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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. F. Hossain, Global Sustainability in Energy, Building, Infrastructure,
Transportation, and Water Technology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62376-0_6
Chapter 6
Smart Building Technology
Abstract The burning of fossil fuels for powering the building sector around the
world is putting our Mother Earth in a vulnerable condition; fossil fuels are running
out due to the present level of consumption of this reverse fuel by the building sector. Therefore, the use of solar energy to generate electricity energy by building’s
exterior curtain wall skin shall be an interesting technology to power the building
naturally. On the other hand, traditional water supply into the building sector is
lowering the groundwater strata which is dangerous for the survival of future generation due to shortage of groundwater. Hence, the cloud water molecule has been
proposed to catch using static electricity force forming insulator water tank of a
building and treat it in situ by implementing UV application to fulfill the day-to-day
water need for a building. Simply, the combination of these two technologies to
capture sunlight and cloud water by designing a smart building technology to satisfy
the net energy and water need for a building will certainly be an innovative technology to mitigate the global energy demand and environmental and climate
vulnerability.
Keywords Photon energy · Building skin solar panel · Clean energy · Urban cloud
· Electrostatic force · UV technology · Potable water · Smart building technology
Introduction
The mass development of building construction throughout the world is seriously
impacting the environment since it consumes conventional energy to meet its daily
energy demand. Naturally, the energy requirement in the building sector in the
whole world will be increased accordingly and it is expected to be doubled up by
the year 2050 [1, 2]. The global fossil fuel energy consumption was 283 EJ/year in
the year 1980, 347 EJ/year in 1990, 400 EJ/year in 2000, and 511 EJ/year in 2010
and it would be 607 EJ/year in 2020, 702 EJ/year in 2030, 855 EJ/year in 2040, and
988 EJ/year in 2050 where the building sector alone consumes 40% of this total
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. F. Hossain, Global Sustainability in Energy, Building, Infrastructure,
Transportation, and Water Technology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62376-0_6
Chapter 6
Smart Building Technology
Abstract The burning of fossil fuels for powering the building sector around the
world is putting our Mother Earth in a vulnerable condition; fossil fuels are running
out due to the present level of consumption of this reverse fuel by the building sector. Therefore, the use of solar energy to generate electricity energy by building’s
exterior curtain wall skin shall be an interesting technology to power the building
naturally. On the other hand, traditional water supply into the building sector is
lowering the groundwater strata which is dangerous for the survival of future generation due to shortage of groundwater. Hence, the cloud water molecule has been
proposed to catch using static electricity force forming insulator water tank of a
building and treat it in situ by implementing UV application to fulfill the day-to-day
water need for a building. Simply, the combination of these two technologies to
capture sunlight and cloud water by designing a smart building technology to satisfy
the net energy and water need for a building will certainly be an innovative technology to mitigate the global energy demand and environmental and climate
vulnerability.
Keywords Photon energy · Building skin solar panel · Clean energy · Urban cloud
· Electrostatic force · UV technology · Potable water · Smart building technology
Introduction
The mass development of building construction throughout the world is seriously
impacting the environment since it consumes conventional energy to meet its daily
energy demand. Naturally, the energy requirement in the building sector in the
whole world will be increased accordingly and it is expected to be doubled up by
the year 2050 [1, 2]. The global fossil fuel energy consumption was 283 EJ/year in
the year 1980, 347 EJ/year in 1990, 400 EJ/year in 2000, and 511 EJ/year in 2010
and it would be 607 EJ/year in 2020, 702 EJ/year in 2030, 855 EJ/year in 2040, and
988 EJ/year in 2050 where the building sector alone consumes 40% of this total