Intelligent Building: Let Technology Empower Buildings

The challenges of modern architecture

In today's society, the continuous development of science and technology has also made people's requirements for architecture much higher. With a rich material foundation, to allow people not only require comfort for their place of residence, but also requires convenience and spiritual needs to be met, which not only in life, also in work environment.

While enterprises are increasing the demand for buildings, these enterprises also require lower operating costs. This is why many companies migrate from urban centres to reduce costs and improve the working environment.

In addition, security and hardware issues need to be considered. The drop of building billboards and the stripping of glass curtain walls have occurred. How to make these building peripherals stable and safe requires careful consideration by builders, and the green and environmental aspects of buildings need to be protected.

Due to the different needs of customers, from the perspective of the living environment, it can be divided into office buildings, industrial parks, etc., from the customers themselves, there are different size of customers who are sub-letting. Therefore, how to locate customers, how to ensure the quality of the building's geographical location, and how to ensure that the facilities in the building meet customer needs require facility management operators to consider.

The second challenge is that the quality of the property management staff is different and the level of education is different. Therefore, an efficient project manager is needed to manage the team, and the loss of the project manager will affect the stability of the service.

For example, an American company wants to build a research and development centre in China, and the standards of the R&D centre are relatively high. For instant, the low-frequency noise limit for air conditioners is very strict. Although ordinary people can't hear the noise, they will work long hours which cause physical discomfort. Therefore, the installation requires an additional shock absorbing sheet.

Intelligent building is a demand

Today, digital architecture has become a hot topic. According to the market, more than 50 billion devices will be connected worldwide by 2025, and 20% of the more than 10 billion devices will be used in the field of intelligent buildings. A fundamental impact on the early operation of the building and planning.

So IBM will also consider how to better integrate these devices into the building, which will be more efficient in operation. For example, in the office, because each person's physical quality is different, the perception of temperature is different, and the perception of lighting is different. However, for technical reasons, the demand for such personalisation is difficult to satisfy.

But now through the technology of the Internet of Things, IBM can regulate in a smaller scope, providing everyone with the most suitable lighting, the most comfortable environment and temperature.

Not only that, IBM Watson IoT can establish a complete asset management system, which can manage the current status of various devices in the enterprise building in real time, and can help enterprises better manage the corresponding devices through big data operations. Early warning of the equipment to be damaged, notify the enterprise to repair or replace as soon as possible.

Interconnected buildings will find and maintain customer differentiation in buildings, and collect large amounts of data through sensors, while leveraging IBM Watson's powerful analytical technology to make buildings smarter, optimize building use, and provide users with a comfortable and comfortable experience.