Abstract
This chapter deals with energy efficiency and sustainability aspects of smart building. Integrating a building's technology systems and constructing a sustainable or “green” building have much in common. Green buildings are about resource efficiency, life-cycle effects, and building performance. Part of what a smart building will deliver is energy control and energy cost savings beyond that of traditional systems installation due to the tighter control system integration. Smart and green buildings deliver the financial and conservation benefits of energy management. Smart buildings, whose core is integrated building technology systems, are about construction and operational efficiencies and enhanced management and occupant functions. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification is a rating system created by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the energy and sustainability aspects of a building. Integrated building technology systems align and support a green building approach. A smart building approach facilitates meeting or exceeding the technical requirements of the credits and points of the LEED rating system.
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