FEATURE SCALING CONTROL
Scaling digital transformation from smart buildings to smart city networks is all about being able to implement specific and targeted management, explains Sanjeevv Bhatia, CEO of Netix Global BV.
Smart cities could lead to cost savings of $5tn annually by 2022, according to ABI Research. The report attributes the future success of smart cities to the deployment of smart technologies and IoT. But more importantly, researchers ruled that the desirability of the strategy would boil down to stakeholders collaborating and embracing a holistic approach.
What do such findings mean for smart city initiatives in the pilot stage? The implications are many, including the need for scalability. This is particularly true in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, whose impact has required a crisis response from building owners and managers. Traditional buildings and their ‘smart’ counterparts have achieved starkly differentiated success in dealing with the pandemic, in terms of speed, adaptability and performance.
Such operational disparities are not the least bit surprising, considering smart structures were built and future-proofed for resilience, safety and convenience, to begin with. They are inspired by the contemporary digital economy which thrives on the maxim, ‘everything that can be digital, will be’. But, despite the demonstrable benefits of smart cities, and the ready availability of scalable solutions, there are considerable challenges to reckon with.
Underlining
the objectives In order to truly appreciate what smart initiatives offer one must first comprehend the pain points and existing gaps in traditional, legacy projects. These include visible, recurring patterns of increased costs, shorter equipment life cycles, unchecked resource consumption and labour- intensive operations. Lack of transparency into electro- mechanical performance undermines the possibility of timely intervention, leading to a compounding of inefficiencies, before eventual breakdown. Additionally, routine operations demand on-site presence of professionals, which proved to be a challenge when the pandemic struck.
Smart buildings are aimed at bridging these gaps, using a combination of smart devices and cutting-edge technologies, all working in tandem. Seamless IoT-based integration of multi-vendor assets breaks down existing silos. Facilities managers are able to capture portfolio- wide data and monitor performance in a centralized command centre — remotely and in real time. The insights thus derived translate to informed decision making on a range of operational parameters including energy usage,
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