Opportunities and Challenges Create a New Brilliant Building

Since the first smart building appeared in the United States in January 1984, the concept of smart buildings has been produced and developed for a full 30 years. From the United States to China and from Europe to Africa, the whole world is vigorously developing smart buildings, even as an important indicator of the country’s economic development. The emergence and development of smart buildings has its profound and inevitable economic, social, and technological background. It is an inevitable outcome of the development of human economy and civilization to a certain stage. In China, more than 30 years have passed since the reform and opening up, which has laid a solid foundation for the era of the development and maturity of smart building construction. It can be asserted that China has entered the golden age of the development of smart buildings.

Business - New Era, Smart Business Opportunities

Smart building new concept

With regard to the definition of smart buildings, there has not been a unified conclusion until now. The United States, Europe, and Japan all have their own arguments. In July 2000, China’s Ministry of Construction formally promulgated the “Intelligent Architecture Design Standard”, a national standard for intelligent buildings, which clearly defined intelligent buildings: Intelligent buildings use architecture as a platform, and they also have building equipment, office automation and communication network systems. Gathering structures, systems, services, management, and the optimal combination of them, provides people with a safe, efficient, comfortable, and convenient built environment.

Today, new technologies continue to emerge and new needs continue to mature. This gives new buildings and content to smart buildings. We believe that under the characteristics of the new era, smart buildings are not merely, nor should they be, just a built environment. It is also a building carrier with vitality. It is a comprehensive derivative that integrates office, life, culture and business. . This is the new feature given to smart buildings in the new era – advanced, open and dynamic.

Smart building new technology

There is no doubt that new technologies are the most important driving force for the advancement of smart buildings. With the latest cutting-edge technology, all kinds of fantasy scenes in the movies and people's imagination have become a reality. In addition to traditional integrated cabling technology, automation technology, system integration technology, and computer technology, there are now more new technologies and products, such as big data, cloud storage and computing, Internet of Things technology, mobile Internet, and smart terminals. Their popularity and applications have given smart buildings more and more rich and real intellectual genes.

We believe that the next era after the Internet age is the era of intelligence. Intelligentization will be the future development trend. Whether it is hardware or software, it will enter the era of intelligence. Things such as the Internet of Things, big data, and cloud technologies will be the cornerstones of intelligent technology. For smart buildings, the true wisdom is no longer just a simple accumulation of intelligent hardware, but based on the integrated and deep application of hardware and software intelligence, is to let buildings have their own brain, can sense changes from the outside world, and Proactively respond to changes based on thinking and make appropriate feedback. It is to make the building a smart individual. Based on its position in the city, society, and life, it can be actively integrated into an organic part of the social intelligence network. Serve the society and the people.

Smart building new business opportunities

How to analyze the potential huge business opportunities brought about by the current smart building, we think we can understand from two aspects. First, business opportunities stem from the connotation of wide-area management and business value based on smart buildings. Second, business opportunities stem from the obfuscation of industrial boundaries brought about by the integration and penetration of various smart industries under the new era.

The wide-area management and business value based on smart buildings are reflected in the following three aspects: First, the optimization and in-depth development of the internal basic environment and management environment of the buildings are still insufficient; second, the homogeneous building clusters based on buildings. Existence and development of management and business needs and values ​​in China, such as cooperation, competition, etc. in information, business, business, etc. within the same system that may exist between hotels, hotels, and commercial buildings in the region or city area. Third, based on the existence of regional management, business and other needs and value of the excavation and development, such as the integration of buildings and the surrounding, wide-area business environment, social environment.

The blurring of the industrial boundary refers to the mutual integration and penetration of various industries in the new era, which makes the original clear industrial boundaries become more and more blurred, thus forming an unprecedentedly large-scale smart industrial cluster. Each industry promotes and develops with each other, forms a sound sustainable development model, continuously promotes the healthy development of industrial clusters, and continuously erodes and blurs the boundaries of other related industries, so that smart industrial clusters are continuously developing in an orderly manner and self-improvement. . The first benefit from the development trend of this smart industrial cluster will mainly focus on the overall solution provider that provides top-level consulting, planning and design; secondly, the vendors that provide intelligent software services will also benefit from this and win more. Opportunity for revenue; Finally, hardware equipment manufacturers, suppliers, and engineering firms will also benefit from investments in infrastructure from smart industries.

If there are integrated operators that have the capability of consulting, planning, designing, and implementing at the same time, such ideas are used to realize the intelligent construction of a certain area and fully integrate the local history, culture, human geography, social economy and other characteristics, and thus obtain Relevant experience and promotion to other regions will surely benefit greatly from this and create even greater business opportunities. It is precisely because of the huge market size and business opportunities of smart buildings and their smart industrial clusters that many large and small manufacturers from other fields have entered the smart camp and are looking forward to sharing their porridge.

Smart building new players

In the wake of huge business opportunities, more and more equipment manufacturers, solution providers, and engineering companies in the upstream and downstream industries and horizontally related industries and fields of the smart building industry chain are actively pursuing transformation to get involved in areas that are not their own strengths. It is expected that it can take more initiative and market share in the entire industrial chain with dual identities or multiple identities. Whether it is a foreign giant or a major domestic manufacturer, such as Honeywell, Huawei, and Haikang, they will not only have products, but will also launch corresponding solutions, and even participate in system integration, thus forming a strong engineering capability and experience.

