An "intelligent building" is one that maximizes the efficiency of the occupants whilst minimizing the costs associated with running it. This book considers the economic case for "intelligent buildings", and how they can be seen as an investment, but one requiring management.
Introduction: what is an intelligent building? Part 1 Managing the
intelligent building investment: intelligent workplaces - the key to business
success, J. Worthington; building IQ - rating the intelligent building, D.
Boyd and L. Jankovic; productivity in intelligent buildings, A.R. Kell; costs
of intelligent buildings, E.C. Loe; facilities management of intelligent
buildings, J. Mitchell. Part 2 Managing the building environment: integration
of control and management, N. Rees; security and access, D. Armstrong; making
intelligent buildings practical and affordable, R.S. Kagan; the
intelligent-building facade, G. Battle and C. McCarthy; machine learning for
building intelligence, L. Jankovic. Part 3 Managing information technology:
IT requirement and strategies, P. Mair; approaches to structures cabling, J.
Harrard; building of success - delivering new services, C. Gahan and G.
Luisgnani; implementing a communications network, M.D. Humphreys;
computer-supported co-operative work, S.A.R. Scrivener and S. Clark. Part 4
Managing people: intelligent buildings for intelligent people, J.D. Sime;
pressures for change, organizations and workplace, A. Laing; a building for
people - NMB bank headquarters, D. Boyd. Part 5 Conclusion - the future of
intelligent buildings, D.P. Robathan.
