Smart building consulting: integrating people and systems

During design, they work as a peer review and regulatory entity, responsible for ensuring the core systems specified by traditional engineers adhere to the specifications and intent of the overall smart building solution. Because smart building solutions leverage data between previously unrelated systems, the smart building consultant needs to act as an oversight entity to ensure that traditional engineers act in more advanced, integrated ways. Tools include: * Division 25 master specifications (systems and people). * Use case diagrams (systems and people). * Network and system architecture diagrams (digital systems). * Return on investment analysis (systems and people). * Integration master plan (systems and people). Energy modeling, real estate appraisals, workplace strategy and space use modeling are all methods to help predict the financial gains seen by increased efficiencies and optimization in energy, real estate and people for an organizations for specific iterations and use cases, as defined by the team. For the smart building consultant to be effective, they need to be involved in the project from all angles. [...]a multidisciplinary integration team helps develop a more holistic understanding of the building and business systems that are being tied together.