1st Edition

Intelligent Buildings and Building Automation

By Shengwei Wang Copyright 2010
    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    264 Pages
    by Routledge

    Giving you a combination of general principles, applied practice and information on the state-of-the-art, this book will give you the information you need to incorporate the latest systems and technologies into your building projects. It focuses on a number of important issues, such as:

    • Network communication protocols and standards, including the application of the internet.
    • The integration and interfacing of building automation subsystems and multiple building systems.
    • Local and supervisory control strategies for typical building services systems.
    • The automation system configuration and technologies for air-conditioning control, lighting system control, security and access control, and fire safety control.

    Whether you’re a project manager or engineer planning the systems set-up for a high value building, or a building engineering or management student looking for a practical guide to automation and intelligent systems, this book provides a valuable introduction and overview.

    1 Introduction to Intelligent Buildings

    2 Digital Controllers

    3 Building Management Systems

    4 Principles of Local Area Networks

    5 Communication Standards for BMS

    6 Internet Technologies and their Applications in Buildings

    7 Process Control, PID and Adaptive Control

    8 Control and Optimisation of Air-conditioning Systems

    9 Control and Optimisation of Chilling Systems

    10 Security and Access Control

    11 Other Major Building Management Systems

    Biography

    Shengwei Wang is a chair Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he teaches Intelligent Building, Building Automation and Control, and Energy Efficiency. He is a member of ASHRAE technical committee TC-7.5 (Smart Building Systems).

    "The style used by the author is one that makes the early chapters of the book highly accessible to students readers, and should leave them well-prepared to take on the more detailed information in the later stages.[...] Provides a good description of the principles behind intelligent buildings and describes several areas of possible application of the principles outlined in the early chapters."

    - Construction Management and Economics