Wish List 2009-2010:

• I wish all products related to building, including construction material, paints, equipment, etc. can be reused, recycled and reduce. Also, I wish BEMCS become more popular and cheap, so it can import to each household easily. Therefore, by using BEMCS everywhere, it can maximize energy saving in our life. (Chan Cheuk Hung)
• I wish the BEMCS system can be applied comprehensively on household basis. For example, the system can help perform complicated cooking works. A resident can enjoy his/her delicous breakfast in their house after freshening up so that he/she does not waste time for cooking. (Tsang Wai Man Wyman)
• i hope all building can use renewable energy in the future. Moreover, i wish robots can do all the housework like cleaning and cooking. (Yuen Ming Kwan)
• I wish the renewable energy can be developed much faster than now and can be widely use in future, especially for those applying on buildings, so less electricity from fossil fuel will be required and less green house gases will be generated. (Chan Ho Sum)
• I hope the BEMCS could link up with more renewable energy sources like solar energy, wind energy to maximize the energy efficiency of the building. (Chung Hin Yeung Tommy)
• I wish building automation system can give "no barrier" livings to the disabilities. For example, to alert the blinds when danger; to deliver things for mobility impaired people. (Lam Yan Ting)
• I wish all the electronic devices in our home are connected together and can be controlled by the same controller. And the controller is capable to sense our thought or emotion to do the specific action that we want. (Yuen Kar Chun Ray)
• I wish the renewable energy used in the commercial building (e.g. PV panel) can be widely applied to all the residential building in the future. Therefore, the energy consumption and the carbon emission can be reduced in order to safve our planet. (Wong Ki Fung Mike)
• I hope robot servants can be installed in every home so that help us to do all housework. (SIU Wing Hei)
• I wish the air conditioning system can measure the oxygen content inside the room automatically and use it as a outdoor air control parameter apart from the enthalpy and dry bulb temperature. (Lawrence Ko)
• I wish there will be an artificial sun so that we will have sufficent vision in all cases (at night, rainny day...). (Kwok Chi Kwan Chapmann)
• I wish that the home is no more wires in the future. Appliances such as notebook, mobile phone or any electric equipments can be wireless charged, just put them on any desk. (Ho Sin Wai Eva)
• I wish there is a weather control device that can control the climate over a year. Therefore, we can obtain a thermal comfort environment all the time. (Lau Chun Chau)
• If the BEMCS in the future can be implemented in different type of buildings rather than just apply on the residential building, then the energy consumption can be reduce hence the purpose of environmental friendly can be achieved. (Lao Seak Hong)
• I wish there will be a memory stick for our human brains, so we can save and load things in one second to enhance our memory. (Lai Yuen Yee)
• I hope future BEMCS can detect users’ feelings automatically with very high accuracy, and adjust to the most comfortable environment that matches exactly with their needs. With the ever evolving technologies, the sensors would be more sensitive with higher resolutions, where the temperatures changes on e.g. the head due to neuron activities can be detected. So the system becomes controllable by human’s mind without any direct contacts. This would also help maintain security in the environment because e.g. in case of burglary, the system detects threat and perform required actions e.g. contacting local police and raising alarms immediately. (Yeung Yan Chak Hermann)
• I wish there is a pollutants absorbed device which can absorb air pollutants and convert them into fresh air. Also, there will not be any harmful waste produced. (Lo Man Wai)
• I wish building automation system cannot only benefit to the human, but also the environment. all intelligent system can operate effectively without producing any pollutant or heat. (Chu Suet Fan)
• I wish that everything in home can be automated and intelligent in future. For example, it can open light, door, TV automatically. Also, use more natural light to save the energy. (Tai Pak Shing Andy)
• I wish renewable energy can be used as a major part in intelligent buildings, hence green house effect and influence of global warming can be minimised. (Pang Tsz Man)
• Use of voice recognition systems: The same type of processors that allow telephones to convert analog voice patterns to digital signals could be used to allow the building's occupants to tell elevators which floor they wish to access, or to turn up the air volume in a room, or to switch on/off the lights in a particular space. (Lim Wan Ling Evon)
• I wish there will be a robot that does housework for our buildings automatically controlled by building control system. It also helps in maintenance and killing harmful insects. (Yuen Chun Yin)
• I wish that there is no need to control building automation system through physical panels in the future. More user friendly control methods should be innovated, such as sound recognition, body gesture recognition, etc. By these control methods, people can control any system without learning. (Ko Kam Pan)
• I wish the building automation system can apply to the all people no matter they are rich or poor. All people can live with a good quality, thermal comfort and intelligent environment. =) (Leung Wing Yan)
• I wish natural ventilation to replac HVAC. This can save much energy consumption by air-conditioning. In the future, there will be no any air-conditioners. (Lam Chun Hon Frnakie)
• I wish a large dehumidifier can be installed to the city to reduce the level of humidity in the air because the wet and humid weather is very disgusting.'. Thanks. (Yiu Wing San Terry)
• I wish signal transfer can have zero time lag. This can greatly increase the rate of technology development. (Lee Kwok Wah Raymond)
• The building automation system in the future should have something more to play with bioengineering. The building can directly feel your body condition by the sensors implanted inside the body. The body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and even blood sugar level etc. are sent as inputs into BAS. And these data will be sent to a personal controller to give the specific response which makes that occupant feel good. As a result, there are types of two sensors in the BAS in the future. First type is the traditional one which detects the building condition. And the second type is the one put inside the human body. (Wong Po Lun)
• I wish natural light can be used as the main light source within the whole buildings instead of electric lighting, to save energy comsumption by lighting so that less energy is wasted. (Cheng Ming To Jim)
• I wish that the building control systems can be installed in every houses/ flats/buildings in the future. Therefore, the energy can be saved and it can achieve the environmental friendly purpose. (Har Cho Ying Winko)
• I wish there is a device that can be installed in front of the door to detect whether some bacteria stick on our clothes or not. If yes, it can help us to kill them before we get into our home. Therefore, the bacteria will not spread inside the home. (Kwan Shuk Man)
• I wish items could be control by brain, everything could run propriety although there is any inconvenient. (Chow Chiu Fai Kevin)

