This blueprint by the Smart Buildings Super Cluster released in August 2020 aims to inform smart city stakeholders about the design of smart buildings within the broader framework of the smart city. The centers on the smart building, exploring explores how smart buildings can be deployed to advance diverse smart city objectives. These include accelerating the deployment of smart city, Internet of Things (IoT) enabled, connected infrastructure; infusing robust and adaptive features into the smart city infrastructure through integrated smart building designs; and providing a roadmap to sustainable advantage and ROI for communities that adopt this approach. The report will be of interest to policy makers, municipalities, developers, integrators, property owners, and managers.
Key words: access controls, block chain, communications, connected home, connected/EV vehicles, data networking, energy management, HVAC, lighting systems/controls, powerline communications, research & development, protocols/standards, smart grid, smart cities, zero net energy, water management