management Information technology Intelligent buildings Operations management Organizational change Service operations Systems integration Working conditions © MCB UP Limited 1994 To deliver...

... to operate at lower levels of stress and in a healthier environment than exists in “traditional”buildings. Buildings Design Facilities management Intelligent buildings Learning Building Group Problem solving Scandinavia United Kingdom Working conditions In this, the second article about...