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Appendix E: Specific Technologies
Pages 128-129

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... DIGITAL CONTROLS AND "INTELLIGENT" URBAN AREAS Advances in digital-based control systems have been applied as new products offered by traditional control vendors as well as new systems for the building owner/operator community. Taken together win in-building "tenant services" being offered by facility management professionals, the package of services has been collectively described as the "intelligent building." The concepts of "intelligence" could be extended to entire residential subdivisions, office parks (collections of commercial buildings)
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... PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY PRODUCTION Research to develop commercially viable photovoltaic cells should include consideration of potential applications by small utilities or condominium associations in high-density urban areas. Integrating solar cells with roofing and glass cur~inwall elements could yield economic efficiencies that cannot easily be captured by separate development of the energy source and the structures.
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  • intelligent building
  • management professionals
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  • temperatures indicate

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  • entire residential
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  • warrant research
  • office parks

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