LEED Strategies

 

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  Sustainable sites

 

A.1. Maintain site lighting to prevent light pollution

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Savings from lighting according to requirements

KNX can control large groups of lights, either directly or by integrating the DALI standard, which enables the regulation of LED and fluorescent lights. The control can limit the maximum power values, as well as grouping the lights in lighting scenes. It also enables the use of astronomical clocks and conventional clocks to programme the on and/ or off times. On the other hand, when the external lighting provided is insignificant, the shades or shutters may be lowered to avoid light radiating to the outside.

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  Water efficiency

 

B.1. Install Submeters

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It is possible to locate elements or rooms that consume more water than the average and then correct this trend and save on resources and energy

A good example in KNX can be found in sensors that are able to measure the water flow through a pipe. Thanks to this, it is possible to display instant information or generate records

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  Energy & Atmosphere

 

C.1. Use free energy

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Energy saving in HVAC

With KNX, measurements of humidity and temperature can be taken in order to monitor natural ventilation (opening and closing motorised windows strategically).

 

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  Materials & Resources

 

D.1. Design smaller, more flexible homes and buildings

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Buildings can be designed more rationally to save energy

Thanks to KNX scenes can be programmed, providing flexibility in the rooms. With a scene, the atmosphere can be adapted to suit a particular activity. It also provides for modularity, such as offices with dividing systems.

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  Indoor Environmental Quality

 

E.1. Ensure adequate ventilation

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Air renewal without losing hardly any HVAC indoors 

Thanks to KNX heat exchange systems can be controlled; the air inside a building can be renewed without incurring extra HVAC expenditure. Air renewal can be integrated with other systems that optimise it, such as detection of open windows, cool air recovery on summer nights (free cooling), or humidity and CO2 level management among others.

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Our Values

We firmly believe in the efficient use of energy through applying standard control technologies such as KNX and especially its implementation in sustainable buildings certified as LEED.

We are consultants

We help manufacturers and KNX integrators to make their products and control solutions LEED strategies visible. And just as architects and developers to find ways to cope with LEED projects using KNX technology.

We bring knowledge and experience

We work closely with the KNX providing publications and participating in events worldwide. We have direct contact with the whole group of companies that represent standard KNX control. Our professionals have done KNX projects with energy efficiency solutions and have worked in manufacturing companies.

Advise and train

We know the KNX standard control solutions and how to implement them in LEED projects. We connect businesses between both standards and give advice and training to carry out successful projects. We show the characteristics of each KNX product that makes them valuable in monitoring solutions to undertake LEED strategies.

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KNX Products: Light Actuators

knx for leed light actuator inphography 2Controlling lighting systems of a building, it is one of the most energy consuming systems (second after the air conditioning), so that the KNX lighting control actuators help to achieve LEED strategies thanks to its efficient control.

The main objectives to be achieved by this control are, have the system each active zone lights only when necessary (time control, presence) and manage intensity depending on the natural light available in the building.

The range of KNX actuators for lighting control is very broad, and is specialized in different types of load connected and (fluorescent, LED, ...) power as well as the ability to control the intensity of it ahead of to get very precise control of light regulation.

Individual control of each fixture as well as the allocation of lighting groups belonging to the same area, allows the flexibility to changes in areas within a building without having to modify the installation, reprogramming the system only for its new layout. This is possible thanks to specialized lighting control protocols such as DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) or DMX (Digital MultipleX) that can be integrated with KNX.

Other proprietary control systems specialist on lighting control as Lutron, are also possible to integrate KNX control through gateways that exist within vast range of KNX products.

 

 

 

LEED STRATEGIES INFLUENCE

 

 

26 LEED POINTS 4 POINTS BY KNX

  Sustainable sites

 

A.1. Maintain site lighting to prevent light pollution

 

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Savings from lighting according to requirements

 

KNX Light Actuators can control large groups of lights, either directly or by integrating the DALI standard, which enables the regulation of LED and fluorescent lights. The control can limit the maximum power values, as well as grouping the lights in lighting scenes. It also enables the use of astronomical clocks and conventional clocks to programme the on and/or off times, avoiding unnecessary consumption and light pollution associated with direct glazing in buildings exposed to the outside.

 

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  Energy & Atmosphere

 

E.5. Give occupants lighting control

 

knxforleed products theben DALI-Gateway-KNXAvoiding the use of lighting in empty rooms implies saving a considerable amount of energy

The variety of types of lights in a building is not a problem for the control system, as there are in the market KNX light actuators and dimmers, for each type of charge, whether fluorescent, halogen, LED, ...

Actuators, dimmers and RGB ballasts enable the control of each light from the control system, either directly or by means of gateways to specialised control protocols: DALI or DMX (Digital Multiplex). 

The lighting control system is always in the user's hands: they can, for example, switch on, switch off and adjust the intensity and colour, activate and block unwanted automatic behaviours for an estimated time.

 
 
 
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E.7. Daylighting

 

knxforleed products JUNG DALI-Gateway-KNX plusUsing the adequate and necessary amount of light helps to reduce lighting-related energy expenditure, which is usually quite high

As already indicated in strategy E.5, there are a great variety of actuators and light dimmers, particularly in KNX, for each type of load (fluorescent, halogen or LED, among others). Should one want to carry out a system of constant light regulation, the light intensity of the load (dimmers) must be adjustable in order to bring the light intensity to the right balance making the most of natural light.

 

 
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