Smart buildings need information management – and those in information management need to understand smart building owners’ and occupiers’ needs, says Richard Saxon CBE.
I have just visited the Smart Buildings Show, at Excel in London. This is a salutary experience for anyone who thinks of buildings as things made of structure and fabric.
The ‘smart’ community sees them as systems of spaces and services, performing under sophisticated controls to deliver wellbeing, convenience and zero carbon emissions. The proportion of capital spend devoted to systems is often about a third, but much more in health and science buildings. Operating and maintenance costs are dominated by them.
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