Energy Efficiency

Responsibility for the energy used in buildings has come to the top of the agenda for commercial building managers and owners. This is in part the result of the certification that came into force from April 2008 - Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Display Energy Certificates (DECs). The pressure is on to make continuous energy savings through effective building management. Systems that track the energy performance of a building in real time can identify all areas where there is need for improvement, allowing the owner (occupier) to take steps to further improve energy efficiency.

Major commercial building owners are rapidly accepting KNX as the best available technology to achieve maximum energy efficiency. It has a number of advantages over alternative solutions. For example, at a time when BEMS are expected to be even more widely employed, it has the ability to be integrated with any type of BEM thanks to its open protocol OPC Gateway. Once this integration has been achieved, the other advantages of KNX come into play to bring local and zonal control to every area of a building.