Smart Buildings
Which smart building technologies deliver the most value?
How to rank smart building technologies for your building using operating problems, data readiness and the enabling works each needs.
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Practical guidance for owners, designers and operators working on connected, efficient and digitally ready buildings and developments.
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Cybersecurity & Resilience
What should happen when a smart building loses its internet connection?
What should keep working, degrade or stop when a smart building loses its internet connection, and how to test it.
Operations & Productivity
How can smart buildings reduce facilities management costs?
Which facilities management cost lines smart building capabilities can change, and how to build and measure the cost case.
Data Centres & AI Infrastructure
How do you design structured cabling for a data centre?
How to design data centre cabling from the network architecture to pathways, with clear design responsibilities and tender requirements.
Smart Buildings
What are the main components of a smart building?
The six functional layers of a smart building, from field devices to applications, and who should own each one in the brief.
Energy & Sustainability
What is building energy submetering and where should meters be installed?
What submetering is, where meters should go and how to specify, phase and commission a metering programme.
Digital Twins & BIM
How do you turn a BIM model into an operational digital twin?
A six-step route from a BIM deliverable to an operational twin, with responsibilities allocated across appointments.
Smart Buildings
Can an existing building be converted into a smart building?
How existing buildings gain smart capabilities by reusing, integrating or replacing systems, and how to phase the work around occupation.
Smart Districts & Cities
How can a smart district coordinate energy, mobility and utilities?
How a district can coordinate energy, mobility and utility systems through visible dependencies and agreed decision rights.
Data Centres & AI Infrastructure
What data does a building need before AI can be useful?
The data, context and history different building AI use cases need, and how to test quality against the task.
Smart Buildings
What are the most common smart building implementation mistakes?
The smart building mistakes made before anything is installed, and the pre-tender checks that catch them.
Strategy, Costs & Procurement
What should a smart building proof of concept test?
What a smart building proof of concept should test, with success and stop criteria, environment and timescale.
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