Control Systems

Going Green
Control systems are tools and techniques that can be beneficial to our planet and our bottom line. Items, such as thermostats, can help keep our mechanical systems operating only when and where they’re needed. Successful control system strategies include:

Assessing Your Needs
To optimize a control system strategy, you need to understand the needs of your facility. That sounds simple, but to assess these needs, one needs to take into account the size of your facility, external conditions (e.g., weather), and the layout of your occupants. Blue Dot can give you a professional evaluation of these factors to help you understand what your needs are. By setting and operating the controls to your systems so they are working at the exact times and amount necessary, people will feel more comfortable and be more productive.

Ending the Thermostat War
More often than not, your heating/cooling systems and your control systems are not in perfect harmony. This causes some areas to be too warm while others are too cold. Occupants battle it out at the thermostat looking for comfort – while wasting energy, costing money, and if it’s a place of business, reducing productivity. The key to solving these issues is a process called “retro-commissioning.” Retro-commissioning involves evaluating the facility, measuring flow-rates and temperatures for all heating and cooling equipment, and calibrating your sensors to known standards. A very progressive energy-saving step, it's a way to begin the LEED certification process. Think of it as Blue Dot giving your control systems a higher IQ.

Monitoring
To keep your systems operating at maximum efficiency, Blue Dot can show you how to deploy real-time, web-based monitoring of internal conditions to help you identify and rectify problems.