Implementation of internet of things in facilities management

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to enable implementation of the internet of things (IoT) in the facilities of high rise buildings as an upgrading and transformation to the new technology. The existing building system which are conventional building system and building automation system (BAS) in current FM in managing the facilities in the high rise building is seen could not be dependable as it provides limited information as well as highly expensive and difficult to justify for small to medium sized buildings. IoT can offer alternative mechanisms for success, using simple, low- cost sensor devices to provide valuable contextualized data in real-time. Hence, this study was carried out to identify the information that needs to be prioritized in order to have a comprehensive structure or a model to implement IoT in FM for improvement as well as for continuation towards sustainability in FM. The data collection for this study is qualitative data hence a semi – structured interviews’ questions were conducted to five respondents which represent five high rise buildings whereas among the facilities manager and the building executives which are known as the person who has knowledge about managing the facilities of the buildings. The selected buildings for this study are located in Klang Valley. At the end of the study, there are some key information provided such as the information that should be prioritized to enable IoT application for facility management, the elements need to be completed to enable the information can be collected, stored, utilized and share through IoT to support the facility management as well as an implementation plan to apply IoT to improve facility management thus the building can be upgraded and transformed to building internet of things (BIoT). However, this study is only focused and limited to the selected high rise buildings located in the Klang Valley and for education purposes only.