Use Of New Technologies In Modern
Buildings
The Indian economy is on
the upward path and construction is one of the sectors where the brisk activity was going on just
before the economic recession. Besides public infrastructure there is
plenty of action on the way where new residential, commercial, industrial and
institutional building complexes are under construction.
Traditionally builders have had to deal with many vendors and agencies for the
coordination of different facets and technologies and the buildings and
infrastructure then may have played just a peripheral part but it is no
longer so. The traditional areas of focus have been material, quality,
aesthetics, ergonomics and so on. The property developers are
now vital to productivity, performance and efficiency of any
organization.
It is not
surprising that today buildings are not looked at as brick and mortar edifices
but as vital feature in improving the organizational productivity and to
improve parameters such as comfort, efficiency, productivity etc. The
improvement of these factors through various innovations will continuously lead to trends in the sector with corporate
sector doing its best to boost competitiveness, productivity and sustainable
functioning. The recent legislation for FDI in the construction sector will
improve standards of construction to a greater extent.
Today majority of
the office buildings are patterned to make a good work environment through good atmosphere, facilities for recreation such as gyms,
sports etc. Nothing is too much for companies to do for maximizing the
output from people, their human resources. Apart from giving comfortable
and conducive surroundings, buildings are being made according to ‘resource
efficiency’ for main parameters such as power and water consumption not only
from a commercial point of view but also from the point of view of conserving
the resources and the environment. Half of the energy used in a building
is dedicated to create artificial indoor climate for cooling, ventilation
and lighting. There is a continual focus on making ‘per
person consumption of power’ as little as possible through technology and best
practices. The focus is on choice of equipment, like chillers, motors,
drives etc, using atmospheric conditions wherever possible, engaging energy and
space efficient products, putting in sensor base ‘light’ management, engaging
sophisticated Building Management Systems (BMS) to supervise key
parameters like temperature and light. It needs a reliable power supply,
proper lighting, comfort cooling, dust free area and security which will
contribute towards making a conductive environment for work.
Things like ambience,
comfort and experience are utilized to draw clients by using air conditioning,
lighting, music, design and layout and some high-tech features. There is
an integration of security, safety and fire protection to give detailed and
incorporated building management systems.
Another sector in which
the part played by building systems is always growing is leisure, recreation
and entertainment. Shops have evolved into malls, multiplexes have sprung up from theatres and sports complexes and fitness
centres are springing up in metros all over the land.
In many cases the
changing part played by buildings can be seen. For example, in IT and
Biotech Parks, R&D centres, call centres, etc these developments have
come up very fast. Such service driven businesses in which the
productivity of the organization is closely connected with the productivity of the people and their
habitation are coming up.
The life span of a
building begins from the stage of design, goes on to construction, operation,
upkeep, renovation and in the end either leads to reuse or pulling down.
People rarely realize that ‘initial building costs’ only make up around two per
cent of the full lifecycle expense of a property. The
operations and maintenance make up another six per cent of the cost of a building’s life
cycle and the remaining 92 per cent is attributable to costs associated with
people.
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