Smart BuildingsSmart Buildings is a practical guide and resource for architects, engineers, facility managers, developers, contractors, and design consultants. The book covers the costs and benefits of smart buildings, and the basic design foundations, technology systems, and management systems encompassed within a smart building. Unlike other resources, Smart Buildings is organized to provide an overview of each of the technology systems in a building, and to indicate where each of these systems is in their migration to and utilization of the standard underpinnings of a smart building. |
Contents
The Economics of Smart Buildings | 5 |
The Foundations of a Smart Building | 13 |
Ethernet and IP Protocols | 23 |
Interoperable Smart Building System Databases | 29 |
Data Networks | 35 |
Voice Networks | 41 |
Audio Visual Systems | 47 |
Video Distribution Systems | 59 |
Video Surveillance Systems | 77 |
Access Control Systems | 87 |
Heating Ventilating and Air Conditioning Systems | 97 |
Electric Power Management Systems | 107 |
Lighting Control Systems | 113 |
Facility Management Systems | 123 |
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Organizations and Associations | 141 |
Common terms and phrases
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