1.
INTERNET OF THINGS -
AN ANALYSIS OF SMART
BUILDINGS
GOPALAKRISHNAN KRISHNAN
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FEB 17, 2017

2.
WHAT IS COVERED
• “Smart” Buildings Overview
• Scope of Analysis
• Analysis of existing Smart Buildings’
solutions
• Smart Apartments Overview
• Smart Apartments Needs &
Challenges
• Conclusion

3.
OVERVIEW
• What is a Smart Building?
• Any building that leverages
data collected from
distributed sensors to
improve optimization
parameters
• What Optimization
Parameters?
• Utilities (Energy/Electricity,
Water, Gas) consumption
reduction, HVAC optimization

4.
SMART BUILDINGS CLASSIFICATION
• Commercial buildings
• Offices
• Malls and Shopping Complexes
• Hotels, Restaurants, Hospitals
• Schools, Community Halls/
Libraries
• Industrial facilities
• Residential Buildings
• Apartment Complexes
• Gated communities, villas
• Individual residential units

5.
SCOPE
• What is part of this analysis
• An analysis of IoT solutions for commercial buildings
• Potential for IoT adoption in residential buildings

6.
SMART BUILDINGS’ SOLUTION ECOSYSTEM
• Solutions predominantly aimed at
enterprises (energy guzzlers in
general!)
• High focus areas for the likes of
IBM, Cisco, Siemens, Hitachi,
Honeywell, Johnson Controls etc

7.
ANALYSIS OF EXISTING SMART BUILDINGS’
SOLUTIONS
• Predominant focus is on
energy/electricity reduction
• Multiple solutions, most of them
incompatible (probably) with each other
• Customers cannot employ a mix and match
approach for driving cost downwards
• Solution providers partner with Facility Service
Providers such as CBRE, ISS World - yet another
service provider to work with for an enterprise
• What’s missing?
• Water consumption monitoring, and
minimization
• Intelligent waste management system
Source:
http://www.siemens.com/global/en/home/company/topic-
areas/intelligent-infrastructure/buildings.html

8.
SMART BUILDINGS’ SOLUTION OFFERINGS
Company Solution
IBM
Smarter Planet campaign,
Watson AI
GE Predix
SAP Hana
Siemens Desigo, APOGEE
Cisco Digital Ceiling
Hitachi Lumada
Honeywell
VYKON, Enterprise
Buildings Integrator, WEBs
building automation
Johnson
Controls
Allying with Cisco and IBM

9.
CONCLUSION
• Existing Smart Buildings’ IoT
solutions are aimed at commercial
buildings
• Predominant focus is on energy
consumption optimization
• Very little focus on parameters
other than energy (Eg. Waste,
Water)
• Residential buildings are not focus
areas at present

10.
SMART RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

11.
OVERVIEW
• Existing smart building solutions
cater predominantly to commercial
buildings
• Smart residential buildings have different
optimization requirements
• Home automation solutions address
individual residential units, but not
apartments
• Current solutions are focused on
electricity, lighting, heating, and
enhanced user interaction
• Apartment complexes face different
Home
Automation
Smart
Apartments

12.
WHY SMART APARTMENTS?
• Apartment Management
Committee typically constituted by
working professionals
• Limited ability to address issues in real-time
• Key issues surrounding security,
and essential consumables (water,
sewage) need real-time attention
• Multiple vendors for Security,
House Keeping, Water, Sewage
Treatment Plant etc- need for

13.
SMART APARTMENTS’ NEEDS
• Focus on Operational efficiency
• Areas of focus
• Sewage Treatment plant
• Water consumption - usually the highest consumable
component in monthly maintenance
• Security in/of common areas and passages-
especially safety of children
• Support staff monitoring- maids, drivers, car
cleaners, other vendors
• Common Area lighting
• Backup DG- diesel consumption, periodic
maintenance
• Lift maintenance
• Other amenities management

14.
SMART APARTMENTS- CHALLENGES
• Management structure
• Not controlled by single individual or family
• Usually owners association managed- decision making takes time
• Tight budgets- need for lower cost solutions
• Enterprise grade solutions may not suit budget

15.
SMART APARTMENT BUILDINGS-
CONCLUSION
• Different requirements than Individual residential units AND
commercial buildings
• Key Requirements and Focus Areas
• Real-time issue detection, and follow-up
• Technology enabled vendor oversight, and management control
• Non invasive security and access control
• Predictive maintenance
• Additional Requirements
• Common Area Lighting and Energy efficiency improvement
• Smart Water metering
• Sewage treatment quality measurement
• Air quality improvement
• Smart vehicle ingress/egress

16.
REFERENCES
• http://www.siemens.com/global/en/home/company/topic-areas/intelligent-
infrastructure/buildings.html
• https://www.greenbiz.com/article/10-companies-moving-smart-buildings
• https://www.aylanetworks.com/
• http://sefaira.com/
• http://www.enlightedinc.com/
• http://www.constructiondive.com/news/5-technologies-that-are-making-smart-buildings-
smarter/429582/
• https://www.greenbiz.com/article/3-important-data-questions-about-smart-buildings
• http://www.constructiondive.com/news/5-technologies-that-are-making-smart-buildings-
smarter/429582/
• https://www.honeywell.com/industries/buildings