Samsung Electronics said on the 21st that Factorial Seongsu, a building that applied the building integration solution "b.IoT," earned the country's first "SmartScore" international smart building certification at the Gold level.
Samsung Electronics' b.IoT is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based solution that integrates and operates key in-building systems such as HVAC, lighting, and power on a single platform.
SmartScore evaluates the degree of implementation, real-world impact, and efficiency of state-of-the-art technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), AI, and big data applied to a building, and assigns ratings in the order of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Certified.
Global landmark buildings such as Texas Tower in Houston and The Henderson in Hong Kong have also earned this certification.
Factorial Seongsu, which earned the country's first SmartScore Gold rating, is an office building developed in 2020 by converting a logistics site near Seongsu Station; from the planning stage, it collaborated with Samsung Electronics by setting a "tech-ready building" concept.
The SmartScore Gold level is awarded to high-tier smart buildings that, based on cutting-edge technology, meet diverse requirements by providing building managers with high operational efficiency such as energy management and offering tenants a comfortable environment such as indoor air quality management.
Samsung Electronics' b.IoT solution played a key role in Factorial Seongsu's Gold rating. b.IoT helps managers monitor real-time operating status across the building and control it efficiently as situations demand.
For example, it analyzes the building's energy use, equipment operation status, and heating and cooling efficiency with AI, predicts usage patterns to support optimal energy management, and checks equipment status in real time to send alerts in case of abnormal operation.
It also supports linkage with the DVM geothermal system, which uses subterranean thermal energy to provide efficient heating and cooling, improving the building's energy efficiency.
Factorial Seongsu optimized the operation of central HVAC and system air conditioners with the b.IoT solution, cutting energy use by about 27% from June 1 to Sept. 30 last year.
In particular, b.IoT supports Digital Twin technology that creates a 3D model of the real building in a virtual space and visualizes all equipment status in real time.
Managers can simulate various management scenarios using the visualized 3D model in a virtual environment, enabling more efficient building operation and management.
Park Chan-woo, vice president of the B2B Integrated Offering Center at Samsung Electronics, said, "Through this certification, the convenience and competitiveness of the b.IoT solution equipped with cutting-edge technologies such as AI and Digital Twin have been verified," and added, "We will continue to advance the technology with the goal of realizing an AI-based 'autonomous operation building.'"