Application of Building Management System for Sustainable Built Environment

Kumara, Whcd; Waidyasekara, Kgas; Weerasinghe, Rpnp

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“…Moreover, a properly designed and installed BMS could earn up to 48 credits in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system (KMC Controls, 2011). Correspondingly, Kumara and Waidyasekara (2013) I that BMS contributes a maximum of 45, 33 and 32 points in LEED, GREEN SL and BREEAM, respectively. However, the authors noted that in each rating system, the credit achievement is impossible without the contributory help of the management.…”

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Building management system for sustainable built environment in Sri Lanka

Kumara¹,

Waidyasekara

Weerasinghe

2016

Built Environment Project and Asset Management

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contribution of building management system (BMS) towards a sustainable built environment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the findings of a comprehensive literature survey, preliminary survey and a structured questionnaire survey. Quantitative data were analysed using a relative importance index. Content analysis was used for the qualitative data analysis. Findings – The results show that identifying user requirements, identifying BMS features, designing BMS, installation and commissioning, and operation and maintenance are the key steps in the BMS implementation process. High cost, lack of knowledge on BMS, unavailability of service and maintenance, and inadequate performance of BMS vendors were highlighted as barriers when adopting a BMS. Energy efficiency, reduction of operation and maintenance cost, occupant satisfaction, productivity, fault diagnosis, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, emergency response and level of controllability of building systems are some of the significant BMS functions that accomplish economic, environment and social sustainability pillars. Practical implications – This study increases the awareness on functionality of a BMS and its potential contribution towards a sustainable built environment. Originality/value – The study develops strong ties between BMS contribution and sustainability where built environment professionals could use the developed decision support model towards a sustainable built environment through the application of BMS.

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Building management system for sustainable built environment in Sri Lanka

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2016

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“…These systems already exist in some hotels pools and spas, normally integrated in building management systems, called BMS (Building Management System) through industrial communication buses. Complemented with alarmist software modules, they promote the optimisation of energy and water consumption as well as the reduction of response times in the detection and resolution of occurrences, with their advantages being widely recognised [17]. These intelligent control systems that allow the monitoring of parameters, imposing user-defined limits and generating alarms when they occur, are already used today in a wide variety of situations.…”

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ECOPOOL+++: Developing a sustainable outdoor heated swimming pool

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The University of Algarve, in consortium with “Cristal Construções – Materiais e Obras de Construção Civil”, “Itelmatis Control Systems” and “Itecons – Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção, Energia, Ambiente e Sustentabilidade”, is developing a new concept of outdoor heated sustainable swimming pool, having a higher energy efficiency and lower environmental footprint. The main objective is to minimise energy and water consumptions, while assuring a comfortable temperature for the user, extending the utilization of the pool in the Algarve region, from the summer months, to at least 8 months of the year. In order to do it, different systems will be tested, including solar thermal and photovoltaic panels, inverted underfloor heating, heat accumulator exchanger with phase change materials and energy dissipating pipes. An innovative thermal insulation system will be included in the interior of the pool tank, together with a new system for the covering of the water plane. All these systems will be monitored and controlled by an industrial automation system that will communicate, via a programmable logic controller, using industry standard communication protocols, with a SMART platform, that will be in charge of the global operation's optimisation. This platform will support an intelligent and predictive control and monitoring module, that controls the automation system to maximize the energy usage of the renewable sources, while assuring the user preferences. One of the main outputs of this project is the construction of a smaller scale prototype of a swimming pool, with the characteristics mentioned above, in order to test and validate the proposed developments.

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Application of Building Management System for Sustainable Built Environment

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Building management system for sustainable built environment in Sri Lanka

Building management system for sustainable built environment in Sri Lanka

ECOPOOL+++: Developing a sustainable outdoor heated swimming pool

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