Good Buildings / A short guide
A practical brief for building technology
Three chapters for owners, occupiers and operators: define the outcomes, specify the connections and prepare the building for everyday use.
Three chapters / PDF guide
Turn the vision into a practical brief.
Follow the three stages in order, or begin with the part of your smart building journey you are working on.
Start with the decision
Define what the building should achieve, explore the options and agree a strategy before selecting technology.
Make the connections explicit
Translate the connected experience into clear information requirements, interfaces and responsibilities.
Prepare for everyday operation
Prepare people to use and support the service, then review its performance against the agreed outcomes.
About this guide
Start with what the building should achieve.
Start with the outcomes you want for people and the building. This guide follows those ambitions through the brief, information requirements, supplier responsibilities and evidence needed to make them deliverable.
Use it to prepare workshops and coordinate work in commercial buildings and workplaces. Bring the resulting brief to the appointed engineering, legal, security and assessment specialists for the decisions within their roles.
Read the guide your way.
Read the chapters online or download the guide. Each chapter provides questions to help the team agree requirements, assign responsibilities and move the strategy forward.
About this edition.
The examples are illustrative planning scenarios, rather than delivered Good Buildings projects. Adapt the questions to your building, appointment and available evidence.
Where are you on your smart building journey?
Tell us about the building, your priorities and what you want to achieve.