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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

Space management

The return to buildings post-pandemic created a major focus on space occupancy and space management. Social distancing guidelines, hybrid-working arrangements, and continuous virus-variant outbreaks have building space planners searching for technology solutions. By combining IoT sensor data with advanced analytic solutions and space management software, we can deliver actionable solutions in many areas to save money and enhance operations inside and around buildings. Workspace changes could be made in real time by analyzing vacancy rates, utilization rates, and usage behavior. Occupancy sensing and space utilization information offer the ability to forecast space requirements.

Space planning and utilization can be optimized using real-time IoT-driven heat maps and employee work patterns. Underutilized space can be cut back while high-use space can be better equipped and expanded. Individual space versus open space requirements can be optimized using the data collected...