Get into energy efficiency
Assume responsibility. Climate and environmental protection is possible.
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50% Buildings are among the largest energy consumers. There is great potential for saving energy in buildings. We support you in saving energy in your buildings.
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Energy consumption High potential for savings in buildings
Buildings are among the largest energy consumers. Approximately 40 percent of global primary energy consumption is attributed to supplying buildings with heating, cooling and electricity, about two-thirds of it for non-residential buildings. In Germany alone, 75 percent of all non-residential buildings are in need of energy-consumption renovation, according to the study “Efficiency of Public Buildings” by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Hirschberg of the University of Applied Sciences Aachen (2004). The savings potential in this area is enormous. The study estimates that energy consumption can be reduced by 45 percent. With the consistent utilization of all potential savings alone, a reduction in CO2 emissions by 27 million tons is realistic. With building automation alone approximately one quarter of this savings potential can be realized. Building automation has the advantage that it can be implemented very quickly and can sustainably reduce energy cost. Building automation also has a rapid return on investment.
Buildings 41 %
Residential 14 %
Non-residential 27 %
Transportation 28 %
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Industry 31 %
Energy efficiency Not only a must but full of advantages
In the face of dimishing fossil fuel resources, increase in energy prices, and the threatening impact on the environment, the European Union has passed a directive on the energy performance of buildings (Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, or EPBD). The aim of this directive is to improve the energy efficiency of existing and newly constructed buildings.
On the basis of the EPBD the European Standardization Committee CEN TC247 has developed methods, which clarify the effects of building automation functions on energy efficiency. The committee also determines standards for auto mation components in order to be able to assess their quality in terms of energy efficiency. eu.bac tests devices based on these standards.
The directive is the basis for the German energy saving regulation (EnEV). This stipulates an “energy pass” for all buildings, which are divided into different classifications according to their energy consumption or energy requirements.
Energy efficiency in buildings not only reduces environmental impacts. It also saves operating expenses as well as enhancing the sustainable value and usability of the building. Energy efficient buildings will more likely find future buyers or tenants.
In a nutshell European directives (EPBD)
and German national regulations (EnEV) call for energy efficiency Standards (CEN TC247)
define products for energy efficiency eu.bac certified products
correspond to EU targets
EPBD
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
eu.bac certification is the guarantee that the equipment meets the European and national standards on energy efficiency.
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Interview Building Automation is still undervalued Dear Professor Hirschberg, why is the building sector so important in terms of CO2 reduction and the realization of climate protection objectives? With approximately a 41 percent share of primary energy consumption, buildings are the largest cause of CO2 emissions. That is about 50 percent more than the transportation sector’s. What are the strategies for saving energy in buildings? Energy conservation is fundamentally based on three pillars – reduction of demand, increased efficiency and energy management.
Demand reduction always represents a passive use of energy. Demand reduction can also be reached through the design and form of the building shell, as well as by modifying usage requirements. Increased efficiency and energy management, on the other hand, mean active handling of energy. Increased efficiency in plant-specific systems is primarily obtained through practical system solutions. The installation components applied in the process have a supporting influence, but not a dominating one. Additionally, excellent installation components with low energy consumption cannot increase the efficiency of a bad plant. Something that is unfortunately often overlooked is
Solar system
Cooling system
Ventilation system Weather station
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Window contact
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Lighting
Fire detection system
Modbus
EnOcean
Security system
BACnet®
Presence detection system
Entry control
EIB/KNX Room control
M-Bus Consumption collection
Heating system
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that the connection of renewable energy sources is possible only in installations which are active and not passive. Energy management is one part of plant operation management, and is highly important in terms of energy consumption. In terms of energy evaluation of buildings and their installation technology, demand reductions and efficiency increases are determined by given use requirements, keeping all considered variables constant. By contrast, automation systems guarantee the adjustment to the actual user behavior and eliminate malfunctions through unintended interactions that go unnoticed by people. The reduction in demand on the building shell encounters appreciable limitations if you also consider the sustainability of the product manufacturing. The equipment efficiency utilizing renewable energy represents a far greater savings potential. The impact of building automation systems on energy consumption is considerable and is unfortunately still all too often undervalued.
