As varied trades and disciplines emerge and mingle to create more complex buildings, the vocabulary used to discuss all the systems, materials, practices, and concepts involved becomes larger and more complex. The next best thing to keeping track in your head of what all the new terms mean is to have their definitions available at your fingertips.
The Web site www.Intelligent-Building-Dictionary.com and the new book, Intelligent Building Dictionary: terminology for smart, integrated, green building design, construction, and management, provides both an online and a portable dictionary of more than 2,500 intelligent-building technology terms, acronyms, and jargon.
Intelligent-Building-Dictionary.com allows users to search by word, by definition, and by alphabetical listing; definitions of common symbols and numbers are also provided. Both were compiled by Building Intelligence Group, an intelligent technologies consultancy, and published by Hands-on-Guide. The Intelligent Building Dictionary is available in hardcover and paperback through Amazon.com.
