and this is my partner Caleb Cheng. (Hello everyone, thanks for coming). ...and we're

both studying business at the PolyU. So, do you know what an intelligent building is?....

Actually Intelligent buildings have been developed since the 1980's and since then interest

has been growing in them ... However, they have not been used as widely as expected ... We

can't see many examples in the world and there are not many at all in Hong Kong, Citibank

Plaza being one of the few instances. So, why aren't there more intelligent buildings

in Hong Kong?

Well, that is what we'll answer in our presentation today. We'd like to show you some of the

advantages, and disadvantages of intelligent buildings and then discuss why this type of

building is not used for residential buildings in Hong Kong. We have divided our presentation

into 4 sections. First I'll tell you what the features of intelligent buildings are,

then I'll look at the advantages. Next I'll hand you over to Caleb, who will analyse the

drawbacks and will finally give a conclusion as to why this type of building is not used

for housing in our city. After that we'll be happy to answer any questions that you

may have. The presentation will last around 10 minutes and we have included a complete

reference list on our final slide.

Ok, I'll start now by explaining to you some of the features of intelligent buildings,

Derek Clements Coombe, in his 2004 book, states that...