Introduction

• An intelligent building is the one which provides a productive and cost-effective environment through optimization of four basic elements: structure, services and management, and the interrelationship between them.
• It is a building that uses both technology and process to create an environment that is safe, healthy and comfortable to everyone.

Need of Intelligent Building

• Technology is changing how we design and construct buildings and the building fabrics themselves.
• Intelligent buildings are the new era in the field of construction throughout the world.
• It is environment  friendly.
• It is cost effective.
• It has many social benefits.

Components of an Intelligent Buildings

• Energy management system
• Lighting management system
• Security systems & fire safety
• Telecommunications & Office automation
• Local area networks
• Cabling management
• Intelligent maintenance mgt. system (IMMS)
• Computer aided facility management (CAFM)

Cost Effective Construction

• Fly ash based concrete walls should be used.
• Intelligent buildings are more energy efficient.
• These buildings use less water.
• Materials efficiency.
• Intelligent building should be constructed so that it can take advantages of renewable resources.
• Reduces operating cost.
• Solar cells should be used.

Features of intelligent Building

• Intelligent building are flexible are responsive to different usage and environmental contexts.
• It is able to change states with respect to functions and user demands over time and building spaces as its easy to program and re-program during use.
• It supports human communication between individuals and groups.
• It has a distributed long term and short term memory.
• It is equipped with actuators for direct or indirect manipulation installation and the building structure.

Environment Friendly

• An intelligent building starts with an environmentally friendly design.
• They maintains a comfortable, safe and secure pollution.
• Enhance and protect biodiversity and ecosystems.
• Improve air and water quality.
• Reduce waste streams.
• Optimum use of day light.

Safety

• Life safety systems, often called ‘fire systems’, are typically driven by code considerations.
• Early warning systems like smoke detection systems, detects the fire at a very early stage and pinpoint to the caretaker where exactly it is occurring, so that the fire is extinguished locally through manual fire extinguishers.
• Fire protection system pumps water to the areas where the fire occurs, so as to douse it automatically through sprinkler bulbs and also manually through the fire brigade.

Management Systems

• Energy management
• HVAC systems
• Lighting systems
• Lift and escalator systems
• Alarm monitoring
• Water management systems

Advantages of intelligent buildings

• Provides air quality control
• Higher level of security and safety
• Reduced administration costs
• Provides good comfort
• Environment friendly
• Proper control over the entire structure
• Focus on eliminating CO2 emissions

Disadvantages of Intelligent buildings

• The initial cost of an installed system is high.
• Repairing problems.
• Requires special super vision over all configuration.
• Small life of the electronic equipment.
• Serviceability would be an issue unless users have a trained technician on the staff.
• Technological limitations.

Examples

• Rotating Tower in Dubai
• Burj Khalifa
• Burj Al Arab
• Kuala Lampur Tower in Malaysia
• Buckingham Palace in London

Conclusion

• Provides adaptation to growing market and communication globalization.
• Improve worker satisfaction and productivity.
• Reduces energy consumption needs.
• As potential future savings over the projected life cycle of the building.
• The benefits of these buildings include cost saving from reduced energy, water and waste, lower operation and maintenance cost.
• To minimize energy consumption to a greater scale and to increase the equipment’s efficiency are the objectives of these buildings.
• Therefore an emphasis should be on intelligent construction.