How to save on your energy bill using KNX.

How to save on your energy bill using KNX.

If you know anything about building automation, you will know that KNX is the worldwide standard in building automation and control. You will also know that you can achieve substantial energy savings using KNX.

Your next question, however, will be “How is this saving achieved?”

My next few blogs will focus on exactly that: How is this energy saved? How should I design my building automation installation for maximum energy saving? What products should I use?

 There are 3 main areas that I like to focus on when saving energy, and I see them as the “low hanging fruit” when it comes to energy saving.

1)      Lighting

-          I will show you how to save the maximum amount of energy using lighting

2    2)      HVAC

-          I will show you how I use HVAC (Heating, ventilation and Air conditioning) in a way that is comfortable for the building occupants, but still energy efficient

3   3)      Conditional building states

-          I will explain to you how you can minimize the energy consumed by your building by putting the building into different “modes” during different times of the day, year or usage statistics.

Using the above three techniques, you can save up to 70% of the energy required by your building.

Over the next three weeks, I will be going into detail on each of these three key items including products to use, techniques, how to set them up in ETS4, etc. So be sure to check back for more.