The document discusses the future of smarter buildings and better experiences. It outlines 10 key technology drivers that are affecting the property industry, including network connectivity, cloud computing, mobile technology, the internet of things, data analytics, building information modeling, user experience design, and social media. The document argues that creating smart buildings requires a holistic design approach that brings together different areas of expertise, in order to overcome the siloed nature of the industry and build structures that are more efficient and provide better user experiences.

1. The future of
smarter buildings and better experiences.
Bruce Duyshart
Building Technology Strategist & Author
Friday 22nd August
Warwick Le Lagon Resort, Vanuatu
VPC 2014
Valued Partner Conference

2. halo olgeta

3. greetings

4. 4
technology
property
our journey today…

5. overview
5
some key
technology insights
what are
smart buildings?
10 key
technology drivers

6. but first… a little bit of context

7. 7
we connect the dots between people, places
& technology
P P
T

8. we work with
property development teams
design professionals
in the creation of smart property assets

9. 9
we holistically consider technologies in the
master planning & design process including
building automation
energy monitoring
digital wayfinding
mobile applications
telecommunications
building networks
...

10. 10
at the center of our process we focus on
user experience

11. the objective is to create
Smarter Buildings.
Better Experiences.

12. so, what is a smart building?

13. 13
what is a smart building?
Smart building / term 1. A building that is safer, more comfortable &
productive for occupants & more operationally efficient for owners.

14. more operationally efficient
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15. 15
more energy efficient

16. 16
more sustainable
social
sustainable
environmental
economic

17. 17
safer & more secure

18. anticipates consumer expectations
18

19. 19
provides better user experiences

20. smart office
SF Public Utility Building
20
Leading US Smart Office
Building. Top 10 AIA Green
Buildings.
LEED Platinum Certified
13 Level 277,000 sq feet.
$146M
Solar PV cells (7% of needs)
Blackwater treatment plant
Wind turbines
Daylight harvesting
Floor cooling distribution
Automatic shading
Automatic ventilation
Lobby video screen
Energy monitoring
Extensive submetering
Real time monitoring
Building dashboards
Fault detection diagnosis

21. smart hotel
21
Yotel – New York
Inspired by luxury airline
Japanese capsule hotels.
LEED Gold Certified
Smart design
50% more rooms
Guest room ‘cabins’
Automatic sensors
Heat recovery system
Rainwater storage
Purple mood lighting
Integrated AV
Motorised couch that
expands to a bed.
Convertible tables
Airline style check in kiosks
Robotic luggage storage.

22. smart apartments
Forté – Victoria Harbour
22
World’s tallest timber
apartment building.
GBCA 5 Star Green Star
22% less carbon emissions over
50 years compared to
concrete-steel.
Fibre to the Premise
Ultra High speed Internet
Integrated Comms Net.
IP Video Intercom
Lobby Video Screen
Energy monitoring
Smart meters
Circuit level meters
Monitor Power
Monitor hot /cold water
Monitor rainwater
Monitor timber
All off over-ride

23. we are living in interesting times…

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the world is becoming hyperconnected
7B
people
5B
are connected to some type of network

25. innovation is now the new normal
Source: WIPO
Highest rate
in 2 decades

26. 26
disruption surrounds us
new industries are emerging.
irrelevant companies are fading.

27. what’s happening in the world of technology?

28. exponential growth in processing
power
Source: Ray Kurzweil(www.kurzweilai.net)
28
by 2030

29. significant reduction in cost
1990 2013
Cost per M computations $527
$0.05
Declining 33% annually
Cost per Gb storage
$569
$0.02
Declining 38% annually
Cost per 1000 Mbps bandwidth
$1,245 $16
Declining 27% annually
(Source: Mary Meeker @KPCB Internet trends 2014)

30. 30
big networks
1.4
zettabytes (one trillion Gb) global internet traffic per annum by 2017
Source: Cisco 2013-2017 Visual Networking Index

31. super computing
54.9
petaflops (a thousand trillion floating point operations per second)

32. nano computing
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micro 1mm
microprocessor, pressure sensor, memory, solar cell, wireless radio

33. ingestible computing
1c
cost of adding a microprocessor into a pill
33

34. 34
artificial intelligence
2029
robots will be smarter than humans within 15 years – Ray Kerzweil

35. 2005
2013
35
mobile growth
1.8B
smartphones sold in 2013

36. 36
3D printing
2025
McKinsey co. predict major disruption to global economy by 3D printing

37. 10 key technology drivers
affecting the property industry

38. network connectivity
1

39. network connectivity
Building networks
Fibre optic communications
Mobile carrier communications
Fixed wireless
WiFi
Personal area networks
Near field communications

40. business continuity
2

41. business continuity
Capacity
Reliability
Diversity
Resilience
Redundancy

42. cloud computing
3

43. cloud computing
Communications
Capitalisation
Spatial considerations
Affects upon building systems
Agility
Mobility
Stability
Scalability
Security
Flexibility

44. 2005
2013
mobile personal technology
4

45. mobile personal technology
Mobile traffic
820 Pb/m in 2012
1.5 Eb/m in 2013
1.8B smartphones sold in 2013
No. of mobile connected devices
is now greater than
world’s population
Over 10 billion devices by 2018

46. internet of things
5

47. internet of things
50B devices connected by 2020
WiFi, Zigbee, BLE, RFID
light, temperature, movement,
moisture, volume, salinity
Personal tracking, whitegoods,
hardware, lightbulbs
things
(Source: Giesendesign)

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data analytics
6

49. data analytics
90% of world’s data has
been created in the last 2 years.
Formula 1 cars
1000+ data points per car
generating 15Mb data per lap
real time analytics
predictive analysis
Imagine if buildings
had this level of sensing?

50. mapping
7

51. mapping
In 2013 Google’s
mapping database 20 petabytes
47 million Km road
traffic business info 187 countries
New Worldview-3 Satellite
will measure to 31cm accuracy
28 different spectral wavelengths
sending 1.2GB data/s
collecting 680,000km2/d

52. building information modeling - BIM
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53. building information modeling - BIM
3 Dimensional modelling
of all building services
value over asset lifecycle
4D – time
5D – cost
6D – data, manuals, warranties
virtual reality
augmented reality

54. user experience - UX
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55. user experience - UX
Design thinking
User Research
Usability
Visual Design
Interaction Design
Information Architecture

56. social media
10

57. social media
Planning
Market research
Marketing
Reviews
Business development
Recruitment
Design

58. 10 key technology drivers
Network connectivity
Business continuity
Cloud computing
Mobile personal computing
Internet of things
Data analytics
Mapping
BIM
User experience
Social Media

59. the challenges the property industry faces

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our industry is very siloed, resulting in ‘dumb’ buildings

61. smart buildings require a holistic design approach
telco
solution
design
comms
electrical
mechanical
fire
hydraulic
security automation
equipment
safety
specialist
software
architecture
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62. closing thoughts

63. want to find out more?
63
bruceduyshart.com
@BruceDuyshart
www.meldstrategies.com
bruce@meldstrategies.com

64. thank you
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Smarter Buildings.
Better Experiences.