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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

Building management systems/building automation systems

Almost every sizable building regardless of its use will have some form of technology that is used to connect and manage the building’s control systems. These computer-based control systems monitor and manage mechanical and electrical equipment, such as energy management, HVAC, and lighting systems. The control system is commonly referred to as the Building Management System (BMS), or the Building Automation System (BAS). While there is a technical difference between BMS and BAS, the terms are used interchangeably, and the differences are very minor. A BMS is focused on monitoring and maintaining building operations with supervisory control, while a BAS is typically a subset that is designed for the automation of building systems with limited energy-efficiency capabilities.

The goals of these computer-based systems are to improve system uptimes, improve system efficiency, reduce costs, and improve safety and occupant...