What are the special advantages of building automation? With building automation the complex interaction between usage, building shell, and plant systems are consistently controlled and regulated. People are simply overwhelmed by the complex relationships – it is, after all, a question of dynamic systems – to be able to consistently give the correct instructions. It is about time that the use of automation systems – one could also say assistance systems – becomes a matter of course, just as technical equipment and systems in other fields have as well. What are the requirements allowing users of building automation to tap its full potential? For starters, installation systems must be equipped with considerably more sensors, so that even better monitoring of the current operating status becomes possible. Moreover, the cross-functional connection of all installation systems to a complete system of plant management is also necessary. The constant process of adaptation to changing usage requirements and monitoring of operation makes it possible to take advantage of all energy savings potential. Monitoring also allows for the early detection of errors (malfunctions) and thus contributes to operational safety.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Hirschberg is a professor of engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen in the field of building services and facility management. He also works as a publicly appointed and sworn expert for heating, plumbing and ventilation technology, and is the owner of an engineering firm for building services. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Hirschberg has important functions within many organizations, boards and committees. In addition to many other honors, he recently received the Federal Cross of Merit.
System integration connects all equipment across the trades to a complete system.
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Practical test Building automation shows potential
How large energy savings are in a room with room automation when compared to a room without room automation was researched within the scope of a diploma thesis* at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. Kieback&Peter devices were used in the study. The results are impressive.
The field test was conducted in two identical classrooms in the Feldmark Primary School in Berlin-Lichtenberg. The building was constructed in 1995. The energy performance of the rooms is comparatively good. A weather-adjusted primary energy consumption of 107 kWh/m²a was calculated for an energy consumption pass. The heating is supplied via district heating. The entire building complex is continuously heated to about 20 °C due to the opening times of the after school program as well as use of the gymnasium by various sport clubs. District heating accounts for about 75 percent of the annual energy costs. Test room with individual room control
* Mirko Führer, Investigation of energy savings potential of individual room temperature control for buildings with instructional activities, diploma thesis – Berlin University of Applied Sciences, July 2006
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Both comparison rooms were provided with heating through a heating system with an external temperaturedependent flow temperature control. In the test room this control was supplemented by an electronic individual room controller. An HRP22-M heating processor served as the control device. The control was wirelessly realized with a MFC and a TC12 room temperature transducer from the technoLink ® product range as well as the MD100Y wireless mini motor actuator. The existing conventional thermostat valves were maintained in the reference room.
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A weekly program was stored in the HPR22-M so that the test room could be heated in accordance with the class schedule. For usage times a setpoint temperature of 20 °C was specified, while during nonusage-times the setpoint temperature was reduced to a lower temperature of 16.5 °C. The heating consumption in both comparison rooms was recorded by heat meters in the branch lines and exported via an M-Bus interface.
Thermal heating consumption with thermostatic individual room control
Savings of more than 40 percent are possible
from the result of a thermal building simulation conducted in parallel.
The field test yielded the following results: the room with the conventional thermostat valves had an energy consumption of 111.5 kWh/ m²a. The occupancy-dependent heated test room, on the other hand, required only 63.4 kWh/m²a. Its energy consumption was about 43 percent lower. This result differed only about 1.5 percent
The size of the savings potential depends primarily on how long the rooms are used, and what is being done so that the rooms are not continuously at a high level of heating. Differences in the measurements from 30 to 40 percent show that room automation unlocks great potential for energy savings and can contribute significantly to CO2 reductions.
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Building automation More efficient by far
The EU’s “Energy Performance of Buildings Directive“ (EPBD) is a Europe-wide binding standard providing proof of energy efficiency in buildings.
DIN EN 15232 divides residential and non-residential buildings into four different energy efficiency classes according to building automation effectiveness.
The savings norm
Energy efficiency classes
The EPBD-based European standard DIN EN 15232 “Energy performance of buildings – Impact of Building Automation, Controls and Building Management” – developed by the CEN TC247 Committee – demonstrates how scope and quality of the building automation affect buildings’ energy consumption.
Class A Buildings with highly energy efficient building automation systems (BA) and technical building management (TBM)
To this end it contains a listing of the control performance, the building automation, the technical building management, and the effect they have on the energy efficiency of buildings.
