March 17 , 2011
Siemens’ Green Building Monitor offers guidance to sustainable enterprises
With Green Building Monitor, Siemens contributes to the environmental-friendly applications of the enterprises by providing visibility to their sustainability targets through monitoring 7 x 24 the energy use of buildings. This system which is designed for the purpose of saving energy in buildings makes the energy profile of the building transparent by offering updated and reliable statistics. In addition to the energy use data, Monitor also shares with its users other types of information such as weather forecast, energy saving tips, company’s environmental responsibility announcements, and facts on climate.
Global warming, water shortage, environmental pollution and rapid depletion of natural resources make environmentally-friendly buildings an increasingly higher priority for companies each year. Called “Green Building” in daily use, these buildings also mean more valuable, environmentally-friendly, ecologic, comfortable and energy-saving buildings for the companies.
Driven by its priority to make the life a more livable place, Siemens Building Technologies Division offers Green Building Monitor solution for all companies to save energy, protect nature and have a comfortable living environment. This solution which will be beneficial for all organizations which have adopted Green Building applications can provide instant reports regarding the power consumption, heating, ventilation, water and even reduction of the greenhouse emissions. This system which has been established for the purpose of saving energy in buildings renders the building’s energy profile transparent by offering up-to-date and reliable statistics. The Monitor also shares with its users additional information such as weather forecast, energy saving tips, company’s environmental responsibility announcements, and facts on climate in addition to energy use data.
Green Building Monitor offers guidance on more responsible use of resources
Green building monitor gives data flow regarding the building’s energy use and saving and supports such data with multimedia elements such as visuals, films and videos. Photographs and short videos are also integrated to the energy data provided by the system, while the measurable system supplied with the monitor guides the customers on how and to what extent they should use the energy. Such data showing the energy consumption of the building is delivered through regular issued regularly on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Based on these reports, users of the building can compare the current energy use data with the past consumption figures.
Easy-to-use filter and content management system located at the back of the Monitor system issues daily messages regarding the periodic values, and it also ensures the data to be updated and provides remote access to the system if requested.
Residents of the building are thus informed and gain awareness on a more responsible use of the resources as they can compare the current energy use data of the building with the industry standards and criteria or with previous consumption figures of the building. Users are more readily and easily motivated to reach sustainable targets as they can review development of the energy performance and energy efficiency of their plant.
Green Building Monitor can be customized for use in standard buildings
The system which helps visualization of the buildings is monitored and analyzed by the experts at Siemens’ Development Processing Centers. These energy monitoring and analysis services offer the base for our assessments that may help breakthroughs in reducing the energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions considerably.
The system which ensures monitoring of the energy saving process based on up-to-date data on 7x24 basis can be used not only in green buildings but also in standard buildings. It can easily be adapted to all buildings thanks to its customization according to the needs of each building and its formation as an interface to produce messages that answer such needs. The system which visualizes the sustainability and climate protection efforts of the companies for their visitors and employees delivers all types of information about the building to its end-users.
Green Building Monitor is affixed to high-traffic locations such as lobbies or meeting halls of the employees, thus keeping all employees informed on the company’s sustainability targets while ensuring the companies reach to their sustainability targets.
Siemens factory in Gebze which is the first and only LEED Gold certified plant of Turkey also uses the green building monitor. Users develop their own designs according to their needs and they are given a score regarding the level of their achievement under the LEED Gold Certificate given by the United States Green Building Council on condition of achieving difficult criteria. And based on these scores, energy consumption data of the users in buildings with LEED Gold certificate is continuously monitored and reported.
Siemens aims to create added value for Turkey through the use of renewable energy sources and applications affording both energy efficiency and comfort for the buildings, and the green building monitor which can be used in all types of buildings offer the energy performance of the companies by a transparent process.