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

At a glance

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

6Key performance indicators for future intelligent buildings

4Lines of development: BIM, augmented reality, robotic environments, neuroscience-based design

The story

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.