Commercial buildings
Heating and cooling accounts for 20-40% of energy costs in a typical office environment, lowering heating temperatures by just 1ºC can cut fuel consumption by 8%
(Carbon trust UK)
Given the dramatic increases in utility costs and the forecast for future price hikes, energy management is now a board-level issue in all organizations. ABB Cylon BMS includes best in class HVAC control, flexible lighting control, and extensibility to include ancillary building services. This is combined with real-time information on building conditions and powerful energy management.
Save substantial utility costs with the installation of ABB Cylon smart building solutions that effectively manage HVAC and lighting, the largest users of energy in modern buildings, and prevent up to 20% building energy drift per annum through continuous monitoring and management of building energy usage with ABB Cylon energy management tools.
Solution overview
Solution benefits
ABB Cylon delivers scalable, front-end building automation solutions, open protocol building controls, and cloud-based energy analytic tools to meet the need of today's high-performance, green-conscious commercial facilities.
ABB Cylon can help you integrate smart building solutions into the planning of new facilities, retrofitting to an existing site, or upgrading current systems in a way that optimizes return on investment.
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View and modify information including trends, setpoints, schedules, and more from any web-enabled device anywhere, any time.
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Ensure your building systems are operational only when needed versus expectation with HVAC and lighting scheduling and the application of intelligent sensor feedback.
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ABB Cylon Smart building solutions provide the flexibility tenants require to control and optimize workspaces while managing energy consumption and reducing costs.
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Efficient operations
- Real-time alerts and alarms | ASPECT® collects data every 5 seconds and via services such as Pushover issuing alerts immediately, facility managers can monitor equipment performance, track anomalies of operation outside of setpoints and acceptable parameters, and react to resolve any issues quickly, thus reducing downtime and ensuring consistent levels of occupant comfort.
- Simplify the management of a building portfolio across a wide geographical area.
- Identify faults before they occur | Early alerts enable service teams to be on site quicker with the correct tools and equipment to take appropriate action.
- Faster reaction time and efficient repairs | Considerably reduce maintenance costs over time and deliver more reliable and efficient systems.
- Reduce time spent on analysis across mixed platforms
- Customizable user interface | Site dashboards are easily user-customizable, allowing equipment, schedules, trends and more to be added as favourites for quick access.
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Intelligent IoT BEMS control | beyond automation
A well commissioned and programmed BMS will deliver on schedules, switching lightings on and off at set times/days and adjusting HVAC according to expected occupancy.
An intelligent IoT BMS goes beyond schedules and expectations and operates on actual sensor data to make adjustments, turn lights on and off, and adjust HVAC in meeting rooms depending on occupancy, no need to worry about lights being left on in empty meeting rooms all day.
And if it’s a brighter warmer day than expect, external temperature sensors, weather data, room light, and temperature sensors feed information back to the BMS causing it to react and make intelligent adjustments to lighting, shading, and HVAC to ensure occupant comfort is maintained at all times.
- Flexible Design | The high level of configurability of the ABB Cylon system enables the building owner to accommodate multi-tenants’ requirements very quickly and with minimum cost.
- Reduce energy costs | Ensure your building systems are operational only when needed versus expectation with HVAC scheduling and the application of intelligent sensor feedback.
- Prevent building energy drift of up to 20% per annum.
- Reduced operational costs.
- Resolve issues quickly with monitoring and control | ASPECT provides alerts in real-time enable building managers to monitor equipment performance, track anomalies of operation outside of setpoints and scheduling, and react to resolve any issues quickly, reducing downtime.
- Future proof essential plant and equipment | Active Energy provides on-going monitoring and historical alarms that may point to additional problems that require maintenance. Identifying faults and resolving issues early saves on more costly future replacement or repairs.
Enhanced energy efficiency
ABB Cylon® Active Energy – cloud-based energy management
- Increase a building’s energy efficiency.
- Reduce operational costs and carbon footprint.
- Reduce a buildings CO2 footprint.
- Monitor performance, target improvements, and measure project returns.
- Generate energy trends, charts, and reports securely from the cloud.
- Rationalize energy data based on historical weather patterns, user access, conservation measures, and more.
- Identify key problem spots in energy usage, rectify, and show true ROI.
- Simplify building operations | Integration and data collection with 3rd party systems enables centralized energy management overview of a range of diverse systems.
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Occupant comfort
- Improve environmental factors | BMS connected sensors such as light, temperature, CO2, occupancy data work together to provide a consistent environment for occupants.
- Provide a safer environment with Security access controls.
