Next, we present an efficient environmental control solution that provides significant energy savings in buildings such as hotels and offices with multiple rooms or compartmentalized spaces.
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Energy savings through building automation
#Technical articles
13/4/2025
Automation and control: the future of efficient buildings
Today, we face numerous sustainability challenges. Increasingly, the planet demands that we act responsibly and efficiently to reverse the environmental crisis.
It is time to prioritize and invest in solutions that promote energy savings and resource optimization, which also translates into economic savings against high energy costs.
One of the most effective options is building automation. Therefore, now is the perfect time to invest in control and monitoring instrumentation, creating smart and efficient buildings with Produal.
Why is automation key to energy efficiency?
- Intelligent control of ventilation and HVAC helps to optimize their high energy consumption. Thanks to PID control, only the necessary energy is used, selecting the most efficient alternative to meet the specific needs of each space.
- Having reliable data allows for active analysis and management of installations more efficiently and helps detect potential energy overuse.
- Produal’s equipment can provide greater energy savings because it operates at 24 V. In addition, their wireless products have batteries with an approximate lifespan of 8 years.
- It also facilitates maintenance tasks by detecting anomalies in HVAC or ventilation equipment, reducing response time and dependency on the BMS provider, since they are easy to replace as universal field devices.
In short, automation brings energy savings and greater sustainability, thermal comfort, and improved safety and health through air quality control.
Produal Proxima® CU
It is a multifunctional control unit specially designed for zone control applications. The control unit is compatible with Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, BACnet MS/TP, and BACnet IP protocols.
The control unit has two independent controllers and one cascade controller. The unit features three operating modes for energy-saving control functions. You can configure the outputs, setpoints, and controller deadband separately for each operating mode.
The CU controller includes software that allows simultaneous control of two rooms. This significantly reduces system costs. The control unit is compatible with the following devices as room units: RU, RT, RTX, TRI, and ROU-S.
The control unit has 6 multifunction inputs that support passive NTC10 or PT1000 sensors, 0–10 V DC transmitter signals, and contact functions. The unit also features 6 multifunction outputs compatible with 0–10 V DC, 0–20 mA, and 24 V AC actuators with various output functions, such as heating, cooling, 6-way valve control, 3-point actuator, fan speed, or VAV.
Configuration is performed via the MyProdual app for Android on Google Play and iOS on the App Store. This tool is very useful for installers/integrators, as it simplifies commissioning and future monitoring and maintenance tasks. Consequently, MyProdual® provides additional time and cost savings.