Complete interlock between
heating and cooling modes Optimized operation sequence
for heat and refrigeration producer Presence or demand dependent control of climate control units at the room level Variable, load-dependent setpoint control of the flow temperature Daylight-dependent lighting scheme
Combined control of sun blinds
and HVAC systems at the room level Class B Buildings with more advanced building automation systems and technical building management Communication between room
control devices and building automation systems Regulation of the internal temperature (in place of a weather managed precontrol) Pressure differential-dependent regulation of circulation pumps and fans Interlock between heating and cooling modes Automatic lighting regulation according to occupancy Centralized optimization of the building automation system
Non-residential buildings Class
The table to the right shows the relationship between the range of building automation (BA) and the energy consumption of different types of buildings.
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Hotels
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Restaurants
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Wholesale and retail buildings
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These values depend greatly on heating and cooling demand for ventilation
Class C Buildings with standard building automation systems Traditional occupancy time con-
trols with a fixed time program Class D Buildings with non energy efficient building automation systems
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The extent of the energy savings to be achieved through building automation depends significantly on the nature and use of the building. Buildings such as schools, hotels or shopping centers that are only occasionally and variably used offer a particularly large savings potential.
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Green Buildings On the rise worldwide
Efforts to reduce consumption of natural resources and improve environmental sustainability through buildings are being undertaken not just in Europe but throughout the world. In doing so, the total life cycle of a building is to be considered, starting with planning followed by its use all the way to its demolition. The goal is to build and operate buildings in terms of sustainability. In order for buildings to be sustainable it must primarily be caused by reducing energy consumption. This is to be achieved through the use of renewable energy and by the consistent improvement of energy efficiency. The effort to ensure the sustainability of buildings is supported by various directives, legislation and evaluation systems. Basic principles are also provided to assess the sustainability of a building. A classification system for sustainable building, “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” (LEED), was developed in 1998 by the U.S. Green Building Council.
LEED defines a set of standards for environmentally friendly, resource-saving and sustainable construction. With LEED, certification points are assigned in six different categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design process. Depending on the score achieved, the buildings are grouped into four classes, from “certified” to “platinum”. The certificates are given separately for different types of buildings. Studies have shown that the additional investment needed to achieve a high level of sustainability is not very high. The cost savings, however, especially in the field of energy, are very high and add up in the course of a life cycle of a building. In Germany, the LEED certification corresponds to the German Seal for Sustainable Building, similarly developed as a comprehensive rating system for sustainable buildings, and which has been given since 2009 by the German Sustainable Building Council e. V. (DGNB).
The Reichstag building in Berlin meets many criteria for “Green Buildings”. Its energy efficient building automation is from Kieback&Peter.
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Costs
Savings potential
Time Planning
Development, Construction
Possibility to reduce cost
Utilization, Operation, Maintenance
Life cycle without building automation
Renovation
Life cycle with building automation
Your benefits
Return on Investment Building automation pays for itself
Savings from day one Saving effects through
maintenance and service Low costs through
integrated planning
Building automation is not only a very effective lever for reducing CO2 emissions, but is also profitable: The savings from lower energy costs exceed the additional costs of higher initial investments in a very short time. In 2007, the consulting firm, McKinsey&Company had already pointed this out in a study issued by the Federation of German Industry (BDI) - “Costs and potentials for the prevention of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany”. The concrete calculation for a building depends on its characteristics and use on the one hand, and on variable factors like building costs, energy prices and not least the financing costs, on the other hand. Indeed, there are many investigations which confirm the economic efficiency of building automation. This is true for new buildings as well as for the renovation of existing constructions. With new buildings, the assumption taken is that building automation accounts for approximately 1 to 2 percent of the overall cost. However, savings are achieved from the first day of operation through lower energy consumption. Building automation offers other possibilities for saving, for instance if it is used for maintenance and repair services as well as the constant control of consumption and energy optimization. The return on investment is often already reached after three to four years. Looking at the whole life cycle of a building, the saving potential amounts to many times the necessary investments.
Along with the reduction of investments and life cycle costs of buildings, planning also plays an important role. A prerequisite for efficient building automation is integrative planning of different trades instead of individual planning. In a finished building, comprehensive, trade-spanning, intelligent automation offers the best conditions for long-term cost savings.
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The Community of Beckerich in Luxembourg Intelligent climate protectors
Beckerich, a 2,100-inhabitant community in Luxembourg is considered a “climate protection metropolis”. Beckerich is on the way to becoming entirely independent of fossil energy sources in the production of electricity and heat.
