Abstract
Technology, particularly over the past decades, has affected the cities and their components, such as building sectors. Consequently, smart building that has currently utilized various technologies which is incorporated into buildings is the core of the present chapter. It provides a comprehensive overview on smart cities, smart buildings and smart home to address what systems and technologies have been incorporated so far. The aim is to review the smart concepts in built environment with the main focus on smart cities, smart buildings, and smart homes. State-of-the-art and current practices in smart buildings were also reviewed to enlighten a set of directions for future studies. The Chapter is primarily focuses on 51 articles in smart buildings/homes, as per collected from various datasets. It represents a summary of systems utilized and incorporared into smart buildings and homes over the past decade (2010–2020). Additional to different features of smart buildings and homes, is the discussion around various fields and system performances currently utilized in smart buildings/homes. Limitations and future trends and directions is also discussed. In total, such building/home systems were categorized into 6 groups, including: security systems, healthcare systems, energy management systems, building/home management systems, automation systems, and activity/movement recognition systems. Furthermore, there are a number of surveys which investigated the user’s acceptance and adoption of the new smart systems in homes and buildings, as presented and summarized thereafter in Tables. The present Chapter is a contribution to a better understanding of the functions and performances of such buildings/homes for further implementation and enhancement so that varying demands of smart citizens are fulfilled and eventually contribute to the development of smart cities.
Highlights
Introduction and research methodTechnology over the past decades has significantly influenced cities, including building sectors to a great extend
Smart buildings are defined as three main management solutions: (1) Information system- acquiring data from different devices, collecting, reporting and visualizing the patterns, and enabling decisions for the related actions; (2) Analysis system - further data analysis to find out particular insights where regular utilization consists of modeling to offer measurements and verification abilities e.g., fault detection and diagnostics (FDD); and (3) Control systems - connecting to the assets and controlling assets in the smart building such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and lighting systems, changing set-points using schedules and adjusting conditions [46]
Given rapid growth of technology embedded in the different aspects of buildings and the increasing trends in smart cities, smart buildings, and smart homes, the present chapter reviewed and summarized existing technologies/systems currently adopted in buildings/homes
Summary
Technology over the past decades has significantly influenced cities, including building sectors to a great extend. “Smart building” technologies are currently recognized as a promising solution to enhance flexibility and efficiency of built environment
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