Some related companies that traditionally do not belong to the smart building sector have also begun to actively intervene. They have gradually expanded their business scope through the entry of smart building segmentation, and have extended their reach into other areas of smart buildings. For example, some large home appliance manufacturers such as Haier, Changhong, Midea, etc. have entered the field of smart homes, which has led to the wave of smart appliances.

Another notable feature is that Internet companies and IT companies, which were originally tightly connected to smart buildings, have also used smart homes and smart conferences to take advantage of routers, set-top boxes, and handheld devices to seize the status of smart control and switching centers, and to use intelligent systems. Security equipment, white goods, IT equipment, etc. are all available, providing users with a smart experience without boundaries.

In addition, we can also foresee that more energy companies, energy-saving companies, etc. will also cut through the sub-sectors of energy consumption and management, provide professional energy consumption and management solutions for smart buildings, and then accumulate in smart buildings. The related experience and implementation capabilities expand to a wider range of smart parks and smart cities.

In fact, some city-level integrated operation service providers have laid out smart industries as a whole and quietly stepped into the smart building sector. Zhong An Xiao Technology Co., Ltd. proposes a high-end strategy based on philosophy and application, and uses the strategy of attracting phoenixes, building nests, and jingming to tap the integration goals of business and technology, opening up a new path from a cultural perspective, and leading a new round of smart buildings. Core competition.

Technology chapter - New era, new ideas for smart buildings

Current status of building management platforms

Whether it is 3A (communication automation, building automation, security automation) or 5A (plus office automation, fire automation) smart building integrated management system, the industry has not yet unified standards to measure the wisdom of building management platform, each Manufacturers have their own insights and their own solutions and end products.

However, no matter how smart buildings move forward, there are several core points that the building management platform must satisfy. First of all, we must be able to connect various equipment and systems to make buildings run. Second, we must be able to centrally control and manage these equipment and systems to make buildings smart. Third, we must have energy-saving and environmentally-friendly construction and operating mechanisms. Let the buildings green. This is where the main management needs of the current building are located, and most of the system integration providers are also developing around these core management requirements. In addition, we believe that the more important point is usually ignored and ignored by everyone. This is how we should effectively involve the broad masses of people in the application of smart buildings and make them one of the beneficiaries. This is what the CSST is considering. A key issue.

From a purely technical point of view, there is basically no technical blind spot so as to hinder the development of smart buildings. The biggest problem comes from the non-technical level. For the sake of self-protection and benefits, the entire industry has not yet formed a unified smart device standard. This has brought fundamental obstacles and problems to the interconnection of smart buildings, and it is also the future of the entire wisdom. The biggest problem facing industrial clusters.

Modern building wisdom management and interconnection era

The current building integrated management platform has basically achieved the networking management of automation systems such as construction, security and firefighting. This is also the basic responsibility of the intelligent building integrated management platform. We believe that this is not enough for the smart management of modern buildings. Because we are already in a new era of high awareness, high integration, and high degree of interconnection. In such a new era, the wisdom management of modern buildings should be based on a multi-faceted, multi-level comprehensive embodiment with the essential intelligence characteristics of individuals, organizations, and society.

From an individual perspective, modern buildings should: have their own brains, be able to adjust and respond adaptively according to requests, have their own sensory nerves, perceive external changes such as temperature and humidity, and even be able to detect their own conditions and Self diagnosis and treatment. To put it simply, modern buildings should have the intelligence capabilities that intelligent organisms should possess.

From the perspective of organizations and societies, modern buildings should: be the basic cells for the survival and development of cities, and be the source of the formation, development, and development of urban intelligence; as individuals, they should, must, and be able to actively connect with other urban intelligence units. And fusion. Without the participation of individuals, the activities and development of the organization and the entire society will not be mentioned. The overall wisdom of the city is a vast network of intelligence formed by numerous individuals with intelligence capabilities and the wisdom gathered on the basis of this.

Future technological trends forecast

Technology is for application services. Before making predictions on the future development trend of smart building technologies, let us first look at the future industry trends of smart buildings. Based on the understanding and practice of smart buildings, we believe that the future smart building industry should continue to develop in the direction of intelligence, green, and human culture. This is in line with the natural development of things.

Therefore, from a technical point of view, the trend of intelligence will be the next wave after the Internet age. Various intelligent technologies, artificial intelligence technologies, next-generation information network technologies, wireless technologies, energy-saving technologies, and previously mentioned IoT technologies, cloud technologies, and big data technologies are all indispensable for the development of smart buildings in the future. The technical strength will be further developed and applied. At the same time, various new building intelligence management ideas, architectural culture and art, psychology, behavior and other non-pure technologies will be gradually applied and integrated into the development of smart buildings, bringing more softness to smart buildings. Wisdom cells.

Conclusion

The new era in which we are building has provided broad prospects for development, technology, and capital support for smart buildings. It also puts forward higher demands and vision for the development of smart buildings. The smart buildings of the future will inevitably involve more disciplines and technologies, and will also be closely integrated with the development of cities, society, and life.

All smart building-related participants, whether government agencies, academic institutions or various service providers, must adapt to the development requirements of the new era and use a new vision to redefine what the future smart buildings should be like. We should use what kind of ideas and methods to build and manage smart buildings and effectively understand their potential huge business opportunities.

Only in this way can we grasp the good opportunities given in the new era and truly shape the new glory and future of smart buildings and realize a smart Chinese dream.