Engineering the Next Generation of

Sustainable Buildings

Intelligent & Sustainable Buildings

Alan Kell
Director, I&G Systems
BETNET Intelligent Buildings Champion
October 2008

alan.kell@igsystems.co.uk
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The Sustainability Challenge

• One World
• Increasing population
• Increasing demands on resources
• Negative impacts on environment
• Demands for equitable distribution of
resources
 But the Power of
Information Technology is
growing even faster than
Population

100,000 Growth in
40 Years
 The Intelligent Response

• Intelligence: the creative use of information

• Based upon systems for data collection, analysis,
communication and application
• Increasing power and affordability of ICT supports
the more extensive use of intelligence in buildings
• Integration with human, commercial and
environmental factors essential
• Success based upon improvements in performance
& value
 Intelligent & Green Buildings

Best use of information INTELLIGENT Best use of resources

& GREEN

INTELLIGENT GREEN

SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
 Development
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The Intelligent Building Pyramid
The Cisco Proposition
 From multiple proprietary networks ..
COMMUNICATIONS

FIRE LIGHTING

SECURITY LIFTS

ACCESS 24/7 Monitoring

ENERGY HVAC

Separate Control Environments

To a Single IP Network for Communication
and Building Services
COMMUNICATIONS

FIRE LIGHTING

SECURITY LIFTS
Open
Standards-based
Building Network 24/7 Monitoring
ACCESS

ENERGY
HVAC

Central Monitoring & Control

 Converged Information Utility
High-Speed Internet Lighting

Building Services and Technologies

Wireless
Tenant Services and Technologies

Elevators

VPN 24/7 monitor

IP Telephony HVAC sensors

Audio and video

conferencing Fire

Visitor Video
management surveillance

Interactive media Access

Digital signage Energy

Levels of Information Systems Integration

Business Systems
(SAP, Oracle, Energy, Operations, etc.)
Business
Business Integration

Facility
Facility Management
Management System
System

Asset
Asset Management
Management FMS
FMS Front
Front End
End CMMS
CMMS
Integration

Services
Services Integration
Integration
Fire
Fire Alarm

Electrical
Electrical
Security

Lighting
Security

Other
Lighting

Other ....
HVAC

CCTV
HVAC

CCTV
Alarm
 Intelligent Intelligent
Hotels Factories

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Offices Intelligent
Warehouses
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Homes Intelligent
Shopping
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Intelligent
Intelligent
Stadiums Airports
 Development
of
Green Buildings
 Green Building Definition

"A green building uses less energy,

water and natural resources, creates less
waste and is healthier for the people living
inside compared to a standard building."
Green Buildings
Focus on Sustainable
Materials, Carbon & Energy
Major Focus on Structural
Solutions
 Green Buildings

• Highly influential global movement

• Mainly architect not engineer led solutions
• Linked to “life-style” values which are often
anti-technology, anti-corporate
• Established are increasingly influential
building assessment and rating systems
 Intelligent & Green Buildings

Best use of information INTELLIGENT Best use of resources

& GREEN

INTELLIGENT GREEN

Performance
Measurement
 Building Assessment Methods

Green Building Intelligent Building

• BREEAM (UK) • BIQ (CABA North
• LEED (US) America)
• Green Star (Aust.) • IB Index (Hong
• CASBEE (Japan) Kong, China)
• Green Mark • IBSK (Korea)
(Singapore) • TIBA (Taiwan)
• HK-BEAM (Hong • SCC (Shanghai)
Kong)
Characteristics of Current
Rating Systems

• Focus on new-build construction

• Assessment at the design and/or
construction stage
• No measurement of actual
performance in use
• Little relationship between green &
intelligent assessments
 BREEAM In-Use
• New assessment tool currently being launched
• Focus on performance of existing buildings
• Based on 3 elements:
1. Asset Rating - Inherent environmental
performance
2. Management Rating- building management
commitment
3. Operational Rating - Performance effectiveness of
the building (combination of 2 and 3).

• Provides basis for connecting green & intelligent

building ratings
Examples of Implementing
Intelligent & Green
Buildings
 Implementing
Intelligent & Green
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 Implications & Opportunities
• Best building performance based on:
best design + best management =
green + intelligent

• Need to combine building design and engineering

services with IT, communications and control

• Major opportunities for progressive engineers,

designers and technologists
 References
• IET– www.theiet.org
• I&G Systems – www.igsystems.co.uk
• INTEGER - www.integerasia.com
• CABA - www.caba.org
• BREEAM - www.breeam.org
• Tridium - www.tridium.com
• Cisco Connected Real Estate -
www.cisco.com/web/strategy/trec/index.html
• Pacific Controls - www.pacificcontrols.net