• Windows can adjust reflectance by inducing a small current, i.e. give it some electricity and it becomes transparent. There will be sensors in the rooms, facade will be 'mirror' to the sun when room is unoccupied. When rooms are occupied, the facade will become transparent for daylight lighting. (Philip Kong)
• I wish the residential or commercial zones only have roads outside the zone; and only, for example, some magnetic levitated vehicles travel through the bridges or tubes connecting the buildings. At the same time, the indoor environment can fuse with the natural environment as well. And then we can freely walk through the grassland to have a lunch, without the disturbances come from crossroads, exhaust gases and strange/toxic odours. (Chan Wing Kin Patrick)
• I wish all the air conditioning can adjust the temperture automaitcally when I feel cold. (Cheung Wing Yee Agnes)
• I wish a future BEMCS could extend its control and monitor the outdoor air quality around the building facade; eliminate the use of indoor air cleaner, purifier and incorporate their functions in centralized A/C system; sense noise source and level in advance for residential flat and activate noise control system or simply close the windows; watch conditions of vegetation in rooftop garden, green wall and backyard etc, irrigate and fertilize accordingly. (Lee Hoi Kit Nixon)
• I hope that buildings in the future can be as versatile as possible so that they can automatically cope with the changing needs of occupants, for examples there can be machines or robots that help take care of the occupants, or do the household chores. And most importantly they can repair themselves on their own ^^? (Chan Ka Bong Anson)
• Most building can be more incorporated with the natural environment in order to reduce the adverse effect on the environment, which always is my wish. Soil and waste water can be recycled more and more natural ventilation is used instead of mechanical ventilation. (Fok Ching Chuen)
• I wish that an intelligent BEMCS install in every houses in the future, so that the energy cost can be minimized, hence the purpose of environmental friendly can be achieved. (Chan Kign Yin, Teddy)
• I wish a control panel could be installed for domestic uses in the future. It can act as a all-in-one center to control the operation in most of the appliances at home including air conditioning, television, AV players, lighting system, curtains, etc automatically.?(Ng Ka Chun, Nick)
• I wish there is a system which can adjust the lighting to the make the atmosphere of my room matching the genre of the song that i'm listening to. (Chu Ho Ting Carrie)
• I think that a major leap in building design will be when structures become more like living things. My wish is for building systems that incorporate many independent robots for repairs and upkeep, machines for production of replacement parts, and more advanced computers for personal interaction with tenants. Ideally, this kind of building would be able to improve or even re-invent itself, replacing faulty systems with more efficient ones that it fabricates on its own. (Dale Magliola)

• I wish that the over-cooled condition in any air-conditioned area will not appear anymore by a precise control and detection system in the building and reduce the energy wasted in the HVAC system (I am wearing a coat in the HKU main library). (Tam Hoi To)
• I wish that all building system can generate power by itself such that less energy is required. (Ma Chi Ho Ronald)
• I hope the BEMCS can be well developed in home for fire protection. In case of fire, the system can detect the fire and stop it to spread such as automatically closing the windows. (Chow Yiu Hung Benny)
• I wish that the life system can be wireless, open-air and installed at the external wall, then we can be transported to each flat through this lift system. (Leung Chiu Kwan Eve)
• I wishes all the lightngs and air-conditioners can be turn on automatically. A central server computer is installed at each home monitoring all trivial matters. For example, a bottle of milk is expired. No more noodles is left. Toilet is dirty and need cleaning. In addition, ordering requests will be sent to suppermarket or suppliers directly. (Ng Hung Yung Ice)
• I wish that less wires and pipes can be used in the future. This can not only make out lives more convenient, but also reduce the production of construction waste. (Yeung Wing Yee Winnie)
• I wish all architects and engineers can well use BEMCS to provide an environmental friendly design for all buildings. (Leung Yin Ping Pinky)
• I wish that all the electric appliances in my home can be controlled by voice activation. (Chan Tsz Ting)
• I hope that architects and engineers consider using more natural energy source and BEMCS to lower energy use, so that we will still have winter in the future. (Law Tsui Yuen Jenny)
• I wish that there would be real-time monitors for monitoring the total energy that are being used in the house, so that we could be more aware of how energy could be saved. (Chan Hei Man)

