Growing Greener Buildings with Automation

摘要

Growing greener buildings is not a new concept. In September 2003, I presented a paper at the Worldwide CIBSE/ASHRAE gathering of the building services industry in Edinburgh, Scotland. The conference addressed the issue of delivering sustainable buildings while remaining profitable and delivering value to clients. My paper was titled "The Greening of Buildings with Computerized Web Enabled Automation," and an excerpt follows: "Opportunities arrive daily to intelligently use building automation as more than just a connector of brute force' comfort generation systems. To realize this renaissance, the building automation industry must become part of the globally expanding green building movement and show how improved occupant/architectural interaction can enhance environment-friendly buildings. [By] Using evolving automation, we can bring passive designs alive with the necessary missing ingredient 'intelligent interaction.'