Integrated building controls are used by today’s building engineers and architects to create “smart” buildings. Building controls improve environment quality, security, and lowers the cost of building services through the use of more intelligent, integrated, and optimized building mechanical system elements. Remote monitoring tools, fault detection , diagnostic procedures, and performance evaluation techniques allow building owners and managers to control and quantify the performance of building HVAC, lighting, surveillance, and access equipment and systems in their buildings.

Building Controls Intelligent Elements

RBC Cable Technologies is an expert in the design, installation, and maintenance of modern building controls that utilize standard communication protocols (TCP/IP, and SNMP) and structured cabling for exchanging information between building management and control systems. These smart network elements provide the technical base for advanced building controls which will optimize whole building performance. And, in today’s more security conscious world, organizations are working with us to link access control, improve video surveillance and incorporate other security features into building control systems. Thus, in a smart building, day-to-day building services systems and security service systems are talking to each other, and making intelligent decisions about the services required throughout the building. And building control systems recognize when equipment needs maintenance or is about to fail ensuring optimal performance of systems 7/24 year round.

Building Controls Common Functions:

• Climatic Environment Controls of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems to ensure appropriate environments for people and machines.
• Electrical Environment Controls monitor consumption needs and usage adjusting lighting and thermostat settings based on room or building occupancy and real time electricity prices.
• Building Access and Surveillance Controls including cameras and motion sensors, Card, Proximity, Bar Code, Magnetic Stripe, Photo-ID, and. Biometric access technologies (fingerprint, retina-scan, hand geometry & facial recognition) talk to the building so that all systems know who is in the building and what access privileges they are permitted.
• Employee information systems that provide building information to building employees and visitors alike including flat panel and monitors, electronic bulletin boards, and cafeteria displays.

Building Control Expertise

RBC Cable Technologies’ technicians and installers have the technical know-how and experience to help you analyze, design and install your required building controls in a cost conscious and technically smart approach. Contact us to see how we can help you reduce the cost of operating you building.