Customer Pains: Commercial Buildings System failures can result in slowing down or ceasing production.

Pain Relievers: Intelligent building systems management controls and monitors the building’s mechanical and electrical equipment.

Customer Gains: BMS Transform your spaces into living, breathing, intelligent places that respond to changing environments and occupant needs.

Gain Creators: It allows for enhanced protection of your property, business resources, assets, and IT data, plus building inhabitants will be much more secure than before.

What is a Building Management System?

Building Management Systems (BMS) are computer-based systems that control and monitor the mechanical and electrical equipment in buildings. They are designed to improve the energy efficiency and comfort of a building, while also reducing operating costs. A BMS typically includes hardware such as controllers, sensors, and actuators, as well as software that allows operators to monitor and control various systems within a building, including HVAC, lighting, and security. BMS can also integrate with other building systems, such as fire alarms and elevators, to provide a comprehensive solution for managing a building's operations.

The BMS's core function is to manage the internal environmental conditions within a building, i.e., temperature, in a way that is as energy-efficient as possible.

Building Management System - BMS is a computer system that monitors and controls various mechanical and electrical components of a building, such as HVAC, lighting, power, fire protection, and security.

Effective well-utilized Building Management Systems (BMS) provide the core management tool required by building managers to ensure monitoring and efficient management of energy and occupant comfort. It enables Building Managers to provide the optimal working environment while minimizing the landlords' and tenants' costs. Effective BMS utilization allows for optimal building performance by extending equipment and systems' operational life by reducing loads and operating hours. Therefore, maintenance and capital costs are reduced, and less embedded energy is consumed through equipment replacement and upgrades.

When a building has been completed, its structure's impact on its energy consumption performance is usually fixed until refurbishment occurs. However, base Building and Tenant Light and Power energy consumption can be increased or decreased by the performance of both building systems and tenants. A BMS will show increases in energy use due to equipment failure or adjustments to operating parameters. For example, heating valves open when the building requires cooling or whole floors of lights for extended periods due to cleaning activity.

A BMS may also indicate that air-conditioning is starting up hours before the building is fully occupied due to security staff activities. With this information in hand, the building manager may rectify such issues through consultation or engineering solutions.

Additionally, a BMS may not react quickly enough to changes in data center computing demands as application workloads spin up or down. The introduction of new equipment will also change power draw and thermal dynamics.

In the absence of a BMS, the impact of such events can be disguised by seasonal variations, changes in occupancy levels, or technology upgrades. A correctly configured BMS with an adequate number of precisely located monitoring points is the only way a building manager can quickly alert problems that could otherwise remain undetected until annual inspections or external audits are undertaken.

A BMS is also a primary tool for identifying energy intensity improvement opportunities, for example, refining the size and number of lighting time blocks, providing meaningful reports to the Building Management Committee on issues and opportunities, and enabling identification of faults, maintenance planning, and energy-saving upgrades.