This way many projects were permuted. Two biogas plants and a woodchip heating system provide heating and environment-friendly electricity. A district heating network supplies most of the households and almost all public buildings with heating. Good insulation in the houses and solar collectors on the roofs are almost totally standard. Green electricity finds many buyers as well. As of today, 90 percent of the electricity demand and 40 percent of the heating demand come from own renewable energy sources. Their commitment was recognized several times, as with the “European Solar Prize 2008” in the category for cities and communities, for example. Foundation of the success The foundation of the success is also due to powerful technology. This includes the integration and regulation of all important buildings and installations into one automation system.
Your benefits Integration of energy
production plants, distribution equipment and buildings into one system Intelligent, energy-efficient
control Easy access to energy
data with possibilities for optimization
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This applies for the entire village, including several churches, a school, a day-care center, an old mill that is used as a restaurant, the fire department, a building on the sports field, the cultural center, a gymnasium and the city hall. In addition, the biogas plant, the woodchip heating system and the district heating network are all integrated. Even the water supply is monitored by the system, from its extraction at the springs up to the distribution and measurement of water consumption. The Kieback&Peter Neutrino-GLT central building management system monitors and operates the automation system. Neutrino-GLT administers about 7,500 data points, provides information on malfunctions and offers the possibility for constant optimization of all equipment.
Your benefits
KTC Shopping Center Efficiency through integration
Uniform operation
through the integration of all systems, including meters Energy-efficient,
The Kroepeliner Tor Center is a shopping center with 40 business units in the heart of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. The building, which opened in late 2007, offers 1,338 square meters of office space and 18,000 square meters of retail space in two below-ground levels and four above-ground levels. The building automation system consists of one LON ® -based room automation system, four automation stations on the automation level and a building management system. The room automation system provides optimal air conditioning and energy efficiency in the center’s individual business units by means of need-based control. The room controllers from the technolon® product line communicate among themselves and with the building management system via the LON® network. The four automation stations regulate the heating, ventilation, plumbing and electrical systems. In addition, the elevators, cooling, recooling plant and the pumping system are also integrated. The client’s special request was to integrate all of the systems within the building automation. For this reason, the fire alarm system, the DECT telephone system and the consumption meter were also connected to
demand dependent control for each shop Exact consumption billing
is feasable
the system. The consumption meter is connected via M-Bus. The entire system is monitored and operated via the Neutrino-GLT building management system. “With the Neutrino-GLT we can optimize the system beyond the limits processes boundaries”, said Reymund Schnürer, technical director of the KTC.
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Savings potential Shopping centers/Businesses Electrical energy Energy efficiency classes Efficiency factors
Thermal energy
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0.95
0.91
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Your benefits Energy efficiency through
comprehensive system integration Constant monitoring and
optimization of energy consumption Remote monitoring via
Neutrino-GLT and modem
Gymnasium La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Paris High environmental quality The Gymnasium (or secondary school) in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre near Paris meets the prerequisites for HQE (Haute Qualité Environnementale – High environmental quality) – thanks in large to energy efficient building automation. The school opened in 2007 after only a one-year construction period, and offers 1,200 students optimum learning conditions. The building automation system controls the heating and ventilation in the building’s canteen, laundry and multipurpose room.
The electrical alarm signals and the lights are also integrated into the system. A major advantage of the system is the constant monitoring and optimization of energy consumption. The information is transmitted via TCP/IP from the individual automation stations to the Neutrino-GLT building management system. From there it is sent by modem to the school governors. This controls the energy-efficient operation of the building and ensures that the HQE standards are maintained.
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Thermal energy
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Your benefits Energy efficiency and
economy through comprehensive integration Maintenance saves energy
and improves operational reliability Integrated meters support
energy management
Hospitals Greater economy through energy savings
Guenzburg Regional Hospital – Saving energy through integration
The complex technical equipment at hospitals requires a lot of energy. Potential energy savings can be tapped and used sustainably with building automation and related services. Moreover, building automation also improves the operational reliability and enhances comfort for patients and staff. Ludwigshafen Klinikum – economic efficiency through preventative maintenance With 1,010 beds, the Klinikum in the city of Ludwigshafen is the second largest hospital in Rhinehand Palatinate. The technical equipment includes a boiler house, clean steam generator, 28 heating sub-stations, 33 ventilation systems, of which 13 are full HVAC systems, 2 absorption chillers, a recooling system and an emergency diesel generator. These are monitored by the Kieback&Peter building management system, as are the medium and low voltage systems, the lighting control and the fire alarm center. Immediately after the project’s completion a maintenance contract was finalized, which offers the customer the following benefits: increasing plant reliability and availability, increase in the lifetime of the equipment, energy cost savings, and early detection of damage to the equipment.
