We also look at basically the maintenance and performance of tall buildings. Additionally we also looked at couple of case studies and the buildings we chose are Swiss Reinsurance Building in London, Petronas Towers in Kuala-Lumpur, Conde NastBuilding in New York and Solaire Building in New York. Now we spend more time on the Conde Nast and the Solaire Building in New York. Of course we got a lot of information as well because they are here. We found that, for example, in Conde Nast, there is 40 percent less energy required because they have the sustainability features in them and of course, many of the systems are well integrated. So we are continuing on our research and right now we are developing a matrix of different systems and components and also the components versus the functions and to what degree they participate with each other.

Sometimes the relationship is minor, sometimes it's major. Sometimes it's kind of in between. So we are looking at it a bit more closely and finally, integration is a phenomenon. It's an art. It’s not really directly dependent on time. However, it’s related to time because as we integrate our design we have to go through the design process and therefore there is a sort of process of integration. So we are looking at something we call critical integration process which is time dependent.

We are trying to sort of digitize it, develop some software so that it will be useful for practitioners in terms of project management like scheduling of meetings, eliminating communication delays, expediting integration process work flows, finishing projects on time, etc. And then it will meet the challenges of tall building design facing increased complexity and limited resources. So we are still continuing on that and we hope to continue longer on that. Thank you.

   
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