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With her warmth and dedication, she supported the development of the society and contributed to its open communication so much so that LonMark is still today influenced by intensive personal contacts within the community. Whether at exhibitions, annual general meetings or in the office, she was always dedicated and friendly, ensuring that everything always ran as it should. Particularly intense was her collaboration with the directors and the heads of the working groups. "Her boys," as she liked to call them, could always count on her support and loyalty. Together with Dr. Jürgen Hertel and Martin Mentzel she was also part of the SafetyLon project team. She was always available and of great value to the partners even in difficult times. To those who were connected with Sylvia, we express our sincere condolences. We have all lost a valuable, lovable person. -Board of directors LonMark Germany
 
The Lighting TG is working on another Outdoor Lighting Controller; this time, a mini-version designed to fit into a memory-limited device and be peer-to-peer capable. It’s not a replacement for the recently published OLC but rather, a complement to it. Utility TG is working on Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (SEP2) -ready Meter profiles and preparing to do mappings for OpenADR (based on OASIS standards) and the ASHRAE/NEMA SPC201P’s Facility Smart Grid Information Model (FSGIM). On hold and ready to integrate into the models are the Wind and Solar generators. The Automated Food-Service TG has just completed voting on a beverage-equipment profile and will now be looking to what’s next to profile. The BAS TG is meeting virtually this week to discuss the creation of several new HVAC profiles for the oil-and-gas industry (See Calendar of Events on the website for details). The Services TG will begin work on an Operator Workstation profile and consider the order in which to handle Alarming, Trending, and Overrides. Contact tech@lonmark.org to learn more about how you can participate in these efforts. - LonMark Technical Staff
 
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FieldServer Technologies

Requirements:

With this building the government was looking forward to present a model of how the future government departments should be in Ecuador. One of the main requirements is the necessity of installing an automation system, taking a lot in consideration the energy savings, which means cutting all non-necessary use of energy where the illumination takes a big part. Another needing was installing different types of access control with different levels of security, this will help to reduce or eliminate invalid access to secure areas. Another point to be taken was the implementation of a flood alarm system on each archive room. The last point to have in count it was the need of a fire control system.

Solution:

ISDE-ECUADOR, branch from the Spanish company ISDE, pioneer in home and building automation and street lighting. Working along with VALLEJO CONSTRUCCIONES made it possible the implementation of a high class automation system.

The automatic system has helped to reduce the energy consumption, thanks to the lighting control in offices, common zones and hallways. It was considered different control strategies like user presence, working hours and the control depending of the natural light. This solution made the user were more comfortable and made possible to reduce the costs related to energy, because the light only will be activated when it is necessary and adjusting the luminosity level. On each floor 15 illumination circuits are controlled, making a total of 80 circuits controlled in the whole building.

In order to cover the areas related to access control, a series of access points has been installed in the building. According to the diverse levels of security, different access controls were installed, in some areas are installed proximity readers, alfa-numeric keyboards and biometrics readers (used in the Judges Offices) making them the most restrictive areas. There are 73 control access points integrated inside the building.

The building has 5 archive rooms, where each room a flood sensor was installed. The system is always checking the sensors, where in case of presence of water automatically an alarm is generated and a notification pops up in the management software, allowing the operator to know which alarm and where were triggered.

The fire control system installed is distributed along the building and also it is integrated with the other control systems installed, explained before, allowing to create a better security and evacuation plans. For example, in case of fire all doors, with access control installed, can be opened and all lighting circuits can be turned on, helping the people to evacuate the building more easily.

Finally, the building has a control and supervising software designed specifically to integrate the different control systems installed. From a dedicated supervising room, the building can be managed. Every single function can be operated from the software, like access control, lighting control, alarm system and generating an alarm and access reports.

In conclusion, LONWORKS® has been proved once again as a versatile system, capable, useful and robust, allowing an intelligent and efficient management of the Building resources.

 

 

 

 
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Veris Industries