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Research roadmap · Lead author · No. 08 · 2018
Future of Intelligent Buildings: a critical debate on key performance indicators
Chapter 2 of the CIB Research Roadmap for Intelligent and Responsive Buildings, written with Derek Clements-Croome
Research roadmap · Lead author · 2018
For the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction's commission on intelligent and responsive buildings, Amir led the chapter that sets out where intelligent buildings should go next.
- Role
- Lead author, with Derek Clements-Croome, Ali Ghaffarianhoseini, Husam AlWaer and John Tookey
- Where
- International
In the photograph · Research Roadmap for Intelligent and Responsive Buildings, CIB Publication 415 (2018), edited by Derek Clements-Croome. Amir is lead author of Chapter 2.
- Role
- Lead author, with Derek Clements-Croome, Ali Ghaffarianhoseini, Husam AlWaer and John Tookey
- Location
- International
- Host
- CIB W098 Intelligent and Responsive Buildings, with the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group
- Publication
- Research Roadmap for Intelligent and Responsive Buildings · CIB Publication 415
- Editor
- Derek Clements-Croome
- Publisher
- International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), Delft · 2018 · ISBN 978-90-803022-9-7
- The six KPIs
- Smartness and technology awareness · Economics and cost efficiency · Personal and social sensitivity · Environmental responsiveness · Health and well-being · Urban-scale responsiveness
A roadmap for the field
For the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction's commission on intelligent and responsive buildings, Amir led the chapter that sets out where intelligent buildings should go next. The roadmap was edited by Derek Clements-Croome and written in association with the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings Group.
Beyond automation
The chapter argues that intelligent buildings have been held back by too many competing definitions, and that they must move beyond automation towards buildings that are responsive, value-driven and adaptable. It extends the established key performance indicator framework with two new indicators, health and well-being, and urban-scale responsiveness, linking intelligent buildings to the goals of smart cities.
What comes next
It proposes a development pathway across the building lifecycle built on BIM, augmented reality, robotic environments and neuroscience-based design, including EEG monitoring of how people experience space: a line of work Amir has since built into his neuro-architecture research and the From Neuro-architecture to Neuro-cities book collection.
Selected highlights · 2016 to 2027
Amir has convened, chaired and spoken every year for more than a decade, in New Zealand and abroad. This line shows a selection.
- 2016NZAAR PutrajayaCo-founder · Co-ChairIUSGBC 2016, KLCCKeynoteNZAAR KLCo-Chair
- 2017NZAAR KLCo-Chair · keynoteSimAUD 2017, TorontoWorkshop lead · paper
- 2018NZAAR KLCo-Chair · keynoteCIB IB RoadmapLead author, Ch. 2
- 2019WGBW2019 pecha kuchaLed · speaker
- 2020ASA2020Co-Chair · Editor
- 2021NZGBC 2021Future Thinker awards
- 2022CIBSE IB GroupKeynoteTwo Emerald special issuesGuest Editor
- 2023USS journalFounding Editor-in-Chief
- 2024IGLC32Co-ChairSASBE2024Chair
- 2025ANFA symposiumChairDFBI2025Chair, ISCChongqingKeynoteGDI2025Co-Chair
- 2026AUT Research WeekPresenterGDI2026ChairNeuro panelLedAI in SoFELeads
- 2027GDI2027Co-Chair
