The current trend: intelligent buildings are currently undergoing a long awaited convergence movement. In other words, the many low-current networks, which were previously independent of one another, are merging into an Ethernet standard, where communication, security and technical management functions (digital display, public-address system, video surveillance, access control, fire protection, anti-intrusion alarms, lighting management, HVAC, elevators management… ) within the building or infrastructure are concerned. Though, the convergence movement is not new; its beginning goes back to the 80’s and 90’s, today it is speeding up strongly and one consequence is that electrical switchboard connectivity becomes a must.
Posts Tagged ‘intelligent building’
Electrical switchboard opens up to communications networks
June 6th, 2011 | 1 Comment | Posted in Energy Efficiency - buildingTags: intelligent building, intelligent switchboard, power over internet
Intelligent building: the best solution?
September 27th, 2010 | Make a comment | Posted in Energy Efficiency - buildingTags: Energy Efficiency, intelligent building
Let me sum-up what was discussed in previous articles about intelligent building:
> no building automation ==> high energy consumption
> fully automatic building ==> occupants can’t adapt their environment to their comfort needs, feel “trapped” by the system and may thus become less productive
So is there a solution to reach both occupant comfort needs and energy efficiency ?
Yes, but the right balance is not easy to find …
how to find the best balance between automatic building and occupants comfort?
Intelligent building: from dream to nightmare!
August 25th, 2010 | 4 Comments | Posted in Energy Efficiency - buildingTags: Energy Efficiency, intelligent building
I wrote this article to react to the previous post called “My office: a 100% intelligent building!” where Mr Steve Tettoc describes how great his new intelligent building is. His building, where everything is fully automatic and occupants have no control on their environment, seems really crazy to me.
And honestly I wonder if Mr Tettoc, and the visitors who commented that they thought it is a bright idea, have a real field experience of how things evolve in such buildings after a few years, and what their occupants really think about it.
angry occupant in intelligent building
Join the forum discussion on this post My office: a 100% intelligent building !
February 24th, 2010 | 12 Comments | Posted in Energy Efficiency - buildingTags: building controls, Energy Efficiency, intelligent building
Hello, my name is Steve, I am the owner of a small company of 95 people. Since 1 year we have built a new office building fully automated: it’s great! I mean, both the working comfort and energy efficiency issues.
