This brief introduction to Building Monitoring is focused on Indoor Aquatic Centers, using a PowerPoint format to present the benefits of monitoring. History will show that instrumentation arrived late on the scene in buildings. First airplanes were made safe by instrumentation. Then cars were instrumented for maintenance, navigation, entertainment and safety purposes. After the architects put forth their best efforts in sustainable design, did anyone consider how the Owner, the maintenance staff and the users would operate the building? In the rush to 2030, few did. But some engineers, exposed to aircraft instrumentation, took this knowledge home with them following military service and invented software that uses common programmable logic controllers to gather data in buildings. These efforts resulted in the concept of Smart Buildings where Owners now had realtime information that would allow them to curb waste as it was happening, not scratching their head when they got their utility bills. This valuable technoloyg has finally emerged after cheap energy declined and will make a major contribution in achieving the goals of 2030. The technology is available, web-based, low in cost and, best of all, will become a key factor in the profitability of architectural and engineering firms who can use it in providing consulting services to their past and current clients. Next in this series will be the road map of how set up this profitable new service.#TechnologyinArchitecturalPractice #CommitteeontheEnvironment #SmallProjectPractitioners #Seminars #Presentations