• I wish to have a safe, automatic window closing system when it is raining outside. (Lee Ho Yin)
• In the future, I hope we can make more use of the energy which is environmental-friendly in the BEMCS (such as solar energy, wind energy) for sustainable development. As BEMCS should not only concern for the indoor air quality, but also the outdoor air quality. (Tang Chung Wa)
• Most of the new buildings have very large windows nowadays. Some of their outwalls are evenly covered by windows. Two problems are observed, which are glaring, and poor indoor air quality. Firstly, the light reflective windows cause light pollution and affect other citizens. Secondly, such huge windows hinder air ventilation and give negative effect to indoor quality. As reading from news, there are becoming more people suffer from legionnaire's disease. I have a wish that the excess light energy causing glaring can convert to  electrical energy and motivate some measures to improve the indoor air quality, such as air cleaner. (Vince Leung)
• I hope there is only one protocol in the world, so that all the equipment with different vendors can be integrated together. (Tsang Po Choi)
• Intelligent home should be popular in the future including building automation, security, comfort environoment, ventilation and lighting control, etc. These are controlled by a single computer. (Janice Lee)
• System can auto sense occupancies’ emotion and take action to make every occupancies comfortable, happy and energetic. (Stella Tsang)
• I hope that in the future, all the things in the building are wireless. It not only applies to the signal or data transmission, but also to the power lines. Now it is very inconvenient for me to plug and unplug all the cable each time. (Alien Wong Hon Kwan)
• All buildings are designed taking consideration of the environment, such as combining plants on top of the roof and on the walls of buildings. Design of a BEMCS that not only considers the internal condition of the building, but also taking care of the outdoor environment by means of reducing the global warming effect. Hope there will still be Winter in the future. Hope it will come true real soon! (Hau Ka Kui Brian)
• I want to make a wish in BEMCS that all of the building services devices can be controlled such as the Lift control system can be controlled by human brain waves,  we can arrived our destination without touching the button inside the lift. Just think where you want to go and then the lift can follow your decision to your place. (Wong Ching Man)

• I hope that there will be a light color control system according to user's choice, so that they can choose different color of their room according to their mood. (Wai Moon Tong)
• Flying vehicles (run by some floating materials) --- such that no more black smoke/gas exhausted. (Wong Sze Chung)
• All my household appliances can be controlled by one single device. (Gary Tat)
• I wish the development in BEMCS can consider the use of natural energy more. (Tse Hiu Fung)
• No wire and piping is need in the building. (Shu Bong Tai Matthew)
• Economiser can be implemented in window type air conditioning system in residential building with low cost, so free cooling with ventilation can be achieved in winter at home. (Kwok Mo Kan, Mole)
• All the appliances can take good care of themselves, reponse whenever we need them and report to us when there is any problem. (Wong Wing San Daniel)
• I would llike to have a media centre install at home, including some huge video display devices (which may not be a television) and an audio systems for multimedia entertainment. The media centre should also be able to transform and act as a platform for work. Communication and campatibility with the outside world is very important, too. (Wong Sze Hao, Brian)
• Sockets, plugs and switches should be built in the walls which provides higher flexibility in interior design. (Fong Hoi Yin, Camy)

• I wish there will be verbal communications between human and different systems in an apartment. (Joyce)
• Built-in mobile phone in the head of human beings. (Chan Wing Lam)
• No more air-conditioning, use more light from the sun, more plant on street, big big window, with nature wind. (Sit Hing Heung)
• A television on glasses with no radiation. (Lam King Fung)
• All my household appliances could be controlled by the personal mobile phone. (Tsang Man Fung Anthony)
• Faster and more reliablile network connection between home and world (Wong Ka Wai)
• Voice control all building management such as Open the computer when you say "open computer" (Lau Mei Wan Toby)
• I wish that all water closet can be set in pipeless, and the waste can be destroyed or digested by itself. (Admond Leung)
• The concentration of CO2 and other sleepy gases will never higher than a certain value at ANY point inside an air-conditioned environment such as libary. (Kwok Tsun Fung)

Wish List (BEMCS) by our students (Oct-2003)

Wish List (BEMCS) by our students (Oct-2002)