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Enviro nmen t & su staina bility Jerry Yudelson explains what qualifies a building as truly ‘green’ 6 Frankfurt Airport World-class service provider focuses on infrastructure standards 8 Real interoperability Interview with Helmut Zirbs on the advantages of BACnet Innovation 10 SAUTER Vision Center In a class all of its own 12 Innovation for the future Moving closer to self-sufficient homes 14 Air for thought Clausthal University of Technology benefits from cost-efficient ventilation 16 Robert Koch Institute New maximum-safety laboratory in Berlin requires extremely accurate building management...

Dear Readers, Vendor ID 80: this unassuming number harbours a success story we are extremely proud of. For the simple reason that it demonstrates the huge payback of an uncompromising commitment to a beneficial technology. We are talking about the SAUTER BACnet Iden- construction tenders, explain why interoperability Internationally renowned ‘green building’ expert tification Number. As number 80 of over 600 is so important and what long-term benefits it Jerry Yudelson attached particular importance to manufacturers, SAUTER joined the ranks of BAC- the value of this during his visit to SAUTER....

Catching up with the Godfather of Green Renowned ‘green building’ pioneer Jerry Yudelson shared his visions and insights during a recent visit to the SAUTER head office in Basel. Stating ´if it doesn’t perform, it can’t be green,´ he emphasised the key role of performance measurement in reducing carbon emissions. ‘Wired’ magazine calls you the ‘Godfa- innovation. As someone once said, you can Do you see a trend towards ongoing ther of Green’. How do you assess your cut butter with a chainsaw, it does get the job fragmentation or should we expect some fosterling’s current progress? done but it’s...

What role do you see the building Which are the next big milestones in management system play in green growing the business of green building? Clearly, right now, greening of existing build- A human being has one brain but millions of ings is where the business of green building sensors. The BMS is the brain, but what’s really will show the greatest growth, and also under- important is that we have thousands of sensors go the greatest challenges, over the next five so that we can identify potential problems and years. In many countries, extending energy suboptimal performance before it begins...

Fraport places its trust in certified specialists An interview with Bernd Hanke, Head of Airport Facility Management, IFM-F Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide Frankfurt is one of the world’s major air- – means that we must optimise and replace our What were, in your view, the biggest ports. Why did you decide to replace the control technology on a regular basis. Another challenges of this project, and how did building automation system at such an of our aims is to create the conditions for real competition and to avoid becoming depen- One important challenge was creating accep- Modern...

Envir onme nt & su stainabi lity have a significant effect on costs and quality. quality, customer satisfaction and the quality of A planning and tendering process that is inde- the final product. If more than one planning pendent of individual products or manufactur- process is to be tendered, it is a good idea ers ensures real competition. to draw up requirement specifications in order to guarantee consistent planning quality even Another important element is the exact calcu- if different consultants are involved. There lation of customer requirements, as well as are now a number of planning...

Interoperability that works ‘Interoperability’ is more than just a marketing buzzword, as long as it is approached in the right manner. In this interview, engineer Helmut Zirbs shares his views and experiences as an accredited planner of building automation systems that successfully put interoperability into practice. Foto: R.Schuster How is BACnet different from other data What makes BACnet the open commu- communication protocols? able to check and evaluate interoperabil- nication standard of choice for public BACnet was developed especially for use in ity within building automation systems...

It would be nice to see it develop towards ‘plug & play’. Currently, it requires a large amount of specialist knowledge and experience to be able to use BACnet. The phrase ‘BA system with BACnet communication’ does not cover everything that is required to run a BACnet system. In my opinion, more training is still required in this area. The correct course must be set during the planning phase in order to ensure that all participants in the project, particularly the customer, achieve the optimum results.

SAUTER Vision Center – in a class of its own SAUTER Vision Center creates a new class of building management software. This modular solution – a portal and management system – provides an urgently needed link for all user groups: from the building operator and the facility manager to the energy manager and the sustainability officer. List of current values and status of the BACnet objects The new SAUTER Vision Center creates innova- operation on all levels. Users can now switch The close link between the two applications tive connections and offers a forward-looking from one automation level...

Visio Vision Center sio io o Graph of the weekly view order to cover other areas of usage. It aggre- User-friendly and easy to personalise gates the value of any data points and offers In terms of information, the needs of a techni- a range of useful functions for the calculation, cian are different from those of a sustainability evaluation and display of energy consumption. specialist, so all users of SAUTER Vision Center can put together their own personalised func- A mobile management centre tionalities with just a few clicks. Mobile devices are becoming more and more important, since they...