FOR SUPPLIERS, SPECIFIERS AND BUYERS OF: ENVIRONMENTAL (HVAC) CONTROLS LIGHTING CONTROLS ACCESS CONTROL CCTV SURVEILLANCE INTRUDER ALARMS FIRE DETECTION & SAFETY SYSTEMS ELECTRICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT STRUCTURED CABLING FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS SMOKE EXTRACT REFRIGERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS This study provides an overview of intelligent and integrated infrastructures in buildings and is part of a series of studies that review the current and future demand in vertical building markets.
Traditionally, analysis of building services markets has been based on the building construction industry and strategies to develop business have been built around the construction business and its contractual procedures and channels of distribution.
This report and its companion studies show why the time has now come to turn this procedure on its head and provide holistic solutions, because the interconnection of the different infrastructures not only result in better performing buildings but also have a beneficial impact on the business performance taking place in the building.
To provide holistic solutions these two factors must work and operate in tandem, for these reports clearly illustrate that the best systems not only make the work and trading place more efficient but mesh with enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and supply chain management systems to provide a total solution.
Thus Intelligent Building Management Systems (IBMS) solutions must be conceived by suppliers working with building operators in order to understand how their infrastructure products interact not only with other technical infrastructure, but also with the business process in the building.
In order for all those in the supply chain to develop effective business strategies we have produced a series of separate reports that focus on the demand for intelligent and integrated infrastructures in particular vertical markets.
Economic weakness has held back innovation in intelligent infrastructures and their integration.
Fortunately, new technologies for connectivity are making the concept easier to mplement and in particular web based products can enhance intelligent infrastructures linking with enterprise wide systems.
The pressure to create leaner and more cost effective infrastructures can in many cases be achieved through integration and at no extra cost.
This study will identify these growing opportunities.
Change is a constant feature of this market and developments in the business economy and new technologies will require the work and business place to be flexible and adaptive and this will be a constant demand driver for IBMS.