Annotated Summary

In the article “Smart buildings key to saving energy”, Lim (2019) stated many organisations were slowly moving towards system integration as they were showing interest in energy savings and efficiency. He also mentioned that the top three decisions for energy investment were energy cost savings, greenhouse gas reduction and increasing energy security. Technology such as the intelligent building management system(BMS) would interact with the building to understand its conditions, by receiving and analysing data. It would then show its perception on ways to improve energy efficiency.

However, smart buildings could still be in danger despite advancing cybersecurity. He also found that about 75 percent of business in Asia Pacific might become victims of undiscovered breaches. Cyberthreats might also cause local organisations to lose around US$17.7 billion(S$24 billion). The obstacles faced in energy efficiency projects was due to the lack of qualified personnel in cybersecurity. As cybersecurity was not a main focus for many organisations, it could be expensive and inefficient to build up dedicated teams. With the lack of experts in cybersecurity to evaluate or execute the projects, it became one of the top barriers to chase after energy efficiency initiatives.

With this article, it would create a better understanding of why smart buildings was the key to saving energy. The reason why I chose this article was because it linked directly to my group's objective of minimising energy usage and reducing carbon emissions via building automation systems (BAS). Therefore, with this article, it would help us create a better awareness of BAS.

References

Lim, Ken. (25 January, 2019). Smart buildings key to saving energy. The new paper. Retrieved from https://www.tnp.sg/news/views/smart-buildings-key-saving-energy