Direct Digial Control (Building Automation)

The Importance and intellect of having a Building Automation arrangement Herbert Cuthbertson UAE210 DIRECT DIGITAL CONTROLS In the past, there was little worry ab fall out energy consumption and cost associated with keeping Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC), lighting and mechanical machines spielning at all hours of the day and night possibly. But due to the energy crises of the 1970s and the last decade of rising costs of oil, the costs of energy not has forced not only families to conserve energy but companies, schools and businesses as wellspring.In comes Direct Digital Controls (DDC) and/or Building Automation System (BAS) Basically a BAS/DDC system is a system that uses microprocessors, digital masterys, to control not only hvac, but security, lighting, paging, and telecommunications if necessary. I recently spoke with a neighbor of mine who in the 1970s worked for facilities management company representing variant building in Cincinnati, Ohio. He explained to me that in the past, he and others, at the rest of the day/night would have to go to every floor of these buildings and physically switch off the lights and hvac systems to try to conserve energy.With a BAS system, a stilt of that metre could be eliminated. A BAS system usher out now second on a particular set of lights found time, occupancy indicators, or an outside light sensor. It can turn on and off a hvac system in a certain area of the building found on occupancy, provide additional heating or cooling based on a afterhours switch on a thermostat, send out alarms to a facility technician, security, police and fire force out, and allow trained personnel to remotely access the system and change certain parameters instead of reservation a possible trip to the building.Preventive Maintenance (PM) on hvac equipment can also be integrated in the BAS. Instead of predicting the amount of run time hours, the BAS can show the correct amount of run time hours and notify personne l when equipment is due for its preventive maintenance. This ensures the equipment is routinely serviced according to the equipment manufacturers schedule.If a building does not have any BAS installed and management personnel is mend to invest in its installation, then this will take a well thought out plan. This plan will need to be constructed by trained personnel who will do the job correctly. This will modify both the building owners and the occupants of the building to enjoy the benefits of future financial gains and a more comfortable building.