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Siemens Schweiz AG
Infrastructure & Cities Sector - Building Technologies Division
Gubelstraße 22, CH-6300 Zug, Switzerland
Press Relations: Vera Klopprogge
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Siemens AG
Infrastructure & Cities Sector – Building Technologies
Division
Rödelheimer Landstr. 5-9, 60487 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany
Glossary
AOCs (Advantage Operation Centers) are globally networked service control centers operated by
Siemens AG in order to continuously monitor the relevant building and installation data of customer
systems. Building systems are logged, analyzed in detail and optimized by trained technicians and
engineers. Documenting the latest consumption data and the effect of energy saving measures on
a Green Building Monitor mounted in an area accessible to end users is an important tools to
encourage users to behave in ways that save energy and protect the environment.
Benchmarking is the process of comparing the energy consumption of a property or a building
with properties or buildings of similar size and use or with statistically determined reference and
standard values. Since most buildings and their technical installations and use profile are unique,
the significance of benchmarks for energy efficiency measures and installation modernization is
very limited. The specific energy consumption of hospitals, hotels, industrial production buildings or
museums cannot easily be compared. To determine a concrete optimization potential with the help
of EMC, it is necessary to perform a detailed analysis of the installations’ operation, taking into
account individual comfort, process and usage requirements.
BPO (Building Performance Optimization) is an energy service developed by Siemens. Energy
management and ongoing monitoring of operations make it possible to efficiently and continuously
maintain the required building/room conditions. Siemens energy experts work with their customers
to analyze the status of the installations in order to uncover hidden efficiency potentials. The
transparency provided by energy monitoring and control (EMC) usually allows substantial energy
savings potentials to be uncovered. From this potential, economically oriented (zero-investment,
low-investment, life-cycle oriented) measures can be developed whose immediate effect on the
consumption structure is continuously checked and thus secured by way of ongoing monitoring. At
the same time, know-how is continuously transferred to the customer. The BPO energy service
meets the requirements of the DIN EN 16001 energy management system standard, certified by
TÜV Rheinland.
EMC (Energy Monitoring and Control) is a strategic measuring concept for recording the
consumption of power, heat, cooling, water, air flows in heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and
chiller systems as well as their control zones. EMC can transmit energy and power output data and
provide detailed information on the development of media flows, temperatures or temperature
differences as well as load and consumption peaks. Data that is automatically recorded on a