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Internet of Things for Smart Buildings

By : Harry G. Smeenk
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Book Image

Internet of Things for Smart Buildings

5 (1)
By: Harry G. Smeenk

Overview of this book

Imagine working in a building with smart features and tenant applications that allow you to monitor, manage, and control every aspect of your user experience. Internet of Things for Smart Buildings is a comprehensive guide that will help you achieve that with smart building architecture, ecosystems, technologies, and key components that create a smart building. In this book, you’ll start by examining all the building systems and applications that can be automated with IoT devices. You’ll learn about different apps to improve efficiency, reduce consumption, and improve occupant satisfaction. You’ll explore IoT sensors, devices, computing platforms, analytics software, user interfaces, and connectivity options, along with common challenges you might encounter while developing the architecture. You’ll also discover how to piece different components together to develop smart buildings with the help of use cases and examples and get to grips with the various IoT stacks. After finding out where to start developing the requirements for your project, you’ll uncover a recommended methodology to understand your current building systems and a process for determining what needs to be modified, along with new technology requirements. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to design and build your own smart building initiative, turning your city into a smart city with one building at a time.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Part 1: Applications for Smart Buildings
7
Part 2: Smart Building Architecture
11
Part 3: Building Your Smart Building Stack
15
Part 4: Building Sustainability for Contribution to Smart Cities

IoT helps buildings give back to the grid

Integrating buildings and the electricity grid is a fundamental method for increasing energy efficiency across smart cities. Smart sensing, metering, monitoring, and management are helping building owners to locate efficiency opportunities and to increase the grid operator’s situational awareness. The energy savings by using demand-responsive devices are augmented with potential savings from not having to build new energy generation and transmission infrastructure.

A transactive approach to energy allows millions of meters, sensors, and smart appliances to seamlessly communicate and coordinate with energy loads and distributed generation sources. Decisions for allocation and use are made based on the value, which may use non-energy criteria, such as the power’s greenness, comfort, and asset valuation.

To build integrated building-grid ecosystems, cities and buildings should do the following:

  • Use the built environment...