Getting Started With Smart Building Technology
The simplest way to turn your facility new or old into a smart building is to partner with an IoT solutions company that specializes in commercial and industrial buildings.
You want to start small, solve a single operational challenge, then implement a wider solution that combines all your building systems.
The partner you choose should concentrate on achieving your objectives, not sell you more than you need.
What is a smart building?
Smart buildings use Internet of Things (IoT) devices
- Sensors
- Software
- online connectivity
To monitor numerous building properties, analyze the data, and produce insights around usage models and trends that can be used to improve the building’s environment and operations.
While smart technology gives you better control over your facility, smart building technology is more than just sophisticated “command and control” mechanisms (like your building management system, or BMS).
To get an understanding of what smart building technology is, here’s comparison it to a traditional BMS
A BMS can be programmed to turn on and off the building’s HVAC system at particular times daily based on predefined temperature points.
Smart building technology gives you more control over how you use the HVAC system. Example , it can instruct your BMS to turn the HVAC on and off as needed throughout the day, by assessing CO2 levels in real time. If CO2 levels are in line with building regulations, the system automatically reduces the outside air supply . If CO2 levels are close to the limit, it brings in additional outside fresh air.
Smart building analytics programs can also factor in data from utility companies and weather statistics along with your building’s HVAC operating data to help you plan ways to reduce operating costs on a hot day. Having this amount of control over your HVAC system implies you save energy andreduce costs, while still maintaining a comfortable atmosphere for occupants.
Building owners or facilities managers, commonly ask if smart building technology will replace their BMS (which we know was a large investment); the answer is NO. Smart building systems work together with a BMS, allowing building owners or facilities managers, to understand their building by monitoring building operations in real time, analyzing building data, and automating functions more strategically so you can fully enhance your operations.
As you are assessing providers, consider the following
If you’re trying to solve a challenge related to excessive electricity consumption on your HVAC system, your service provider should have experience in that IoT application.
Connectivity is a major piece of the puzzle when it comes to smart buildings. Most IoT systems connect networks of sensors via radio waves,Bluetooth, sms or wi-fi network. Which transfer data from one place to another.
Looking for a Smart Building IoT Service Provider you can trust?
Talk to us at K-Energy. Our mission is to help building owners or facilities managers, like you to have more control over building operations with the purpose of; Reducing costs ,Increasing efficiency, Having predictive maintenance on HVAC equipment.
