The ventilation and air-conditioning technology is one of the jewels of the combined office and production building
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“ We actually started with a blank sheet of paper . Initially , it was not about the building , but about our production processes . We analyzed them and used them to plan the optimum building .”
For anybody thinking that in terms of construction only Elon Musk “ can do it fast ”, construction began in January 2019 . “ During construction , we stayed flexible . This was quite fortunate , because we had planned a different level of building automation in the beginning .“ The contact with Phoenix Contact initially consisted only of supplying components for switchgear construction , and since 2018 has also grown into the field of Smart Building . Daniel Kloster , who is closely involved in the Vrielmann project as Senior
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Solution Architect at Phoenix Contact , adds : “ We worked on a customer project together . During the course of this , they came to talk about Vrielmann ’ s own construction project . I decided to invite the Nordhorn-based expert to our Bad Pyrmont facilities .”
There , Building 4 is now an internationally renowned showpiece with a multitude of innovative individual solutions in the field of building automation . But above all , there is a revolutionary concept of overall control that drastically simplifies the integration of new functionalities .
Building planners under stress “ It blew our minds . That was exactly what we were looking for ,” ten Winkel says , showing that he is still impressed . “ Keep it simple , keep it smart . That was and is the way that we , as specialists for electrical systems , wanted our own company building to be .”
Daniel Kloster smiles when he talks about the small hurdles . “ I actually come from the field of air conditioning and ventilation technology . And so it was immediately clear to me that it would not be appropriate for a manufacturer of electrical systems , building automation , and grid analysis specialists to use gas boilers . Heat pumps would be needed here .” Together with the management
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