The Guenzburg Regional Hospital is a specialty hospital for psychiatry, neurology and neurosurgery. In the course of renovation existing field devices (sensors, pressure transducers, actuators, etc.) from other manufacturers were integrated in an automation system from Kieback&Peter. Input and output modules transmit their data to 85 automation stations. These control and regulate the primary equipment for heating, cooling and ventilation. Energy management and meter management for a total of over 350 meters (for power, gas, water, and heat and cooling quantities) are integrated in the Neutrino-GLT building management system.
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Thermal energy
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0.98
0.96
1.31
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0.91
0.86
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Hotel de Saxe, Dresden Comfortable and efficient
In the Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, a newly built hotel with a historic façade that sits opposite the Dresdener Frauenkirche (“Church of Our Lady”), an automation system controls and regulates the heating, cooling and ventilation, plumbing installations (water heating) and the smoke extraction system. 189 LON ® room control modules with LCD display from the technolon® product line are installed in the rooms and suites. These ensure the desired comfort in each room and at the same time provide effective operation of the heating and ventilation systems. The operational performance of
the entire system is documented on tables, graphs and trends on the Neutrino-GLT building management system. The Micros “Fidelio Opera” hotel booking system is coupled to the Neutrino-GLT via the SM42 software module. The booking system reports when a room is not occupied and all the functions on power-saving mode are shut down. If a guest is expected, the system changes the room status to “occupied”, and the GLT gives the command to the room controller to activate the heating and ventilation in good time prior to the guest’s arrival.
Your benefits Interface between the
booking system and room automation saves energy More efficient plant
operation via greater transparency Personalized comfort mode
setting by the guest
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Administrative buildings Main-Kinzig-Forum Highest efficiency
Greater efficiency through
the integration of all systems Consumption transparency
The building is provided with geothermal energy via a combined heating/cooling ceiling. An automation system controls the complex service plant and thus provides efficient operation.
cooling. The heat pump is tied to the system via a modbus. The data for the gas, water, electric and heat meters are sent via M-Bus to the automation stations and then transmitted from these on to the Neutrino-GLT building management system. Thus, at all times the operator has the full overview of all the consumption data, and sees where too much energy is being consumed and where there is additional savings potential.
Automation stations collect data from the building equipment at seven sets of controllers and regulate heating, ventilation and
Kieback&Peter ensures the continual optimization and reliable function of the system with a maintenance contract.
The Main-Kinzig-Forum in Gelnhausen is the primary administrative center for the Main-Kinzig district. The building has an area of 37,000 square meters for approximately 600 employees.
through the linking of meters Optimization and more
reliable operation thanks to a maintenance contract
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Thermal energy
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0.93
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süd.stadt.bad, Nuremberg Efficiently integrated
The süd.stadt.bad is the largest indoor swimming pool in Nuremberg. The building automation system monitors and controls the heating, cooling and ventilation as well as the sophisticated pool equipment for the sport pool and leisure pool. The automation stations communicate with the Neutrino-GLT building management system over an Ethernet connection. The ventilation
appliances from Menerga are integrated into the system via BACnet ®. The guests’ well being also stands in the foreground next to energy saving operation at the süd.stadt. bad. For example, the water treatment is regulated by the building automation system depending on the level of cleanliness and the number of visitors.
Your benefits Efficiency and comprehen-
sive integration across the trades Need-based, energy saving
regulation of the water treatment process
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Energy consumption As much as needed, as little as possible Building automation improves energy efficiency while regulating operational equipment for the production, acquisition and distribution of energy depending on user behavior and requirements. The motto here is: “As much as needed, as little as possible”. Complete integration An important prerequisite for this is the complete integration of all equipment and functions within the building automation system. System integration enables intelligent interaction of all components and thus provides energy efficient operation. This begins in the individual room. Room automation systems monitor temperature, air quality, lighting, occupancy, window status and automatically regulate environmental conditions exactly as required. The primary equipment, such as boilers or chillers, is also accordingly regulated so that only as much heating and cooling energy is produced as is needed for the operation of the building. The acquisition, storage and analysis of consumption and equipment data within the building management system allows additional optimization and opens up further potential savings.
