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The main trend in the development of the construction market today, according to Vladimir Ponomarev, Vice President of the Association of Builders of Russia, is the transition from point development to the development of large territories with a volume of housing construction alone exceeding 1 million square meters. «Today in Russia the level of housing provision per capita is very low,» says Artur Markaryan, General Director of the Investment and Construction Company «Glavstroy». «We are almost 2 times behind the world average. Therefore, our task is to reach from today's 17 to 26 square meters over the next 7-10 years.» Thus, the annual commissioning of housing at the level of 140-150 million square meters is a huge task that will require high activity of the development and construction community, as well as new production facilities, with one of the most important guidelines for improving the quality of housing construction.
Today, there are a number of conditions that create an opportunity for the growth of intelligent technologies, automation and dispatching systems in the residential real estate sector. According to Viktor Gutman, technical director of the Internet-Dom company, first of all, this is the demand of the end buyer, i.e. the future tenant. In addition, today there is a need for a new quality of comfort, life and safety. There is also an interest of developers in the implementation of intelligent technologies, because this, first of all, increases the competitiveness and attractiveness of their offers.
As for office space, supply still lags behind growing demand. According to Charles Boudet, director of landlord services at Jones Lang LaSalle, the current supply of quality office space equipped with intelligent systems amounts to 6.8 million square meters. «Compared to other major European cities, this is small,» notes Mr. Boudet. «For example, our supply is only 1/10 of the supply in Paris.» At the same time, the Moscow market is one of the fastest growing in Eastern Europe, and experts expect the supply of modern office space to more than double by 2010.
The largest high-rise construction project being implemented in the capital today is undoubtedly the Federation business complex on the territory of Moscow City. The basic points at all stages of construction, as noted by Gennady Stanislavovich Zhivulko, Mirax Group, were the reliability and safety of the structure. In particular, an intelligent evacuation system for the Federation Tower complex has been developed, and access zones in the complex have been defined. The complex consists of two towers — «West» and «East», the height of which is 242 and 354 m, respectively. In addition, between them there is a panoramic elevator mast with a spire 509 m high. All information about the processes occurring in the building is accumulated in two control rooms that ensure the functioning of the complex. For this purpose, an «Automated Building Management System» has been developed.
A comprehensive approach was used in the multifunctional complex on Ozerkovskaya Embankment, starting from the design stage. Among its advantages, Ivan Melnikov, EcoProg Business Development Manager, highlighted the increase in the reliability and safety of the infrastructure of the facilities, optimization of costs for the creation of the facility, reduction of operating costs up to 40%, and insurance costs up to 60%.
In anticipation of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, the Congress participants actively discussed the experience in building and equipping sports facilities, as well as proposals for the upcoming Olympics. In particular, Johnson Controls put together a proposal that included: equipment for making artificial snow, refrigeration units for ice fields, refrigeration equipment for bobsleigh tracks, artificial climate systems at Olympic facilities, automation and life support systems for buildings, security systems, high-quality service with quick response, turnkey equipping of facilities.
Much attention was paid to the issue of hotel sector intellectualization within the framework of the Congress. Today the hotel business in Moscow is experiencing rapid development. The Moscow government plans to build 353 hotels by 2010. Bedrik Dušek (Johnson Controls) noted in his report that hotels today are becoming multifunctional complexes and cover several zones of different purposes: a hotel, a congress center, a business center, a shopping and entertainment center. Automated maintenance of comfort, economy, security and access control based on an integrated BMS is necessary everywhere. The speaker demonstrated the capabilities of projects implemented by Johnson Controls in the hotels Hotel Swiss Court (Karlovy Vary), Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Hotel Imperial (Karlovy Vary) and spoke about existing control systems, including individual control of hotel rooms, booking, access control to rooms, climate control, lighting, and energy supply.
Oleg Pugovkin, Director of the Building Operations Department at Armo Group, spoke about the experience of equipping the Marriott Avrora Hotel. According to Oleg Pugovkin, one of the main difficulties was the limited energy conditions of this facility, since the hotel building has old utilities. For this, it was necessary to additionally automate some areas: for example, a snow melting system was created for the glass atrium. An important task was to create comfortable conditions for visitors, which was solved by means of climate control systems. For this type of hotel, accessibility of information technology to visitors is very important, so several sockets for Internet access and telephony were installed in each room. Great attention was paid to the security system: an integrated complex of fire and security alarms, television surveillance and access control systems was created with a single control panel. One of the solutions for implementing the highest fire safety requirements was the creation of special rooms for deaf people. Special devices were installed in them that began to flash in the event of a fire hazard.Today, there are alternatives to large intelligent buildings. These are Data Processing Centers (DPCs), which are not different in complexity, and sometimes even surpass modern large complexes. As an example, Yuri Zhukovsky, Director of Corporate Clients at Armo-Group, cited the Troika Dialog DPC, located in the Romanov Dvor business center.
Gennady Bylov, a representative of Honeywell, spoke about integrated solutions using the example of the Swissotel Krasnye Holmy hotel. Honeywell developed the concept of a single integration platform for close interaction of all engineering systems of the building with the ability to fully control and monitor from one point with a common information database. As a result, this concept led to a reduction in the number of service personnel, ensuring the proper level of safety for guests, quick response to emergency situations, and allowed the efficient use of energy resources not only depending on consumption, but also on the occupancy and presence of guests in the hotel rooms.
In conclusion of the question about the intellectualization of commercial real estate, Matvey Metakovskiy, Director of the Property Lab Management Company, spoke about the economic efficiency of «intelligent buildings» using the example of a class «A» office building designed for 1800 workplaces. The peculiarity of the facility was the limited volumes of municipal electricity supply. As a result, the automation of control systems made it possible to significantly reduce the costs of servicing the facility: the climate control system led to energy savings of an average of 8 — 12%. The lighting, power supply and heating control system made it possible to reduce costs by an average of 3 — 5%. Thus, energy savings reach 12-17%. With a total area of the facility of 40,000 sq. m., this saves about 120-170 thousand dollars per year.
The Congress raised the issues of intelligent technologies in the housing sector. Roman Gansovsky, Commercial Director of Exclusive Engineering, spoke about the project to build a single comprehensive infrastructure of the low-current system of the Barvikha Hills cottage village, which is currently in the implementation stage. The speaker focused on the main problems typical for cottage villages. Among them are a large number of cable routes, instability of equipment operation at large distances between cottages, difficulties in operating equipment from different manufacturers. As a result, it is planned to switch to fiber optics, which will combine local communications, security and access control, as well as television and Internet services. A single village server was also created, with all information for residents posted on a separate website. The old intercom system was replaced with videoconferencing systems.
Summarizing the results of the Congress, its participants emphasized that the number of facilities equipped with «intelligence systems» is steadily growing. The approach to automation and dispatching of all engineering and technical systems of the building is becoming more professional, and the market as a whole is gravitating towards the complexity and multifunctionality of objects.
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