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Building Services Monitoring and Control
The use of a Building Management System has historically been as an enhancement to Building Services Installations, which invariably becomes a system that is under utilised and, in some cases, not used at all.

This situation arises from a lack of understanding of the requirements of the Building Owner/User/Operator or Building Maintenance organisation. The type of system proposed needs to be able to provide solutions to these requirements.

The basic questions are

What does the CLIENT want to achieve by installing a Building Monitoring System?
What level of expertise does the CLIENT have to operate the system?
Does the CLIENT wish to use a remotely located Facilities Management Company?

Once these issues have been identified a suitable solution can then be proposed.x

A Building Monitoring System can utilise fixed, or fully programmable, configuration type controllers. The methods of access to the system can be:-

  • SImple local, or remote, Operator Terminal communication with all controllers
  • Personal Computer using a simple text based screen display
  • Personal Computer using a colour graphics type screen display
  • Remote Computer access via telephone line
  • Internet

These systems can provide the facility to observer the result of a change in parameters e.g. reducing a heating set point/increasing a cooling set point.

Building Management Systems

These higher order systems effectively use the same equipment used in the Monitoring and Control systems. The performance data collected is manipulated in a hardware/software package in order to provide an advanced analysis of the operation of the system and can provide

  • Complex colour graphics screen displays
  • Long term historical data
  • Complex plan performance data
  • Automatic management of energy use
  • Integration of third party plants e.g. Chillers
  • Remote Computer access via telephone line.

Installation

Creating control zones provides additional flexibility to meet a possible future changes in use.x

In some instances this can significantly reduce the installation costs as the control method can incorporate functions that would normally require additional wiring.

A multiple floor building may have a number of tenants with different operations time requirements. By zoning with local communicating terminal unit controllers, systems can be designed to maintain only that part of the building requiring energy. Changes in building use can be accommodated by a modification of software.

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