Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders

humidity in a specific area and based on the measurement, direct cooling, heat- ing, humidifying, or dehumidifying to that area. ...

Chapter 4 Lighting Control Systems Overview Facility lighting is needed to provide visibility for building occupants, aesthetic ...

temperature. Lighting control systems provide lighting for occupants of the building as needed in an efficient manner, consisten ...

One approach to the lighting control system is the use of intelligent control- lers. These controllers are distributed throughou ...

Relay Panels Relay panels are typically mounted next to the electrical circuit breaker panels. The circuit breaker panel feeds i ...

In a multistory facility, there may be a relay panel on each floor controlling all the lights on the floor. Each room on the flo ...

designated area will cause the sensor to assume that the area is unoccupied and turn the lights off, even when it isn’t. Careful ...

The placement of occupancy sensors is key to their proper operation. Sen- sors can be mounted on walls or ceilings, and the use ...

Like occupancy sensors, dimmer switches are connected to a relay panel. Preset dimming controls from a relay panel provide prede ...

Incandescent light bulbs produce light by running electricity through a metal filament inside a bulb which heats it and causes i ...

One of the main problems with magnetic ballasts is that while they can con- trol the current to the light, they cannot alter the ...

case of a fire alarm or loss of normal power the lighting control system may turn on key emergency lighting fixtures. Data and i ...

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Chapter5 Electric Power Management Systems Overview A facility’s electric power management system (EPMS) monitors the power dist ...

The EPMS monitors the electrical distribution system, typically providing data on overall and specific power consumption, power ...

Monitoring The EPMS monitors the electric loads of major equipment. Inputs to the mon- itoring unit can be current or potential ...

n Historical reports n Alarm reporting n Analysis of electric power waveforms n Determination and initiation of power load-shedd ...

Under inelastic demand conditions (D1) consumers will pay nearly any price for electricity; extremely high prices (P1) may resul ...

Special equipment is needed for load shedding. In addition, the individual energy-consuming components must also be compatible f ...

Transients can cause premature failure in electronic equipment, improper power factors can result in surcharges from utility com ...