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Commercial Building Automation Boosts Energy Efficiency

Applicable Industries

Buildings

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Use Cases

Building Energy Management

The Challenge

One of the challenges to building automation is the multitude of non-interoperable communications protocols that have evolved over the years. Buildings have several islands of automation. Bridging the islands of different automation without losing the considerable investment in each specialized control network is the main focus in this solution.

About The Customer

Commercial buildings, for example, the Louvre in Paris and the Bird’s Nest in Beijing.

The Solution

Echelon building automation solutions include smart transceivers for OEMs, SmartServer Controller for OEMs and system integrators, OpenLNS operating system and development and integration tools for software developers and system integrators, 3rd party software for system integrators and building owners, available in hosted or server-based configurations, from trusted Echelon partners. Hardware Components - Smart transceivers for OEMs - SmartServer Controller for OEMs Software Components - OpenLNS operating system

Data Collected

Alarms For Automated Applications, Energy Consumption Rate, Facility Management, Security and access

Operational Impact

[Cost Reduction - Energy]
The amount of energy used in production processes can be lowered.
[Efficiency Improvement - R&D]
Ongoing application development and improvements are relatively quick and inexpensive to implement due to the system's flexibility.
[Efficiency Improvement - Labor Safety]
Greater safety and security for buildings is enabled through Eaton's multiprotocol platform solution of OEMs.

Quantitative Benefit

The solution results in up to 50% reduction in energy consumption.

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