EVALUATING THE METHOD OF CLASSIFYING INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS
LOW CHONG NEE
LOW CHONG NEE
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Intelligent Buildings are widely spoken of in the 1980s with a few branches in
design and development, namely office automation, building automation, highend
telecommunication functions and the responsiveness of the building to
changes.
In recent years, a number of classification methods have evolved but yet there
is no consensus as to which is the more universally adapted method of
classifying Intelligent Buildings. In view of the diversity in the definition of IB and
also to avoid false claims of IB, there is a need to have a universally accepted
definition and classification system of IB based more on the performance of a
building rather than the technical specifications of it.
In this dissertation, efforts are made to classify the parameters into different
categories so that inferences can be made from the results obtained. Also,
performance specifications are developed from the parameters according to the
six mandates of TBP.
In conclusion, results from the study had shown that IB is not only about building
automation. The performance based classification method is deemed to be a
more suitable method of classification method. Also, performance specifications
for visual mandate of TBP had been developed.
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2003
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