subject: Know What Building Automation And Control System Is All About [print this page] What is Building Automation and Control System and what is it all about? The term Building Automation refers to the operations taken care of by the control system of a building.
The Building Automation System which is a distributed control system consists of building access and security systems, HVAC and lighting controls.
The Control System of a building is a computerized and brilliantly efficient system of connections of electronic mechanism created to guide and manage the lighting and mechanized systems in the given building. This is also referred to as energy management system. These systems also manage parameters like temperature and humidity.
The main functions of the Building Automation System - commonly known as BAS, is to check and keep the temperatures of the building in a prcised range, check system performance and device breakdown, control lighting as per occupancy and send out text notifications to the engineering supervisors of the building.
These systems can coordinate with corporate wide MIS and let building operations to be monitored and managed from any part of the globe. Hence a Building Automation System is also called an Intelligent Building System.
The installation of a BAS system in a building helps a great deal in lowering its energy and maintenance costs. Building automation aims at making the new as well already existing and older building highly energy efficient. Hence making the consumers and developers of the modern age review current energy use and prioritize management systems and latest opportunities available for improvement. Buildings with these systems have found considerable reductions in terms of costs on energy bills, lowering energy bills by 20 - 80%, besides offering a better level of safety to the residents apart from offering a greater level of comfort.
Usually the Building Automation System networks are made up of primary and secondary computing that connect programmable logic controllers and lower level controllers, along with input and output devices and the user interface.
Whether you need it for a single free standing building or huge multiple building complexes the system can be designed accordingly. Developers tend to choose these systems to attract the consumers. And the modern day consumer is more than happy to be offered these latest high end amenities. Buildings with these automated systems have achieved the title "building with a brain".
These systems that aid in reducing energy consumption as a whole, significantly help in lowering pollution levels helping the consumer support the concept of green environment.