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Room automation Energy efficiency and convenience The cheapest and most environmentally friendly energy is the energy that is not consumed. This energy is also referred to as “negawatts”. Room automation systems from Kieback&Peter produces “negawatts” while regulating heating, ventilation, and lighting as needed in the room. For instance, the heating and cooling is only used when a room is being used. This saves energy.
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Room automation Efficiency through intelligence Sensors acquire the temperature, air quality and lighting conditions in the room. They also detect whether the room is currently being used and whether the windows are open or closed. This data is used for intelligent control strategies that are implemented in the control commands. The lighting is turned on, off or dimmed as needed, and the heating and ventilation are also controlled accordingly. The user finds just the right comfort level. If the room is not being used the equipment is shut down or runs on energy savings mode.
Room automation saves energy not only by providing heat or lighting only when needed. Room auto mation also optimizes the use of natural resources such as the sun’s light and heat radiation. The intelligent control of sun blinds saves electricity for artificial lighting. Additionally, sun blinds can support heating and cooling by letting the winter sunlight into the building and keeping it out in the summer.
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Efficient room automation With technolon® and technoLink®
A prerequisite for efficient room automation is the communication of the components and devices between each other and with the building automation system. LON ® technology offers one possibility. The technolon® system room controllers and transducers from Kieback&Peter communicate via LON ®.
Wireless communication can also be used in room automation. The Kieback&Peter technoLink® system uses the EnOcean wireless technology. technoLink® does not need cables either for communication or for its power supply. technoLink® is thus an ideal solution everywhere cables would be an interference, where subsequent cabling is too complex or where maximum flexibility is required. Thermal loads from cables can also be reduced with technoLink®. The omission of cables reduces the thermal load. RCN-L room controller – certified efficiency
Your benefits Comfort and energy
efficiency Fulfills European and
national energy standards Customized, energy saving
individual room and zone control as needed Flexible solutions for
The RCN-L individual room controller from the technolon® product line is a compact room controller for cost effective and particularly energy efficient solutions for room automation. The device was one of the first individual room controllers ever to be eu.bac certified. The RCN-L is suited for radiator applica-
tions in combination with heating and/or cooling ceilings, heating or cooling with a fan convector, or a VAV system with air supply aftertreatment. The eu.bac certification program was initiated by eu.bac, an affiliation of leading international building automation companies. The eu.bac logo stands for control accuracy and energy efficiency. The certificate guarantees the user that the product fulfills European and national standards for energy efficiency. TCF22 transducer – Communication without wires The transducers from the technoLink ® product line, like the TCF22 for example, function with EnOcean wireless technology. They do not need wiring either for data transmission or for power supply since they acquire their energy from ambient light.
every need, with or without cables
RCN-L
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TCF22
Your benefits High control accuracy
ensures comfort and energy efficiency Optimized cone design
with ideal control characteristic saves energy Low energy consumption
MD15 mini motor actuator Flexible and energy saving The MD15 mini motor actuator with RZ, RWZ zone valves supplements room automation systems and compact controls with energy efficient room control. Simple installation, Reliable operation Automatic coupling makes a quick and easy mechanical connection between the motor actuator and the valve shaft. The form-fitting connection guarantees that the valve cone is positioned as required and the volume flow rate is optimally controlled. The MD15’s design also makes it ready for adaptation to other commercially available radiators, small-sized valves and zone valves. Energy efficiency through high performance The RZ, RWZ zone valves have an optimized cone design, the prerequisite for a distinctively ideal valve characteristic. As a result its energy consumption is significantly reduced when compared to the use of other actuators, such as ball valve or traditional spring-loaded zone valves. The homogeneous control behavior guarantees that the user will be supplied only as much
energy as he actually needs, and eliminates constant readjusting and overshooting. Along with zero leakage rates, a high adjustment ratio and a large valve stroke of 6.5 mm, these features guarantee high performance and thereby comfort and energy efficiency.
MD15-HE, R15D
Intelligent software functions Intelligent software functions, such as variable valve blocking protection or constant position feedback, are additional requirements for safe and efficient operation. MD15, RZ Heating and cooling The RZ, RWZ zone valve with the MD15 mini motor actuator is optimally applicable for heating and cooling. The large Kvs-value bandwidth makes this possible. Low energy consumption
Silent comfort
The MD15 motor actuator itself saves energy, as it only consumes power when needed. With a power consumption of
