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Get the application guide: Controls and communication in Commercial Buildings

Whatever your system challenges, there are several ways intelligent controls can help. In our Controls application guide, you can learn everything there is to know about how to install and commission our solutions to fully optimise your HVAC system. Find out how to:

  • Reduce energy consumption
  • Increase system performance
  • Reduce monitoring

 

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This application guide sheds light on controls and their communication over different protocols through building management systems. In most projects you need to answer questions like:

  • Should you integrate controls into a building management system?
  • If you integrate them, on what level and how?
  • Do you need bus communication?
  • If you use bus communication, which hardware-layer and which protocol should be used?
  • Which control devices should be used (variable speed pumps, throttling valves, etc.)?
  • Which control mode makes sense for the application?

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