User Manual

9,000 data points 600
meters
135
heating
systems
non-profit public housing association
80 20
modernized
properties
kWh/m
2
pa
heat demand
Highlights
• A customized solar yield management
control system makes the output of
the installed solar plants transparent
• The building management platform
Desigo CC with 9,000 data points
as well as e-mail or text message
notification in the event of a malfunction
• 600 data points for Navigator – the
cloud-based energy and sustainability
platform, for meaningful energy data
• For 16 years, a permanent team for
Alpenländische as a basis for confident
cooperation
Always online, complete oversight
The most important thing about
a heating system is that it heats.
Although it sounds trivial on the
surface, it’s essential for tenant
comfort and satisfaction. “Monitoring
technical equipment and drawing
comparisons so that we can know
exactly why something works and why
something doesn’t work is very import-
ant to us,” says Muzyczyn, summing up
Alpenländische’s core requirement.
It’s why availability and predictability
were crucial for the modernization of
a total of 135 heating systems. With a
total of 9,000 data points, the building
management platform Desigo CC
ensures that the heating systems are
seamlessly monitored, around the
clock. The physical data is stored on a
Siemens server in Feldkirch and can be
verified by Alpenländische employees
using a Windows app client.
Desigo CC is always online. If a
heating system malfunctions, it sends
an e-mail to Alpenländische and, after
a 30-minute delay, to the heating
engineer responsible. The benefit:
The cause of the error has already
been identified so it doesn’t have to
be determined on site – the engineer
already knows the spare part and
type of repair needed ahead of time.
Consequently, faults are detected
more quickly and downtime is kept
to a minimum, which in turn saves
time and money, prevents unplanned
outages, reduces the number of main-
tenance calls needed, and improves
tenant satisfaction.
Easy to operate,
sustainably efficient
Many properties are equipped
with publicly funded solar plants for
backup heating. To evaluate the yield,
Alpenländische and Siemens jointly
developed a system that uses a traffic
light system to make output transpar-
ent at a glance. It’s always clear which
plant is working within which parame-
ters, which is important information
when public funds are involved.
As a free energy source, the solar
yield is buffered in the heating system,
saves energy, and reduces the number
of starting and switch-off processes,
thus saving energy costs, increasing
efficiency and extending the plant’s
service life.
This customized solution is an excellent
example of the cooperation between
Alpenländische and Siemens:
A brilliant idea on the part of the
customer becomes the starting point
for a sophisticated solution that
exploits all the possibilities of digitali-
zation to create smart buildings –
buildings that become perfect places
for their residents and owners because
they’re both energy-efficient and
comfortable. That’s the most impor-
tant point for Muzyczyn: “Maximum
comfort for our residents is the
Alpenländische Heimstätte philo-
sophy.” And it’s precisely the reason
why Alpenländische and Siemens will
continue to cooperate closely in the
future.
A perfect place in numbers
Published by
Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2018
Building Technologies Division
International Headquarters
Gubelstrasse 22
6301 Zug
Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
© Siemens Switzerland Ltd, 2018
Article no. BT_0151_EN
Subject to changes and errors. The information given
in this document only contains general descriptions
and/or performance features which may not always
specifically reflect those described, or which may
undergo modification in the course of further devel-
opment of the products. The requested performance
features are binding only when they are expressly
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