Smartest Buildings Sense and Use Zone Level Information

Using building occupancy information coupled with zone level temperature sensing will allow your building to make the most intelligent decisions. The building can decide when and where it needs to provide costly HVAC resources while maintaining tenant comfort.

Zones may be calling for heating or cooling, but is anyone in those zones? Will anyone be occupying those zones in the near future?

A smart building knows the answer to these questions and makes the correct decisions for allocating resources on an as needed basis. The good news is that this is not an expensive proposition. The sensors required to make this type of automated building intelligence are often the lowest cost sensors in the entire system. Wall or duct mounted temperature sensors can be purchased in bulk for less than $1o each. So affordable that they can be added for monitoring purposes only, no need to interface them with a zone HVAC controller. Occupancy sensors, which should already be a part of any lighting system, are also affordable sensors these days. The occupancy data can be utilized in countless scenarios, not only for energy savings vs. comfort decisions, but also for lighting, business systems, security, and safety situations.

Install low cost sensors to give your building the data it needs to make Smart decisions. Your tenants will be happy and comfortable, your CEO will notice the positive impact on your utility bill.