HDB HUB

Owner: Housing and Development Board

Consultant: Squire Mech Pte Ltd

Project Description: Intelligent Building Management System, Full Suite of Computerised Management Services, Energy Management, ACMV Controls & VAV Control System.

No of points: 80,000 points

Location: Toa Payoh, Singapore

In more ways than one, the new HDB Hub is ready for the future. Considered by many to be the most advanced office building in Singapore, its design encompasses IBMS (Intelligent Building Management System), IT and Telecommunication System that provide a high degree of comfort, convenience and safety for occupants and visitors.

The HDB Hub embraces open protocols and technologies. LonWorks was chosen as the open standard platform to allow interoperability between different vendors. Such integration enables data sharing that increases the application base and operational efficiency. With 1,000 nodes, the HDB Hub has one of the largest number of LonWorks devices in the world.

The IBMS provides common Web access for all users and operators to conveniently utilize building facility services and data exchange for intelligent operations and cost efficiency. With a capacity to control 200,000 points, this system controls more than 80,000 points and integrates 22 dissimilar subsystems from 13 vendors . Fire Alarm, Security, CCTV, Car Parking.

Lighting, Chiller, Water Detection, Transportation, Intelligent Display, Office Automation, Interactive Voice Response and other systems are integrated through high level interface to create efficiencies never before possible. With energy management expertise and support provided by CNA, the HDB Hub won the 2nd position in the BCA Energy Efficiency Building Awards in 2005.

The HDB Hub is designed with a number of technological innovations which include a highly integrated FMS (Facilities Management System), MSS (Management Services System) and HDS (Help Desk System). The FMS is integrated with HDB's in-house Lotus Notes Email/Scheduling System to facilitate user bookings of meeting and function rooms and other facilities. The system enhances energy savings by turning on the air-conditioning and lighting only when the rooms are in use. The system automatically generates billings to the respective users at the end of each month.

In keeping pace with the Information Age, the Management Services System was implemented to meet HDB's need for high operational efficiency. The MMS provides cable management, asset management, as-built services management (drawing management and on-line manuals), resource management, space management and maintenance management.

In spite of the complexity of systems and services, the highly integrated IBMS has given HDB an unprecedented level of control over the enterprise. This will help HDB see opportunities more clearly and act more decisively to unlock savings to improve its bottom line.