•Intelligent building temperature control system delivers reduced energy consumption and flexible installation – with quick payback
•Student
accommodation company sees 31% energy use reduction and 28 month return on investment
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s energy costs continue to escalate, everyone has to keep a close eye on how much it costs to heat buildings, whether they are homes,
offices, managed accommodation or publically funded communal areas. And with energy prices set to remain high for the foreseeable future, taking energy efficiency measures seriously makes good sense.
Managed accommodation business models are based upon maximising the efficiency of a building to help yield a profitable rental return. A critical element for focus should be the owner/manager’s ability to monitor, control and optimise the energy use of the building – without disruption to the fabric of the building itself or the comfort of the occupants. The advent of intelligence-led building
temperature control systems – as illustrated by Synco™ living from the Siemens Building Technologies division – is now assisting building managers across many sectors to obtain clear benefit in terms of retrofitting capabilities, quick investment payback, proven occupancy comfort, increased security and the retention of building and rental values through superior building energy class ratings.
Addressing optimal building energy efficiency performance requires a combination of measures in three areas: firstly, tackling the building shell through attention to walls, insulation levels and windows; secondly, utilising temperature controls equipment to help optimise the energy consumed within the building, and, finally, changing building manager and occupant behaviours to ensure that
seeking out energy
efficiencies for the building becomes the norm and not the exception. While
looking to deliver energy savings through
maximising insulation levels for walls,
windows and floors is
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effective in reducing energy costs, when looked at in isolation, it can be a costly route with inherently long payback periods estimated between 10 and 60 years. The quickest way to energy savings is via an intelligence-led combination of all three areas outlined, with a temperature control system playing a central role, alongside day-to-day building operation and improvements to the building shell itself. The Synco™ living control system delivers benefits, including:
Retrofit For many existing or historic buildings it is often not possible to undertake major structural alterations to the building shell to achieve improvements to the energy efficiency performance of the building in question. For owners or managers of such buildings seeking to take advantage of energy use optimisation can be a real issue. Synco™ living allows this issue to be tackled. Using wireless technology, the system can be installed into such buildings without construction disruption for occupants or to the fabric of the building itself.
Occupancy comfort – but energy savings
Synco™ living is able to deliver a high degree of control accuracy meaning that extremes in room temperature are avoided. Alternative systems may require users to change the temperature setpoint or even open windows to stay comfortable. The accuracy of the Synco™ living controls is based upon a small
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