What is Abuilding Automation system?
A Building Automation System (BAS) is a system that allows users to control and monitor various electrical and mechanical systems throughout a building.
It is a distributed control system that integrates different types of building systems together into one centralized location. Most of Building automation systems are primarily utilized to control the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) in a building, but with Lime the real definition of BAS is applied, and many home automation and low current systems beside HVAC system are controlled and monitored such as: lighting, shutter and blinds, CCTV, security, Intercom and other building systems.
With an efficient BAS, you can easily achieve a high level of comfort for all building users. It will also assist in reducing operational costs, such as labor and energy expenditures.
What are the benefits of Building Automation System?
A well-designed running Building Automation System has many benefits. Some of these benefits are as follows:
- A BAS can control many systems at the same time; which diminishes the opportunity for any human error.
- A BAS system can monitor the performance of various systems.
- A building automation system can provide fail-safe mechanisms to come online when electronic or mechanical failures occur. This is especially important in dangerous work environments.
- It improves the efficiency of the other systems within a building.
- An energy management system can reduce energy consumption and subsequently the operating expenses of the various systems involved.
- It can extend the life cycle of various systems devices so that you get less frequent repairs.
- A BAS can provide a consistent level of comfort for occupants.
- A building automation system can run lockouts, which ensure that machinery doesn’t turn on unless it’s supposed to.
- It can run diagnostics to monitor temperature, pressures, flows, etc. over various systems.
The ultimate goal here is to reduce the yearly operational cost of the building based on monitoring and controlling the energy consumption, tracking and solving technical problems much faster and providing more comfort and safety to all occupants of the building.
What are the systems controlled by Building Automation system?
There are numerous numbers of systems that can be controlled and monitored in BAS. The following are some systems that are widely used and controlled by BAS:
HVAC:
Most energy-efficient HVAC is run by BAS. This is the most common avenue through which BAS is integrated into the electronic and mechanical systems of a building.
Lighting:
BAS can manage the lighting in a room based on actual occupancy. It can also manage lighting based on daylight versus nighttime hours
Security System.
BAS can control when security systems are engaged and when they’re not. They can manage video surveillance, keyless entries, passcodes and remote access.
Ventilation/Air Purification Systems:
BAS controls ventilation and air purification, particularly in buildings where ventilation and the purification of the air is an absolutely necessary component and, as such, should not be reliant upon human judgment and control.
Air Handlers:
BAS is necessary for maintaining the air handlers in particular industries, for example in oil refineries, chemical plants or nuclear power plants. Mechanized air handlers have necessary safeguards and double reinforcement to ensure the safety of workers and the population in the area.
• Sterilizing/Sanitizing Systems.
• Building automation systems are necessary in the proper functioning of sterilizing units. Much of what is done is such systems require automation.
• Sustained Environments. BAS in necessary for the consistent functioning of sustained environments. The conditions necessary often revolve around the constant monitoring of human or animal vitals. In such cases, it is best to have a fully automated process managing the environment.
How BAS can help you?
Building Automation Systems are designed to run automatically in the background. If you notice them, then they’re not really doing their job. That said, it’s easy for industry leaders to forget just how necessary they are. So, how do building automation systems help you?
• For Facility Managers - BAS can make running a facility (no matter the type of facility) easier. Such a system can help them get a better handle on energy consumption and inefficiencies.
• For Business Owners - Building Automation can save money on energy, help make system equipment (like HVAC Equipment and other building systems) last longer, and it can make occupants feel more comfortable in the facility.
• For Hospital Chief Executive Officers or Chief Operating Officers - A comprehensive, well-running, up-to-date BAS is essential. A hospital can be one building or a sprawling string of building that must run at efficiently at all times. Some of the common needs are HVAC and lighting, but there are others that are just as essential, such as ventilation, sterilizing systems, mechanized sanitation protocols and/or air purification. A hospital needs all these various types of automation to run optimally.
• For property managers and building owners - A extensive building automation system can provide immediate access to a single dashboard into which all other automated systems flow into. In this way, you can manage lighting, HVAC, elevators, security, etc. from one place.
Lime is the way to go
No doubt about it, building automation systems are the way to go in the future. And Lime will provide you with these systems to full fill your facility’s needs and make you have full control on your business.
As businesses, organizations and industries face increasingly greater demands to ensure the comfort of their customers as well as provide services efficiently and in a cost-effective manner, then well-integrated BAS is necessary and with time it is becoming a must. Such systems reduce costs, increase efficiency and ensure comfort. Looking toward quality BAS can only be a wise decision that will benefit your organization in the long term.
We have professional engineers with great experience in the field as well as providing reliable devices from European brands that are well-known with their high quality and effectiveness.
Whether it is a building or home or any other facility type, a fully integrated smart solution for controlling and monitoring will be provided to you.
Reliability, efficiency, elegance and comfort are our goals. Do not hesitate!
