Using the wave of digitalization, China’s economy is transforming towards high-quality development. This transformation is not only a strategic adjustment at the macro level, but also reflected in practical innovations in all walks of life. The field of construction and building is an important microcosm. With the widespread application of a series of cutting-edge technologies such as building information modeling (BIM) technology, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence (AI), buildings in smart cities are undergoing a profound change, and their level of intelligence has been significantly improved.
Smart buildings have created a more comfortable and intelligent life and work experience for people with their advantages of low carbon, energy saving, convenience and efficiency. However, in the increasingly complex use scenarios of building buildings, the “information island” problem caused by the independent construction of traditional smart buildings is becoming increasingly prominent. How to achieve centralized, efficient and intelligent management of smart buildings has become a pain point that needs to be solved in the industry’s development. Objectively speaking, “information islands” not only cause waste of resources, but also reduce management efficiency and hinder the in-depth mining and application of data.
It is in this context that the “Life Harbor Comprehensive Operation and Maintenance Management Platform” independently developed by a company came into being, aiming to solve industry problems and empower the intelligent upgrade of buildings. The platform deeply integrates a variety of cutting-edge technologies such as sensing technology, Internet of Things AIOT, big data, cloud computing, digital twins, artificial intelligence AI, and other cutting-edge technologies, and takes the design concept of “dispersed control and centralized management” as the core, just like implanting a “smart brain” with perception and control capabilities into smart buildings, thus building a comprehensive and intelligent management system. The emergence of this platform represents the development trend of intelligent building management towards integration and refinement.
The core functions and value of this platform are reflected in many aspects: First, the platform fully combines the needs of smart building management and operation services, and with the help of wireless communication technologies such as LoRa and NB-IoT, it highly integrates multiple equipment and systems such as remote electronic control systems, energy management systems, equipment health management systems, electricity consumption safety and electrical fire monitoring. Ultimately, the platform has realized a series of functions such as remote control, real-time monitoring, line fault warning and alarm, energy consumption monitoring, equipment health management, and energy conservation management. By deploying various sensors in the building to build a network of interconnected things, the platform can monitor the status of people, things and things in the area in real time, thereby significantly improving the efficiency of operation management and services in the building.
Secondly, the platform has the ability to intelligently supervise the entire system. Through dynamic data visualization, the platform can monitor the operating status of various intelligent systems and devices in real time to achieve accurate control. In addition, the platform has established an event warning mechanism and combined with AI algorithms to identify potential faults in advance to ensure that fault information can be accurately conveyed, thereby promoting personnel to respond quickly and implementing closed-loop process management. The integrated personnel dispatching and command system optimizes the allocation of logistics resources, reduces the manpower investment required for reporting, repair, inspection and other work, and further improves management efficiency. This active early warning and intelligent scheduling effectively reduces operation and maintenance costs and improves response speed.
In terms of intelligent decision-making assistance, the platform relies on its powerful big data analysis capabilities to realize the full life cycle management of the equipment, tracking the entire process data from procurement, operation to maintenance of the equipment, thereby providing a scientific basis for device update and maintenance decisions. The platform can also output multi-dimensional reports on equipment operation and management, and reveal operating rules through data mining, helping managers formulate optimization strategies for energy saving, consumption reduction and efficiency improvement. More importantly, the platform has built a unified and open database, integrated the operating data of each subsystem, broken the information island, and realized information sharing and collaborative linkage between subsystems, thereby simplifying the operation and management process of building intelligent subsystems. This data-driven decision-making support can help managers better understand the operating status of buildings and make more reasonable plans.
The advantages and values of the “Life Harbor Comprehensive Operation and Maintenance Management Platform” are reflected in many aspects such as safety, stability, energy saving and efficiency, intelligence and convenience, and continuous evolution: through real-time monitoring and early warning mechanisms, the platform can ensure the safe operation of building equipment and reduce the risk of failure; based on data-driven operation optimization, the platform can achieve refined management of energy consumption and promote green and low-carbon operation of buildings; the platform’s human-computer interactive interface is intuitive and easy to use, and the management process is highly automated, which greatly reduces the complexity of operation; in addition, the platform also supports technical iteration and function expansion, which can continuously upgrade according to the development needs of smart buildings, and always maintain technological leadership. This also indicates that future smart building management platforms will pay more attention to user experience and sustainable development.
In summary, as a smart monitoring, operation and maintenance, and scheduling management system, the platform can conduct real-time monitoring, early warning, analysis, traceability and management of user equipment, environment, etc., so as to master users’ information in electrical, energy, billing, environment, security, fire protection, operation and maintenance, assets, etc. The platform can conduct comprehensive, full-process and intelligent management of pre-warning, in-process handling, post-tracking and operation and maintenance inspections within its jurisdiction. Combined with big data analysis, the platform can also realize the management of the entire chain and life cycle of the asset, assisting in optimizing the energy consumption structure, saving energy and reducing consumption, reducing carbon emissions, and reducing costs. Its application not only improves the intelligence level of building management, but also helps promote the sustainable development of cities.
