Dr. Sherif Barakat

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• Dr. Sherif Barakat
• Director General,
• Institute for Research in Construction
• National Research Council
• Member of Board of Directors, Continental
  Automated Buildings Association (CABA)
• President, International Council for Research and
  Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB)

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• Technology Roadmap for Intelligent Buildings
• A collaborative 110,000 project
• Industry and 5 federal government
  departments/agencies
• Managed by the Continental Automated Buildings
  Association
• Focused on commercial, institutional and
  high-rise residential buildings
• Final report - in-depth examination of
  intelligent buildings technologies

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• Steering Committee
• Fifteen industry leaders
• Suppliers
• Consultants
• Building Owners
• Energy Providers
• Experts from Canadian Government Agencies
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation,
• Industry Canada
• National Research Council Canada/IRC
• Natural Resources Canada
• Public Works and Government Services Canada

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What is an Intelligent Building?
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• The Technology Roadmap
• Defines Intelligent Buildings Technology (IBT)
  systems
• Examines requirements of building managers and
  tenants
• Identifies opportunities to reduce building
  operating costs using IBTs
• Examines challenges to IBTs, including need for
  interoperability of sub-systems
• Stresses need to quantify the benefits and
  increase awareness of IBTs through education

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