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Research in policy and practice · No. 60 · 2021
Professor Amir’s intelligent-building analysis informing a Minnesota market study
Center for Energy and Environment · LHB · Building Intelligence Group
- Role
- Building-performance evidence synthesis
- Host
- Center for Energy and Environment · LHB · Building Intelligence Group
- Publication
- Intelligent Buildings Literature Review · How Smart Do Intelligent Buildings Need To Be?
- Contribution
- Building-performance evidence synthesis
- Evidence
- September 2021 · Printed pages 2–3 · Reference page 4
Research reaching practice
A Minnesota Department of Commerce-funded project gives substantial attention to Professor Amir’s intelligent-building review.
How the research was used
The literature review explains the study’s performance indicators, ten characteristics for judging intelligent-building technologies, occupant needs and evidence limitations. These ideas form part of the project’s evidence base for balancing energy savings, operational costs and commercial adoption. A companion technical overview also cites Professor Amir’s review in its discussion of smart technology and flexible office design.
The documented contribution
September 2021 · Printed pages 2–3 · Reference page 4. Use is documented in the 2021 project literature review. No claim is made that Professor Amir authored the project’s final taxonomy or that Minnesota adopted a policy from the study.
Research and coauthor credit
What is an intelligent building? Analysis of recent interpretations from an international perspective — Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini; Umberto Berardi; Husam AlWaer; Seongju Chang; Edward Halawa; Ali Ghaffarianhoseini; Derek Clements-Croome. DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2015.1079164
