As a company, we are proud of our engineers, their knowledge and motivation and willingness to learn and develop further, to provide more. Through many successful projects, especially where different security systems where integrated into single solution, our team has come to a conclusion that further level of integration, even more optimised for our customers (especially in terms of cost and usability) could be achieved by implementing  an intelligent building management solution. Therefore we have expanded our knowledge and skills in that segment, as well.

Intelligent Building Management Systems (BMS) provide a wide range of control functions: fire control, security, energy monitoring, lightning and HVAC. To be able to speak about the “system”, interaction between these, completely different systems by terms of use, must be fully automated on the room level.

Immediate savings in cables, systems elements and maintenance are obvious when we speak about BMS. However, even larger savings are possible in reduction of energy costs.

Heating, cooling and lighting in residential and office buildings make up approximately 40 % of the energy consumed – a good area to start searching for optimisation. Also, on the European level, investors have been faced  with higher utility prices and ever more stringent legislation relating to the energy performance of buildings (2002/91/EC). The main demand that it incorporates is the issue of an energy certificate detailing the energy consumption of the building as well as analysis of the potential savings. And savings in energy costs are closely tied to the level of automatisation implemented in the building management system.

Building system engineering supported by intelligent and networked room and building controllers (lighting, sun protection, heating, ventilation and air conditioning as well as the other building engineering systems) contribute significantly to conservative and requirement-based energy use. Building becomes energy efficient, meaning:

• that it uses energy only when it is really required (i.e. light is on only when there is somebody in the room and there is not enough natural light)

•  that is uses energy only in the amount actually required (shadings are activated automatically to block the heating effect of the sun in the room, so that the temperature oscilations and the use of energy needed for cooling are minimised)

• that it applies the energy that is used with the highest possible efficiency (minimising the negative environmental effects and maximising the positive)

Extending the building management system from the building to the room level with KNX technology enables energy savings in the double-figure percentage range and also provides enhanced flexibility with planning and implementation, a high level of investment protection and a high level of availability.