The traditional approach to Implementing Smart Building Solutions is over 20 years old, and flawed
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The traditional approach to Implementing Smart Building Solutions is over 20 years old, and flawed

Hari Gunasingham

Tuesday,31 January 2023

Smart Buildings / Smart Technology / Sustainability

Contemporary Smart Building solutions require building systems that ensure ease of use and efficient integration

The foundation for Smart Building solutions has been the Integrated Building Management System (IBMS), which has continued for many years. Whereas the IBMS is good at aggregating point data from building systems, it is not well suited to handle the wide range of data types (e.g., transaction data, unstructured data, time series data, etc.) generated by other systems and applications. Also, for unified operations, people and processes must be horizontally integrated across building systems and applications. This requires an additional process automation and orchestration layer. Then there is a need for visualisation, analytics, and, increasingly, AI. Finally, the Smart Building solution could be deployed on a mix of on premises, cloud or mobile infrastructure.

Smart Building Technology Lifecycle vs Building Lifecycle

Consequently, IBMS-centric Smart Building solutions end up being complex and rigid. And it requires considerable knowhow and customisation to connect all the moving parts and get them to work together harmoniously. Another major issue in such building systems is a shortage of skilled technicians to implement, modify and operate these complex solutions.

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