Understanding Your Building’s Existing Smart Level and Systems
In Chapter 9, Smart Building IoT Stacks and Requirements, we identified a methodology to define the why or purpose for making a building smarter. Since most smart building projects will be in the built environment (existing buildings), it’s important to understand the current smart state and readiness of the building. In this chapter, we will introduce several industry-smart building assessment programs to determine the current level of a building’s smartness.
It is also important to understand what systems exist in the building to evaluate whether they will need to be modified, upgraded, or replaced, or if additional technology can be introduced to make that system perform smarter. To continue the journey toward the smart building, an inventory of the current systems, connections, and existing integration will identify what the building has as a starting point.
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