Introduction to Intelligent Building

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In accordance with Finch [1], the emergence of intelligent buildings (IBs) is likely to impose significant demands on facilities managers in the 21 st century. Whether we choose the term “intelligent” or not, building intelligence permeates through every feature of a modern building.

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  1. E. Finch and D. Clements-Croome, “University courses in intelligent buildings — new learning approaches”, Facilities, Vol. 15, No. 7/8, 1997, pp. 171–176.

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So, A.Tp., Chan, W.L. (1999). Introduction to Intelligent Building. In: Intelligent Building Systems. The International Series on Asian Studies in Computer and Information Science, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5019-8_1

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