User Manual

Controlling the cost of ownership and enabling savings
Over the -year lifecycle of a building, the cost to operate the building and for
the energy it consumes accounts for  percent of the building’s total cost
(Figure ). Research shows that building owners and operators who take a more
proactive and comprehensive approach to building maintenance, which includes
CloudFIMs from Siemens, can reduce a building’s overall cost of ownership by
roughly  percent (Figure ).
Sources: Association of Energy Engineers, Lawrence Berkeley Labs
Fig. 1: Typical lifecycle costs of operating a building
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Fig. 2: Typical lifecycle costs with proactive approach
Using the latest in building analytics from Siemens Navigator, CloudFIMs focus
on the most common facility issues and enables remotely implemented actions
that proactively and decisively achieve your desired results. Navigator also
delivers the CloudFIMs dashboards which give customers visibility into building
performance by deploying a robust set of analytics to track and report
operational issues, and track savings that result from remote corrections.
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Navigator
The cloud-based energy and asset
management platform
Analyze data
• Leverage advanced fault detection
and diagnostic capabilities
• Identify inconsistencies and possible
root causes
• Gain transparency into equipment and
building performance
Create actionable insight
• Identify possible actions to improve
performance
• Prioritize actions based on cost-effec-
tiveness and impact
• Quantify the expected benefits and
any potential risks
Secure, flexible remote connection
• Flexible – Siemens can connect
wirelessly, via VPN client, virtual
network, or separate network
connection.
• Secure – ISO  Certification
applies to VPN client and virtual
networks to specify the requirements
for establishing, implementing,
maintaining, and continually improving
an information security management
system within the context of the
organization.
CloudFIM Description
AHU – Heat recovery
shows a low efficiency
or isn’t working
Heat recovery can reduce up to  percent of the
heating or cooling energy for an air handling unit
depending on the indoor and outdoor conditions
AHU – Simultaneous
heating and cooling
prevention
Prevents reheating and recooling air simultaneously,
which can save up to  percent of a facility’s energy
AHU – Overventilation
prevention
Prevents heating or cooling outside air for no reason
and protect customers from draft. This can save up
to  percent of an AHU’s energy costs including
electricity, heating and cooling energy
Boiler – Low efficiency
prevention
Reducing the boiler temperature or the return
temperature can increase the energy efficiency of
the heat generation by up to  percent
Boiler – Identification
of a bad hydraulic
behaviour
A good hydraulic balance in the heating loop
increases boiler efficiency by up to eight percent
and improves comfort
Chiller – Increasing the
chilled water setpoint
Increasing the setpoint temperature of a chiller can
enable more free cooling (reduce the operation time
of a chiller) and increase the chiller performance of
three percent/°C.
Chiller – Reducing the
cooling water setpoint
Reducing the cooling water setpoint increases the
performance of a chiller to one percent/reduced °C
Chiller – Low efficiency
prevention
Monitoring and maintaining the inlet and outlet
temperatures in the right range, increase the
efficiency and the life cycle of a chiller.
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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
agreed upon in the concluded contract.
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How CloudFIMs deliver energy savings impact
CloudFIMs have been carefully crafted to show quick, high-impact energy sav-
ings results, and includes repairs that can be identified and diagnosed remotely.
CloudFIMs can detect and proactively improve a wide range of facility improve-
ment measures (FIMs):