In an article on the Consulting-Specifying Engineer website, engineers with healthcare experience offer tips on building automation and controls.
They were asked what factors they consider when designing integration monitoring and control systems.
"The core functionality of an integrated monitor and control system is to keep the building HVAC system within a predetermined range, turn on/off or adjust lighting levels in rooms based on an occupancy schedule, monitor performance and component failures in all systems, and to provide malfunction or maintenance alarms (typically via e-mail and/or text notifications) to the building engineering/maintenance staff," said Essi Najafi, senior vice president/principal for Global Engineering Solutions in Rockville, Md.
"Energy, performance of systems, efficiency, and maintenance are the core factors of consideration."
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