SENSORS IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SANDOR FRECSKA ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES

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SENSORS IN COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGSSANDOR FRECSKAARMSTRONG WORLD
INDUSTRIES
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IS THERE A NEED FOR SENSORS IN BUILDINGS

• A building is an asset and as such must be
  managed economically
• A building is a resource user - 30 to 40
  percent of the total energy used is used by and
  in buildings
• Concern for occupant safety and productivity -
  the in building environment must be controlled
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THE INTELLIGENT BUILDING IS

• an ever changing complex system in support of
  an organizational mission. It is comprised of a
  variety of inter-related systems and subsystems,
  designed to serve building users, operators and
  building owners and managers (Arthur Rubin, The
  need for a responsive workplace in Intelligent
  and Responsive Buildings Conference, Bruge, March
  29-30, 1999)
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• one that incorporates a completely integrated
  wiring architecture a single cabling system that
  handles all information traffic - voice, data,
  video, even building management systems
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CURRENT STATUS OF SENSOR USE IN COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS

• Low level of usage
• Market fragmentation
• Costly installation
• Lack of low cost wireless sensors
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WHAT IS NEEDED

• Affordable technology - hardware (in this case
  sensors), software, infrastructure
• Single source integration
• Development of a single communication protocol
• Standards
• Solutions must be commercially exploitable - how
  to create a mass market for smart building
  technologies
• Technology transfer and invention
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WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS

• Nature of the construction industry
• Fragmented activities
• Multi-vendor participation and skill levels
• Lack of single source integration/over all
  coordination
• Security
• Resistance of IT personnel to yet another layer
  of networks
• Life cycle issues - how to update the system,
  what effect aging has on the control/sensor
  system
• Education - business consumer awareness
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