Embedding Smart Buildings Technology Strategy Early in the Design Process

Embedding Smart Buildings Technology Strategy Early in the Design Process

This webinar is part of the RAIC 2024 Conference on Architecture, now available to stream!

Topics: Innovation in Materials, Technology and Construction

Length: 1 hour | What's Included: Video, Quiz, and Certificate of Completion 

The rapid pace of advancements in smart buildings technologies, such as cloud computing, 5G networks, advanced IoT sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), smart lighting, and advanced Building Automation Systems, has reached a point where early collaboration between architects, engineers and owners can design optimized buildings that meets energy, technology and operational objectives. Delaying the integration of technology until after design and construction are complete is typically more costly, difficult and time consuming than if it had been considered in the early design stages. This session will explore how architects and engineers can consider the needs of all stakeholders to ensure occupant comfort and safety, operational efficiency, design aesthetic, sustainability and business goals. Smart buildings technologies can add value to the overall design in meeting the needs of building occupants and supporting the design vision.

By the completion of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify opportunities to propose and integrate smart building technologies in early-stage planning and design
• Explain how to use smart buildings technologies in collecting and analyzing post-occupancy building data to enhance design solutions for retrofits/renovations of existing spaces
• Describe how overall sustainability of a building through improved energy efficiency can be supported by smart buildings technologies

Subject Matter Experts:

Akira Jones
B.Sc., P.Eng., LEED AP
Director, Digital Services, HH Angus

Akira is Director of HH Angus’ Digital Services group, and a Mechanical Engineer with over fifteen years’ project engineering and project management experience in the AEC industry. Akira leads a team of digital services specialists, who focus on BIM processes and software, 3D scanning and Scan-to-BIM, as well as IoT, Digital Twinning, and a range of AWS Cloud Consulting Services. He manages the firm’s knowledge management initiatives around BIM technologies and leads HH Angus’ research in digital twinning, cloud computing and smart buildings/IoT, and was a founding co-chair of HH Angus’ Smart Building Committee. 

Akira is involved in several smart buildings projects including a digital twin research project with Toronto Metropolitan University, as well as projects involving IoT sensor/dashboards analyzing space occupancy and environmental data for healthcare and commercial office clients in Ontario.

Kelly Henderson
BASc., MBA
Digital Strategy Leader, Senior Manager, HH Angus

Kelly is a Senior Manager in HH Angus’ Connect Division. She has a deep background in facilities planning and redevelopment, project management, strategy and governance.

Kelly has 15 years of experience in engineering and previously worked in capital planning offices for several P3 projects, including Michael Garron Hospital and St. Michael’s Hospital. She also has industry experience with vendors responsible for healthcare digital infrastructure. Kelly has worked on projects in a wide variety of delivery methods and throughout various phases of the project lifecycle and has a deep understanding of the successes, surprises, pains and pitfalls of incorporating technology into capital development projects. She is a member of the CSA Z8000 working group for IT systems and took part in the development of the seed document for the   Z8005 digital health infrastructure standard. Kelly was also the senior project lead that delivered a digital smart campus strategy for a large post-secondary institution in Western Canada.