Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders

operational efficiencies and enhanced management and occupant functions
(Fig. 17.1).
Part of what a smart building will deliver is energy control and energy cost
savings beyond that of traditional systems installation due to the tighter control-
system integration. Smart and green buildings deliver the financial and conserva-
tion benefits of energy management. Smart buildings are part of green buildings
and greatly support and affect green building certification.

LEED

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification is a
rating system created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate
the energy and sustainability aspects of a building. LEED is an internationally
recognized green building certification system created to encourage market trans-
formation toward sustainable design. Formed in 1993, members realized that the
building industry needed a system to define and measure “green buildings.”
The USGBC began to research existing green building metrics and rating
systems and the first LEED Pilot Project Program, also referred to as LEED
Version 1.0, was launched in August 1998. LEED Version 2.0 was released
in March 2000, with Version 2.1 following in 2002 and Version 2.2 in 2005.

Sustainable Sites

Water Efficiency

Optimize Energy

Performance

Additional

Commissioning

Measurement

and Verification

Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 )

Monitoring

Controllability of Systems

Permanent Monitoring

Systems

Innovation in

Design

Data Network

VoIP

Video Distribution

Audio Visual Systems

Video Surveillance

Access Control

HVAC Control

Power

Management

Programmable

Lighting Control

Facilities

Management

Cabling

Infrastructure

Wireless Systems

Green Buildings Smart Buildings

Energy and

Atmosphere

Materials and

Resources

Indoor Environmental

Quality

Innovation and Design

Process

Figure 17.1 Commonality of smart and green buildings.

190 Smart Building Systems for Architects, Owners, and Builders