- Put control in users hands | With on-site UI eXplore, users can easily manage operating parameters of the connected systems: monitoring values, equipment, and system status viewing trends and active system alarms to perform diagnostics and take actions such as overriding or adjusting setpoints.
- Attract and retain tenants | ABB Cylon Smart building solutions provide the flexibility tenants require to control and optimize workspaces while managing energy usage and reducing costs. Appeal to the demands of high-quality tenants through the installation, management and maintenance of ABB Cylon Smart HVAC, lighting and room controls that provide improved air quality, light and temperature control, which can lead to greater work productivity.
Solution features
Flexible and reliable web-based Building Management Solution
- A wide selection of state-of-the-art BACnet (IP and MS/TP) field controllers for HVAC control of a building’s mechanical and electrical systems including Elevators, Security (Card Access & CCTV), Parking Gate System and more.
- Access controls and energy monitoring anytime anywhere via web-enabled smart devices.
- Schedule building zones automatically through Microsoft® Outlook, Google® Calendar, or Apple® iCal. Simply book the room and the zone is scheduled.
- The entire ABB Cylon range benefits from UniPut™ I/O technology for flexible point configuration and flexibility in strategy changes which has the benefit of minimizing the cost of design changes even at late stages in commissioning.
- Data logging and alarming features enable energy meter data recording for improved energy management control.
- The secure web-based user-friendly graphical interface allows a site to be controlled and supervised in real-time with changes becoming instantly effective.
- Onsite user control via UI eXplore Touch Screen.
Ease of integration
- Open Protocol Solution supporting interoperability
- BACnet/IP, BACnet MS/TP
- Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU
Scalable
ABB Cylon smart building solutions provide flexible site control applications for small to large scale building automation systems. Our highly flexible and easily extendable solutions also offer a consistent approach to the phased upgrade of legacy plant and new buildings.
- ASPECT Web-based Building Management Technology
- INTEGRA Building Management System based on the Niagara Framework®
Solution flexibility
ABB Cylon provides connected building control and energy management solutions to consulting engineers and building owners through our global network of Approved System Integrators.
When you combine ABB Cylon’s highly robust, reliable, and flexible CBLine product range with our SaaS energy management expertise you get an advanced, top to bottom Energy Management Solution that really delivers on your energy-efficient commitments and goals.
With backward compatibility built into the design of our products providing the ability to seamlessly upgrade systems over 10 years old, you can be confident that your investment in an ABB Cylon building energy management system is secure.
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| When a consulting engineer chooses to work with an ABB Cylon System Integrator they access best in class HVAC control, flexible lighting control, exceptional room controls, shading control, emergency lighting, security access controls, coupled with intelligent sensors and energy management and monitoring tools to develop truly world-class smart building solutions. |
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ABB Cylon solutions, built on an open platform, offer flexible point configuration, are quick and easy to install. Enhanced diagnostic tools and software provide for strategy simulation and testing, efficient commissioning and testing, resulting in reduced installation and maintenance time on site. |
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ABB Cylon Smart building Solutions provide facilities managers with the tools to anticipate and proactively respond to maintenance, comfort, and energy performance issues, resulting in better equipment maintenance, higher occupant satisfaction, and reduced energy consumption and costs. |
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Featured products
ABB Cylon connection solutions and products offer the flexibility and scalability to expand and grow with a dynamic modern commercial building seeking the best in class IoT solution to address the increasing need for connected control. View the full product range
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Shading Control
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ABB Cylon® CBXi - IP Controllers
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eXplore Touch Screen
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Sensor controlled roller shutters, windows, and blinds with sun position-controlled louvres not only provide pleasant shading, but they also allow optimal lighting and room climate conditions and assist in the responsible use of energy.
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Built on an extendible platform, featuring 8 UniPuts™ with Relay and 8 Universal Inputs, and feature support for up to five FLX (Field Level eXpansion) Series extension modules providing a scalable solution from 16 up to 96 points of control.
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eXplore graphical interface is an Internet of Things (IoT) touch-screen solution that is scalable and secure. Securely access, view, and engage with operating parameters of an entire enterprise portfolio of buildings or a single controller.
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Featured installations
ABB Cylon Smart Building Management Solutions have been installed all over the world in a diverse range of buildings from stand-alone buildings to multi-site campus-style locations, multi-occupant buildings, unique usage buildings, large scale projects, and prestigious buildings. ABB Cylon provides solutions for the private and public sector, commercial offices, retail centres, schools and colleges, industrial buildings, health and leisure centres, hospitals, and hotels maximizing comfort and efficiency.
