A study of the future development of intelligent commercial buildings in Hong Kong

Abstract

According to Fellows (2000), intelligent buildings is a hot and important concept. Evolvement of traditional buildings to intelligent buildings is Indispensable to avoid falling behind global trends. With the development of technology, the technologies used in intelligent building are changed rapidly. Evaluation of intelligent building is essential to check whether the provision used are obsolete or not. Meanwhile, . People's demand for the quality of buildings are getting higher and higher. It is coincidental that intelligent building concept can be further developed to provide better working and living environments for various users. There are several famous and well-known intelligent buildings in Hong Kong, such as Hong Kong Science and Technology Park and Cyberport. There are different opinions and comments from general public and professionals, including appreciation and criticism. It is important to evaluate the performance of intelligent building and investigate how to improve and upgrade the development of intelligent building in long term. Intelligent building concept can be applied into different kinds of building. As Hong Kong is a famous international financial centre, scope of this research was mainly focused on intelligent commercial building in Hong Kong. The relationship between the performance of intelligent buildings and users satisfaction level was studied. Also, a famous intelligent commercial building was selected as a case study. Its main features were studied and reviewed, and the satisfaction level of its users was evaluated. 88 users were invited to conduct the questionnaire survey and the findings showed that most of respondents support the development of intelligent building in Hong Kong.