Advanced Technology for Smart Buildings

Authored by an accredited expert in the field, this timely new resource introduces technologies that can be used for advanced smart buildings, including renewable power, communications, indoor positioning, security management, and control systems.

This book speaks to the innovation of advanced technology, particularly information technology within the building industry today and explores the potential benefits and issues with advanced technology and its applications and presents practical real-world case studies.

This book demonstrates that the penetration of information technology in the building industry is a long term, major develo pment that will affect homes, offices, and other buildings. Smart technology will impact the automation and communications in existing and new building systems.

- The Role of the Owners and Architects in Smart Buildings
- Measuring the Performance of a Building
- Infor mation Technology in Building Systems
- Data management
- Lig hting
- Data Analytics
- Indoor Positioning Systems
- Rea l time Location Systems
- Eye Tracking Systems
- Distributed Antenna Systems
- Power
- Integrated Building Management Systems
- Video Surveillance
- Access Control and Intrusion
- Monitoring the Building Envelope
- System Integration
- Building Operations
- Energy Management
- Essential Attributes of a Smart Building
- Case Studies
- Future Building Technology

Building automation engineers, building services engineers, civil engineers, telecommunication engineers, power engineers, architects, facility managers and IT consultants.