Are Intelligent Building & Sustainable Building Essentially the Same? (Is Intelligent Building Helping in Creating a Sustainable Environment?)

Ratima Dagaonkar

Abstract: The advancement of technology has touched every aspect of our life, from education & work to global communication and networking, technology is shaping the modern society. In an Endeavor to provide a comfortable and reliable environment, Intelligent Buildings Intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. The need to construct intelligent buildings and Sustainable buildings essentially help achieve a reduction in energy consumption, use resources more efficiently and explore renewable alternatives that enable them to be financially and environmentally sustainable. The need to construct sustainable buildings was motivated by the decrease of resources caused by the increase of the globe’s population. Producing resources from alternative sources, reusing and recycling materials and overall protection of the environment is possible only by constructing these sustainable buildings. With the advent of various intelligent building technologies, in the times when sustainable development is a rising concern, it was quite necessary to assess whether intelligent development is sustainable or not The paper will discuss various concepts of intelligent building & Sustainable Building, case studies worldwide, the common grounds for intelligent building and sustainable building.

Keywords: Technologies, Intelligent buildings, Sustainable buildings

Edition: Volume 9 Issue 11, November 2020,

Pages: 137 - 141