Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Summary of "Smart Buildings: What 'smart' really means" (Draft 1)


In the article ’Smart Buildings: What 'smart' really means‘, Lecomte (2019) states that a standardized metric is required for smart buildings to wholly emerge in the 'built environment'.Currently, private and public sectors use their own standards to assess smart buildings but their rubrics vary from one another. Private sector standards are biased to their sponsors, while public sector Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is exclusive to engineering features. Efforts to standardize rubrics is unsuccessful as different parties involved could not agree on a standard rubric.

Lecomte also emphasized the importance of including the assessment of cyber-risks in the rubric. There was an incident where hackers managed to steal millions of dollars (USD) from a corporation. Such risks increase exponentially along with more advanced and integrated technology. All in all, reliable ‘smart building certifications’ will be a critical element of a ‘functioning market for smart real estate’.
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  1. Zhi QiSeptember 24, 2019 at 5:21 AM

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  2. Zhi QiSeptember 24, 2019 at 5:24 AM

    Hi Yuan Kai,
    Here are some comments from our group (How Wei, Venjamin, Zhi Qi)
    1. Citation at first line should be in double quotation. (Sophisticated)
    2. Key points have been identified (Sophisticated)
    3. Main idea is properly identified (Sophisticated)
    4. We feel that some key points are not paraphrased clearly (Competent)
    5. Direct quotes require double quotation marks.

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