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5 Planning manual: TABS control
Additional details on TABS control are available
in the planning manual which is a joint product
of Siemens BT and EMPA (Swiss Federal
Laboratories for Materials Testing and
Research) http://www.empa.ch
.
The manual provides professional engineers,
builders and operators with a comprehensive
description of methods and solutions to design,
control and operate TABS technologies.
Figure 5-1:
Planning manual: TABS Control
The manual is currently available in German only:
TABS Control - Regelung und Steuerung von thermoaktiven Bauteilsystemen
ISBN 978-3-905711-05-9, Faktor publishing house, Zurich, 2009
http://www.faktor.ch
6 Engineering tool TABSDesign
The TABSDesign engineering tool is available as a supplement to the planning
manual. It is available in German only:
TABSDesign: Planning tool for thermally activated building systems.
Free download from the Faktor publishing house, Zurich, http://www.faktor.ch
.
7 Advantages and customer benefits
7.1 Advantages
– Tested control strategy as an integral part of a TABS building.
– Low energy demand.
– Meets comfort requirements.
– Year-round fully automated operation.
– User-friendly operation using DESIGO INSIGHT.
– Comfort control by maintaining temperature limits.
– Modular designed standard library applications to simplify engineering and
commissioning