Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders

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Smart Building Systems for Architects, Owners, and Builders James Sinopoli AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YORK • O ...

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1 What Is a Smart Building? Preface xiii Brief History What Is a Smart Building? 2 The Foundations of a Smart Building Overvi ...

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Preface Technology has always influenced the buildings we build, and always will. Twenty-five to 30 years ago, however, the amou ...

Specialists in certain technologies may find the coverage of some of the sys- tems in this book to be elementary but can gain kn ...

Chapter 1 What Is a Smart Building? Brief History Smart buildings, or at least discussion of the concept, originated in the earl ...

In the early 1980s, several major technology trends were under way. One was that the U.S. telecommunications industry was underg ...

What Is a Smart Building? A smart building involves the installation and use of advanced and integrated building technology syst ...

technology systems into a unified and consistent construction document. The construction document specifies each system and addr ...

Smart buildings are also a critical component regarding energy usage and sustainability of buildings and the smart electrical gr ...