This three story building owned by a modern media company had many ‘Eco-features’ bundled in to the design. Networked intelligence based on the KNX standard determines the environmental condition of a room and adjustes the heating, cooling, blinds and artifical light to provide the ideal working environment.
This building has a call centre on the ground floor, an operations room on the first floor and a studio and broadcast suite on the top floor. All have unique needs that were configured after the building was occupied and will be changed as the building use evolves over the years.
Top features
- Heating and Cooling – the heating and cooling provided by Daikin is controlled through an interface from Intesis. THe possibilities for personal control and energy saving are realised by room and by area. Motion sensors allow for meeting rooms to be made comfortable when people are in them and then switched ‘off’ when they are vacated.
- Lighting – luminaires with DALI balasts provide highly controllable light, cost effectively. Light dependency is dealt
- Blinds – motorised venitian blinds can be independently controlled and the louvre angle adjusted to allow for variable external light conditions and to maximise, or minimise, the effects of solar gain depending on the season.
- Energy monitoring – Using the Synetica datastream the energy use of the building is monitoried on a floor-by-floor and circuit-by-circuit level so the building service manager can see where the energy is being used, and can adjust it as he wants.
