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Digital transformation: smart infrastructure 2
Taking into consideration all these
complexities and requirements,
Siemens Smart Infrastructure
developed the Desigo CC integration
platform. Desigo CC provides the
software required to turn existing
buildings into high-performing
ones. Desigo CC makes it easy and
cost-eective to integrate existing
automation systems or add new ones
using general programming expertise.
For example, facility managers can
use classroom-scheduling software
to predict when their rooms are
occupied or unoccupied. With that
information, 15 minutes before class
starts, the system can automatically
turn on the lights, unlock the doors,
set the temperature, deactivate the
motion detectors and do anything
else to ensure the room is ready for
occupancy. Then, 20 minutes after
class is over, it can lock everything
down again and go back into an
energy-saving mode.
APIs FOR EASY INTEGRATION
This kind of integration was possible
before, but it was hard. Siemens
Desigo CC software makes it easy.
Desigo CC software uses application
programming interfaces (APIs) to
retrieve classroom schedules, pull
them into the automation system
and then align the building control
schedules with the classroom
schedules. The same technique could
be used for other situations. Facilities
are starting to monitor electrical
vehicle charging stations, for example,
and adjust their operation during peak
time when energy costs are high.
The more systems that are
connected, the more eciently a
building can be run. Then there’s
the lower cost of maintaining one
software package instead of ve
or six: It’s cheaper to create and
maintain one set of graphic oor
plans, set up one remote notication
scheme and maintain user accounts
in just one application. Finally, a
holistic view of all controls provides
additional benets. Users who can
prioritize all the things going on in a
building, discipline by discipline, can
make sure the right things are getting
attention in the right order.
“The Desigo CC building automation
platform is used everywhere from a
small oce building and a K-12 school
up to some of the largest university
and hospital campuses. In some cases,
the platform allows users to connect
multiple buildings located in dierent
parts of the world back to a central
management station,” says Rule.
Design Partnership
Siemens leverages Dell Technologies
OEM Solutions to create the smart
buildings platform.
While Siemens Desigo CC is a pure
software application, the company
also provides the automation
This kind of integration was
possible before, but it was
hard. Siemens Desigo CC
software makes it easy.