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PRO INSTALLER FEBRUARY 2014
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New guidance on benefits of
building controls & building
energy management
BRE has published
two Information
Papers to help nontechnical clients
and building occupiers specify building
controls to provide a
comfortable climate
for a building’s occupants with the lowest possible energy
consumption.
Information Paper 1/14:
Understanding the Choices for Building Controls
has been produced by
BRE, with support from
the Energy Services Technology Association (ESTA)
and Siemens Building
Technologies.
Many building controls
specifications are currently focused on providing minimum controls
requirements rather than
innovative, energy saving controls solutions,
because cutting-edge
controls technologies
are perceived to be too
technical and complex to
operate.
This 16-page document
has been produced to
overcome these issues by
helping clients and building occupiers select the
most appropriate controls
strategy and technologies
for a building in order to
help reduce its carbon
footprint and to provide a
better environment for the
occupants. With simple
explanations of the different control systems available, it offers guidance as
to where and why each
system can, and should,
be used along with advice
on how to apply a technology to get an effective
solution in practice.
The paper, produced
by BRE, with the support
of Schneider Electric and
ESTA, has been produced
to help the many building
users who have a poor understanding of the operation of a building energy
management system and
so fail to realise potential
energy savings. The situation is often compounded
by a user’s failure to properly maintain the BEMS
and to update it to reflect
changes in building layout
and variations in use.
The 12-page document
provides users with practical instructions on how
to effectively operate a
BEMS to realise potential
energy savings. It outlines
the risks that should be
considered, and provides
an overview of strategic
issues that will impact
on the operation of the
BEMS. As well as covering
standard technologies, the
paper also covers the latest building management
software such as Analytics and automatic HVAC
optimisation.
Alan Aldridge, former
Executive Director of
ESTA said: “The control
of energy in buildings is
generally poor, despite the
availability of a range of
tried and tested systems
incorporating both mature
and innovative technologies. These papers will
help clients and occupiers
better understand controls
solutions and help them
select an appropriate controls strategy that will save
energy”.
Copies of IP 1/14
Understanding the
Choices for Building
Controls and IP2/14
Operating BEMS:
A practical guide
to building energy
management systems
are available to order or
download from www.
brebookshop.com
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