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Planning your building controls and building energy management system (BEMS) - Part 1
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Planning your building controls and building energy management system (BEMS) - Part 1

Step 1: Preliminary overview By considering and answering these questions you can build up a robust outline of the requirements of your BEMS. The questions are designed to guide you towards a clear picture of what the BEMS in your building(s) needs to achieve, and any particular requirements you might have for a particular project.

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Planning your building controls and building energy management system (BEMS) - Part 1

Published: 4 May 2021 · Category: White Papers and technical guides

Step 1: Preliminary overview By considering and answering these questions you can build up a robust outline of the requirements of your BEMS. The questions are designed to guide you towards a clear picture of what the BEMS in your building(s) needs to achieve, and any particular requirements you might have for a particular project.

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Planning your building controls and building energy management system (BEMS) Step 1: Preliminary overview By considering and answering these questions you can build up a robust outline of the requirements of your BEMS. The questions are designed to guide you towards a clear picture of what the BEMS in your building(s) needs to achieve, and any particular requirements you might have for a particular project. 1. System Why do you want a BEMS? What should it achieve? What do you want to connect into the BEMS? e.g. renewable systems lighting security Are you looking for control only, or do you also require energy management? 2 Building What form does the building take? e.g. Multi-site Remote Does the building have any specialist areas? e.g. laboratories swimming pool lecture theatres Is it a new building or is this a refurbishment project? If it is a refurbishment project, what control systems are already in place? 3. Users and usability Who are your BEMS end-users? e.g. typical occupants of your building What do they want from the BEMS? What is their level of expertise in using BEMS? How much user intervention do you wish to allow? e.g. Room-level Remote access only Building-level 4. Maintenance/lifetime functionality What maintenance considerations have you made for the BEMS? How will continuous commissioning be carried out? Will you have an on-site facilities team or is this an outsourced service? What are the requirements for gathering data on building performance? How will...

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