Demand for intelligence. Intelligent buildings.
History of the development of intelligent buildings in Russia.
On November 9-12, 2006, the Hi-Tech House-2006 exhibition was held in Moscow, as well as International forum “Integration of intelligent systems, automation and operation of business and residential buildings.”
This was an event for all participants in the “intelligent systems” market. However, it would be interesting to know what generally happened in this market, what are the trends in its development, what new technological innovations have appeared here and how actively “intelligent systems” are being implemented in Russia?
Elena Epishina, head of the International Forum and Exhibition Hi-Tech House-2006, told AZ about this, where the “very best” will be presented, which determines the current face of the Russian market of “intelligent systems”.
The global boom in the “intelligentization” of buildings continues.
Developers in Europe, the USA, and Japan are striving to equip banks and offices, hotels and sports complexes, administrative buildings and industrial enterprises, private homes and apartments.
Today, about 40% of all “smart” buildings are located in Western Europe, approximately 30% in the USA and 20% in Japan.
Russian realities in the development of the market for intelligent buildings.
“Intelligent” technologies in equipping buildings are actively conquering Russia.
According to experts from the ARMO-Engineering company, the increase in volume The domestic market for the construction of “intelligent” buildings (business centers, administrative buildings, hotels and other commercial real estate) in 2005 amounted to about 10–15%.
And by the end of 2006, it was expected that the growth rate would reach 20%.
Such activity was especially noticeable among “intelligent” business centers.
There have already been quite a few of these in Russia, but the majority, of course, are located in Moscow.
This is “Tsarev Garden”, “ Dukat Place III», «Moscow City», «Country Park», «Aurora Business Park» and a number of others.
By the way, the number of companies offering installation of a wide variety of building automation systems has noticeably increased, as evidenced by the stands of exhibitors at the Hi-Tech House exhibition.
So, in my opinion, the development of the market is facilitated by the ever-increasing demands of both owners and tenants of buildings.
Again, it appears on the market — and quite a lot! – high-tech companies that focus on information security and modern business technologies.
But the domestic market of “intelligent” buildings would certainly develop much more dynamically if this topic received sufficient regulatory support from the state.
Abroad, the need to implement building automation systems has been confirmed by the adoption of a number of special regulatory standards, the basic of which is ISO 16484.
And in our country, the “Building Automation and Management Systems” standard is still of a recommendatory nature.
And the prospect of including this standard among the mandatory ones, unfortunately, is still small. Requirements for equipment of facilities are developed individually each time and are based, as a rule, not on standards, but on the experience of specialists preparing tender documentation.
In Russia there are both GOSTs and SNIPs that regulate the issues of automation of buildings, but they hardly work.
That is why, when commissioning facilities, the lack of control rooms, control automation systems, and resource saving is not taken into account.
There are no standards, so there is nothing to ask!
The obvious benefits of intelligent buildings.
It is estimated that the implementation of complex building automation systems in Russia pays off after 1.5–3 years of operation.
And then there are pure savings.
Here are the figures for the economic effect: energy costs are reduced by 20–30%, for the operation of the building by 50–70%, for the repair and maintenance of equipment by 50–60%.
Roman Vroblevsky, director of the automated control systems department at YORK Johnson Controls, believes that “… Thanks to these three items alone, you can save up to 50–60% of all building operating costs. And don’t forget about the significant reduction in insurance rates.”
“Intellectualization” of buildings is not only about savings. Building automation systems also reduce risks.
The presence of integrated management systems allows us to classify the facility as the highest class of office center — A1 (A+).
Agree, this is significantly affects rental rates. A high degree of comfort and safety can increase its cost by 10–20%.
By the way, a properly designed and equipped building will retain its investment attractiveness noticeably longer than one that is built taking into account only today's requirements.
A simple example: in January 2006, in order to avoid emergency failures due to prolonged cold weather, rolling blackouts of power supply in a number of regions of Russia.
Many enterprises have stopped. The economic damage was quite noticeable.
The forecast here is disappointing: the wear and tear of energy system equipment in different regions of Russia is quite high — from 40 to 80% — and the risk of similar accidents and outages is very high.
“Intelligent systems” could also save in such situations.
The same thing happened in May last year, when a short circuit at one of the Mosenergo substations caused a cascading power outage throughout almost the entire territory of Moscow and in a number of regions.
Many enterprises stopped working .
Damage — over 2.2 billion rubles.
And here, an integrated building automation and dispatch system could promptly switch to uninterruptible power supplies and diesel generators, completely eliminating failures in the operation of all other engineering and information systems.
Excess electricity in the past due to wear and tear of all Russia's energy system will result in a deficit in the future.
And this forecast is quite a strong argument in favor of the wider introduction of energy-saving technologies and control algorithms, which are provided by “intelligent systems” of buildings.
The technical advantage of comprehensive “intellectualization” and automation of a building is the ability to “fit” into the energy limits that municipal services can set for the building owner and eliminate the costs of additional energy substations already at the construction stage.
The building automation system is optimal solves another and global problem — the integration of autonomous systems, each of which solves its own set of problems, into a single information and control space.
There is no need to explain how much in this case the efficiency of all building services and the speed of decision-making increases.
Also, “intelligent systems” practically eliminate any possibility of failure of high-tech equipment that will work uninterruptedly for several years.
And they significantly reduce the influence of the human factor.
And this, by the way, will allow you to avoid errors during operation and reduce personnel costs. Agree, the savings are obvious!
New opportunities for smart buildings.
On the commercial real estate market, proposals for office buildings of a fundamentally new type have appeared.
For them, “smart building” systems are very profitable, since they are guarantee tenants a stable level of operation of all life-support systems and significant savings on maintenance.
True, there are already plans to diversify the market for such real estate and also offer cheaper options for class “B” office buildings.
And this idea is stimulated by the unfolding presidential national projects — in particular, the creation of IT technology parks.
Not only business centers, but also hotels are actively working to implement “intelligent systems.”
Smart systems today are quite commonplace in most five-star hotels in the capital, where a single automated control complex has been implemented that combines all the main support systems: ventilation, lighting, heating, water treatment and supply, power devices, CCTV and fire extinguishing systems.
By the way, a unique project has been implemented in Moscow, although not in a business center or hotel, but in the Ice Center in Krylatskoye.
A system for contactless control of ice temperature and wireless data transmission is installed here. This is truly an event!
Trends and prospects for the development of intelligent buildings.
One of the most interesting trends in the domestic market of “intelligent” systems, which, by the way, is noted by almost all of its participants, is the reduction in the range of technologies that are offered to customers.
The logic of this trend can probably be explained by the fact that that the market is striving for the dominance of two or three universal technologies, which will put everything in its place: the remaining players will either have to leave or focus on “niche” products.
The advanced public has already felt all the advantages of the “intelligent building”.
Therefore, many customers began to contact automation issues at earlier stages.
Many are building more than their first building and have been able to see from their own experience that it is most profitable to build “intelligent buildings” from scratch.
The approach to automation of all engineering and technical systems of a building is becoming more and more professional.
Two or three years ago, specialists from integrator companies communicated exclusively with representatives of the developer about the design, installation and automation of engineering systems.
Now four parties are already participating in the negotiations: the owner of the building, the developer, the designer and those who will operate the building.
And finally, one cannot help but mention technological innovations, among which the most notable is the transition from closed protocols to open ones.
The explanation for this is simple — open protocols will ensure compatibility of equipment from different manufacturers, creating the opportunity to integrate everything into a single system.