Start-Up Creation: The Smart Eco-efficient Built Environment

Start-up creation is the most distinctive feature of the entrepreneurial knowledge-based economy. It is also essential for economic growth and especially important in the current context of young graduate’s high unemployment rates that are expected to increase in the next few decades. There are other books on the creation of start-up companies, designed to be of value to academics wishing to exploit the commercial value of a new technology or business solution, but none of these existing titles focus on start-up creation in the construction industry. In the second edition of this extremely successful title the editors present a state-of-the-art review on advanced technologies, and their application in several areas of the built environment covering energy efficiency, structural performance, air and water quality to inspire the creation of start-up companies from university research. Part One begins with the key factors behind successful start-up companies from university research, including the development of a business plan, start-up financing, and the importance of intellectual property. Part Two focuses on the use of Big Data, Intelligent decision support systems, the Internet of Things and their use in the energy efficiency of the built environment. Finally, Part three is an entire new section that focuses on several smartphone applications for the smart built environment. While in the first edition the section concerning apps for smart buildings had just two chapters, one for app programming basics and a second a case study on building security in this second edition the core of the book is about app development that constitutes 50% of the book.

Chapters on business plans, start-up financing and intellectual property have been brought fully up to date as well as algorithms, big data and the Internet of Things for eco-efficient smart buildings Comprehensive guide to start-ups that arise from college and university research and how the application of advanced technology can be applied to the built environment

Ch.1- Introduction

PART ONE: BUSINESS PLANS, STARTUP FINANCING, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Ch.2 - Business plan for engineers

Ch.3 - Lean startup

Ch.4 - Startup financing

Ch.5 - Intellectual property

PART TWO: CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Ch.6 – Carbon sequestration on cement

Ch.7 – Carbon sequestration on alkali-activated mortars containing recycled aggregates

Ch.8 – Carbon sequestration on microalgae photobioreactor building integrated

PART THREE: ALGORITHMS, BIG DATA AND IOT FOR ECO-EFFICIENT AND SMART BUILDINGS

Ch.9 - Intelligent decision support systems and IoT for the smart built environment

Ch.10 - IoT and cloud computing for building energy efficiency

Ch.11 - Development of algorithms for building energy efficiency

Ch.12 – Monitoring of indoor air quality

PART FOUR: SMARTPHONE APPLICATIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING

Ch.13 – Structural health monitoring

Ch.14 – Bridge health monitoring

Ch.15 – Monitoring urban noise