Building Automation Systems

Building Automation Systems - AE Smith

planned maintenance & system optimisation





The

Building Automation System

is the backbone of your facility.

Regular planned maintenance and optimisation of the Building Automation System will help you meet your facility objectives and your business to:

  • Concentrate on core business
  • Reduce energy costs
  • Reduce operational costs
  • Improve mechanical plant reliability
  • Increase equipment asset life
  • Improve comfort levels
  • Stablise environmental conditions


AE Smith will customise a strategic maintenance program that will compliment data gathered by the Building Automation System. This information will assist by highlighting facility deficiencies such as:

  • Ineffective Economy Mode operation
  • Out of spec. temperature, humidity and pressure sensors
  • Chiller and Boiler crossover
  • Excessive/Repetitive master heating and cooling calls
  • Chiller short cycling
  • Plant start-up/shut-down
  • Excessive mechanical plant and lighting runtime
  • Excessive system alarms generated from faulty software, hardware and/or critical monitoring points
  • Default values/parameters in place due to offline points/processes


Optimisation strategies include:

  • Enhacements to current control strategies and/or the introduction of alternative scenarios such as optimal start and supply air reset
  • Analysing peak traffic reports of Access Control and Life systems to assess occupancy and un-occupancy times
  • Refining system alarms, focusing on critical areas
  • Runtime totalisation and analysis of major equipment
  • Implementation of load/lag programs to assist with equipment wear distribution
  • Investigate plant staggering start by implementing software programs
  • Implementation of software programs to enable power usage monitoring, recording and documentation


AE Smith can also provide Remote monitoring, Remote alarms, System training and Proactive recommendations for the changing needs of your facility.


For more information call us today and ask to speak to your nearest AE Smith team about planned maintenance and system optimisation of your

Building Automation Systems

.