AMRCON’s  partnership with Schneider Electric integrates data center technology with all aspects of building management to create
“smart buildings.”

 Twenty years ago, just as personal computers were making their presence known, no one could have imagined how intertwined the human and the digital world would become. 

But now a new digital process debuts almost daily, transforming everything we touch and making the pre-Internet world a distant memory. 

 The latest digital revolution is “smart building technology,” which uses Internet Protocol to marry all activities within a building’s environment.  And at AMRCON, our partnership with industry leader Schneider Electric brings smart building technology to your doorstep. 

 “In today’s digital world, data centers are not simply operating workstations inside a building – they are running the building from the ground up,” says Dee Rudko, CEO of AMRCON, who is spearheading the company’s smart building offerings.  “The best way to reduce costs, decrease energy consumption, and provide a highly secure and efficient work environment is to integrate all of a building’s network systems, security monitoring and power systems.”  

 To make a building “smart,” AMRCON and Schneider Electric utilize a comprehensive energy auditing process to determine the building’s energy output and efficiency pitfalls.  “We then customize and install a data center to monitor and maintain all building systems, including lighting, heating, air conditioning, security monitoring, computer networks, communication systems, and fire detection,” Dee adds. 

 Prior to smart building technology, all systems within a building were constructed and maintained separately.  The systems did not talk to one another and there was no process to monitor energy usage.  Lights were only turned off when a person flicked the switch.  Heat and air conditioning ran constantly in all rooms and offices, whether or not people were in those areas.  But with smart building technology, the data center operates motion sensors and, to reduce costs and conserve energy, will shut down the lights or heat when it senses that nobody is in the room.

 Smart buildings are also safer for its occupants than older buildings.  Outdated security systems involved sporadically placed cameras and a video recording process.  But in today’s age of heightened security, the highly sophisticated digital monitoring technology is able to detect building breeches and protect the building’s occupants with a much higher rate of success.

 “Our experience in data center technology and our partnership with the energy experts at Schneider Electric make us uniquely qualified to consult with our clients on this exciting new technology,” Dee says. 

 For more information about “smart building” technology, or to see if AMRCON can turn your building into a smart one, feel free to give Dee a call. 

Take a look at Schneider’s web space for Smart Building tech.