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New Products
Data analytics to improve building performance
ABOVE: The new solution will improve the energy efficiency of the entire HVAC system.
practice energy efficiency performance.
The company has a proven track record of reducing whole-building Scope 1 & 2 carbon emissions by 15-20 per cent, all with no upfront cost to building owners and with no equip-
ment upgrades required.
As “data plumbers” for buildings, ACE IoT
Solutions has developed gateways and tools that enable building owners and their vendors to establish a robust and cost-effective independent data layer designed to acquire data from con- nected systems throughout a building and trend the collected data to the cloud in real-time.
BTune founder & CEO, Shaan Cory, said building owners have a tough challenge meet- ing building performance and emissions regu- lations without disrupting their business.
“Not only can we help building owners make significant reductions in energy use and car- bon emissions, we can save them money in the process,” Cory said.
A PROVIDER OF data management tools, ACE IoT Solutions has formed a partnership with New Zealand HVAC software company BTune to create a new carbon solution for building managers.
BTune, which provides a retro-commission- ing solution, is backed by Beca, a leading build- ing advisory firm in the Asia-Pacific.
“Our customers have interest in using data analytics to improve the performance of
buildings, but they are concerned about being overwhelmed by alarms and alerts,” Bill Maguire, co-founder of ACE IoT Solutions, explained.
“Combining our data tools with BTune’s tech- nology allows us to offer a building optimisation solution without the risk of alarm overload.”
BTune, a market-leading HVAC retro-commis- sioning solution for non-residential buildings, uses Automated System Optimisation (ASO) to quickly optimise the entire HVAC system to best
The deal has created a new solution to improve building performance.
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Double detection in a single device
HIGH INDOOR AIR quality and regular ventilation of rooms are essential for well-being and health.
This is particularly true for day care centres and classrooms measuring CO2 concentration ensures that rooms are ventilated in a targeted manner and that the CO2 content of the air remains within safe limits. Still, many public facilities do not have CO2 detectors.
Although presence detectors are often installed in new buildings for lighting control, CO2 measurement is not provided for. The rea- son: retrofitting CO2 detectors often requires an expansion of the KNX infrastructure.
This is where thePrema P360 KNX Multi fromTheben reveals its strength: The device combines a presence detector and a CO2 sensor in one compact housing.
That way, only one component needs to be mounted. It significantly reduces the
installation effort and keeps the costs for retro- fitting low. Already existing thePrema KNX presence detectors can be upgraded easily and cost-effectively. The combined device provides two bus participants in one housing.
Apart from presence and CO2 content, rela- tive humidity, temperature and barometric air pressure are also detected. This allows further actions of the KNX-based building control sys- tem to be triggered with the device.
At an installation height of three metres, peo- ple are reliably detected in a square area of 9 x 9 metres. At the same time, the device precisely measures the CO2 concentration.
Ventilation is controlled efficiently via the KNX building automation system on the basis of easily configurable threshold values. Visually, little changes for users: thePrema P360 KNX Multi is only slightly deeper, at around 3.7 cm, and can thus be used flexibly.
thePrema P360 KNX Multi from Theben.
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