Intro/Intelligent Building Definition

Introduction

I'm Matt Mullen and I am an Architectural Engineering student in my 5th year at Drexel. I grew up in Downingtown which is only 45 minutes to an hour outside of Philadelphia so I've always been an Eagles fan.

I've had three co-ops so far. The first was for the City of Philadelphia where I worked on space planning and project management for projects involving city buildings. The second as with Certainteed where I worked on roofing shingles and solar panel shingles because I was still a Mechanical Engineer at the time. Once I switched to Architectural Engineering, I worked for HSC Builders where I worked as an Assistant Project Manager. I like to play tennis and watch movies in my free time.

Intelligent Building Definition

I believe an intelligent building is defined as a building that uses technology to automatically keep occupants comfortable and secure while reducing energy usage by turning off systems in unoccupied spaces.