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What is the building managment system BMSand for what we can use it ?

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Question added by hassan qutb , Facility&Engineering Manager PMP. , مقاولات خاصه
Date Posted: 2013/11/03
Ahmed Kotb
by Ahmed Kotb , Vocational Trainer and Consultant , NUMERO UNO TRAINING & CONSULTING L.L.C.

Though this question is not within my specialty, please find hereunder its answer:

THE GENERAL CONCEPT

Why do we need a Building Management System?

All Buildings have some form of mechanical and electrical services in order to provide the

facilities necessary for maintaining a comfortable working environment. These services

have to be controlled by some means to ensure, for example, that there is adequate hot

water for sinks, that the hot water in the radiators is sufficient to keep an occupied space

warm, that heating with ventilation and possibly cooling is provided to ensure comfort

conditions wherever, irrespective of the number of occupants or individual preferences.

Basic controls take the form of manual switching, time clocks or temperature switches that

provide the on and off signals for enabling pumps, fans or valves etc.

The purpose of a Building Management System (BMS) is to automate and take control of

these operations in the most efficient way possible for the occupiers/business, within the

constraints of the installed plant.

What is a Building Management System and how does it work?

The BMS is a “stand alone” computer system that can calculate the pre-set requirements of

the building and control the connected plant to meet those needs. Its inputs, such as

temperature sensors and outputs, such as on/off signals are connected into outstations

around the building. Programmes within these outstations use this information to decide the

necessary level of applied control. The outstations are linked together and information can

be passed from one to another. In addition a modem is also connected to the system to

allow remote access.

The level of control via the BMS is dependent upon the information received from its sensors

and the way in which its programmes tell it to respond to that information. As well as offering

a precise degree of control to its environment, it can be made to alarm on conditions that

can’t meet specification or warn of individual items of plant failure.

Occupancy times for different areas are

programmed into the Building Management System

such that the plant is brought on and off to meet

the occupier requirements. These times are often

under optimum start control. This means that the

heating plant is enabled, at a varying predetermined

time, to ensure that the heated space is

at the set desired temperature for the start of the

day. The Building Management System therefore,

based on the outside air temperature the space

temperature and the building structure, determines

the plant start time.

Hassan Hanafy Hassan
by Hassan Hanafy Hassan , Equity Trader , Self-Emploeyed

A Building Management System (BMS) is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building’s mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems. A BMS consists of software and hardware; the software program, usually configured in a hierarchical manner, can be proprietary, using such protocols as C-bus, Profibus, and so on. Vendors are also producing BMSs that integrate using Internet protocols and open standards such as DeviceNet, SOAP, XML, BACnet, LonWorks and Modbus.

that is from wikipedia...........but

like that

we use as a building automation system which is another defintion as Building automation describes the advanced functionality provided by the control system of a building. A building automation system (BAS) is an example of a distributed control system. The control system is a computerized, intelligent network of electronic devices designed to monitor and control the mechanical, electronics, and lighting systems in a building

 

overall we can say that BMS is used for

  • Ease of information availability problem
  • Computerized maintenance scheduling
  • Effective use of maintenance staff
  • Early detection of problems
  • More satisfied occupants

 

 

 

CA Juzer Zoher Husain
by CA Juzer Zoher Husain , Audit Manager , KJV Alloy Conductors Pvt Ltd.

A Building Management System (BMS) is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building’s mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems. A BMS consists of software and hardware; the software program, usually configured in a hierarchical manner, can be proprietary, using such protocols as C-bus, Profibus, and so on. Vendors are also producing BMSs that integrate using Internet protocols and open standards such as DeviceNet, SOAP, XML, BACnet, LonWorks and Modbus.

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