User-centric smart buildings for energy sustainable smart cities

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
María V. Moreno ◽  
Miguel A. Zamora ◽  
Antonio F. Skarmeta
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
User Centric

scholarly journals Smart Building Integration into a Smart City: Comparative Study of Real Estate Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9376
Author(s):  
Rasa Apanaviciene ◽  
Rokas Urbonas ◽  
Paris A. Fokaides
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Evaluation Framework ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Real Estate Development ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
Smart Building ◽  
Development Stages ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

Smart buildings and smart cities are not the future perspectives anymore—the smart building integration into a smart city is an actual question for today and tomorrow. Development of smart buildings not only enhances the smart city concept but also promotes positivity to the urban development and national economy, and increases the quality of life of the whole population reacting to global challenges of sustainability. The innovative smart building and smart city technologies enable us to overcome these challenges by being employed through all real estate (RE) project development stages. The Evaluation Framework for Real Estate Development in Smart Cities created by the authors provides the possibility to assess the existing as well as to forecast future RE projects integration into a smart city during the whole life-cycle stage. The practical application of the presented evaluation framework was illustrated by the comparative case study. Based on the created smart building integration into a smart city evaluation framework for real estate development, 10 RE projects in Lithuania and over the world were assessed and rated by selected criteria relevant to different RE development stages. The evaluation results revealed that, especially at the design and construction stages, the existing intelligence of RE projects and/or cities is insufficient. Although real estate projects are technologically advanced as single entities, the integration into smart city networks is limited by interoperability capabilities of the cities or by different strategic goals settled by real estate developers.

Sustainable Mobility in Smart Cities

2020 ◽  
pp. 211-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annapaola Marconi ◽  
Enrica Loria
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
User Centric ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Key Success Factor

MaaS, with its user-centric vision aiming at more flexible, personalized, and on-demand mobility services, has a perspective to address the key sustainability challenges of the mobility of the future: transport solutions that are integrated, inclusive, and time-efficient, while containing the economic, social, and environmental costs. Civic engagement is a key success factor towards this objective: to fully embrace MaaS transformation, citizens need to feel part of the process. Gamification proved to be effective to raise citizens' awareness, encourage their participation, and promote a gradual but profound behavior change. These characteristics can be exploited by MaaS solutions to attract users and encourage the acceptance of tailored mobility plans. The chapter presents two successful cases of gamified systems aiming at promoting a more sustainable mobility, Play&Go and Kids Go Green; investigates the potential of gamified systems, in combination with MaaS solutions, in terms of citizens' engagement and behavior change; and discusses current limitations and future challenges.

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on IoT Adoption in Healthcare, Smart Homes, Smart Buildings, Smart Cities, Transportation and Industrial IoT

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3838
Author(s):  
Muhammad Umair ◽  
Muhammad Aamir Cheema ◽  
Omer Cheema ◽  
Huan Li ◽  
Hua Lu
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Homes ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
Industrial Iot ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
Substantial Change ◽  
The Internet Of Things

COVID-19 has disrupted normal life and has enforced a substantial change in the policies, priorities and activities of individuals, organisations and governments. These changes are proving to be a catalyst for technology and innovation. In this paper, we discuss the pandemic’s potential impact on the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) in various broad sectors, namely healthcare, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, transportation and industrial IoT. Our perspective and forecast of this impact on IoT adoption is based on a thorough research literature review, a careful examination of reports from leading consulting firms and interactions with several industry experts. For each of these sectors, we also provide the details of notable IoT initiatives taken in the wake of COVID-19. We also highlight the challenges that need to be addressed and important research directions that will facilitate accelerated IoT adoption.

scholarly journals From Smart Buildings and Cities to Smart Living

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Samarán Saló
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Smart Living ◽  
Save Energy

We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom said the two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize Edward Osborne Wilson. We are attached 24 hours to our “smart” phone that gets us closer to those who are far away and keeps us apart from those who are near, and we want to live in “smart” buildings and “smart” cities where systems are used and data can be gathered to save energy, create comfortable ambiances, regulate traffic, or deal with our waste products, but we surely need to reconsider what “Smart” living is all about. From the roman empire to the actual high-rise buildings, through the modern movement leaded by Le Corbusier, each time has used the technology available, but neither of the great master pieces of architecture and urbanism is remembered by the technology that made it possible but by Its ability to seduce the minds, hearts and souls of its habitants and the generations that came after them. It is essential to know that we truly need, to clarify WHY and WHAT FOR we do things before we solve or engage ourselves in HOW we make it happen.

scholarly journals Smart Built Environment Including Smart Home, Smart Building and Smart City: Definitions and Applied Technologies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reyhaneh Karimi ◽  
Leila Farahzadi ◽  
Samad M.E. Sepasgozar ◽  
Sharifeh Sargolzaei ◽  
Sanee M. Ebrahimzadeh Sepasgozar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
Smart Systems ◽  
Smart Building ◽  
Energy Management Systems ◽  
The Past

Technology, particularly over the past decades, has affected the cities and their components, such as building sectors. Consequently, smart building that has currently utilized various technologies which is incorporated into buildings is the core of the present chapter. It provides a comprehensive overview on smart cities, smart buildings and smart home to address what systems and technologies have been incorporated so far. The aim is to review the smart concepts in built environment with the main focus on smart cities, smart buildings, and smart homes. State-of-the-art and current practices in smart buildings were also reviewed to enlighten a set of directions for future studies. The Chapter is primarily focuses on 51 articles in smart buildings/homes, as per collected from various datasets. It represents a summary of systems utilized and incorporared into smart buildings and homes over the past decade (2010–2020). Additional to different features of smart buildings and homes, is the discussion around various fields and system performances currently utilized in smart buildings/homes. Limitations and future trends and directions is also discussed. In total, such building/home systems were categorized into 6 groups, including: security systems, healthcare systems, energy management systems, building/home management systems, automation systems, and activity/movement recognition systems. Furthermore, there are a number of surveys which investigated the user’s acceptance and adoption of the new smart systems in homes and buildings, as presented and summarized thereafter in Tables. The present Chapter is a contribution to a better understanding of the functions and performances of such buildings/homes for further implementation and enhancement so that varying demands of smart citizens are fulfilled and eventually contribute to the development of smart cities.

scholarly journals Advances on Smart Cities and Smart Buildings

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 631
Author(s):  
Michele Roccotelli ◽  
Agostino Marcello Mangini
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Global City ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
Modern Cities

Modern cities are facing the challenge of combining competitiveness on a global city scale and sustainable urban development to become smart cities [...]

scholarly journals Application of High-tech Solutions in Ecodevelopment

2018 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 06002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg Korol ◽  
Natalia Shushunova ◽  
Dmitry Lopatkin ◽  
Alexey Zanin ◽  
Tatiana Shushunova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Green Buildings ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Building Structures ◽  
Smart Buildings ◽  
Environmental Consequences

This research is aimed to study the significant number of negative environmental consequences are due to the active development of cities and agglomerations. The technologies of green buildings are constantly being improved with the aim of reducing the overall influence of development on the environment and human health. Today, one of the most important trends of eco-development is to develop the innovations in the field of green building structures. Green modular roofing structures contribute to solving the problems of ecodevelopment in the construction of smart cities and smart buildings for sustainable development.

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