Josh WentzPenn State

August 5, 2009

Green Intelligent Buildings of the Future

[Energy Information Administration, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2008]

FACT: Buildings are the top contributor of greenhouse gas emissions affecting climate change

FACT: Buildings are the top contributor of greenhouse gas emissions affecting climate change

[Energy Information Administration, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2008]

Information technology is needed to create integration

INTEGRATION

CONNECTIVITY

Energy Business Intelligence will benefit both the environment and consumers by making an efficient integrated building

ENERGY BUSINESS

INTELLIGENCE

Energy Business Intelligence (EBI) is a web portal that will monitor and highlight inefficient areas for concern

[Engineered Systems, 2009]

EBI will provide online externally controlled data warehouses

EBI will provide powerful analytical processing power that can turn data into knowledge

EBI will offer a real-time intuitive way to see what is happening in a home or building

“Energy business intelligence will be to buildings

as the iPod was to music”

[Jack McGowan, 2009]

Consider iPhone applications and their future role in the home

[Jack McGowan, 2009]

[Energy Information Administration, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2008]

FACT: Buildings are the top contributor of greenhouse gas emissions affecting climate change

Increasing funds to encourage the development of an IT solution such as EBI will benefit both the environment and consumers

ArchitecturalSystems

InformationTechnology