Siemens Building Technologies
 
Siemens Building Technologies is an Operating Group of Siemens AG and was founded on October 1, 1998, through the acquisition of the industrial activities of Electrowatt Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland), thus integrating and combining several decades of experience in building automation and fire safety. Electrowatt’s history dates back to its foundation in 1895 with a focus on power generation and distribution and respective engineering services. Its industrial arm was built in the second half of the 20th century by the acquisition of Cerberus Ltd. (Männdedorf, Switzerland), a world leader in fire safety founded in 1940, and of Staefa Control System Ltd. (Stäfa, Switzerland), a leading European player in building automation, founded in 1962. In 1996, Electrowatt acquired Landis & Gyr Ltd. (Zug, Switzerland), founded in 1896, and merged this company’s building automation activities with Staefa Control System under the new name of Landis & Staefa.
 
Today, Siemens Building Technologies with its four divisions Building Automation, HVAC Products, Fire Safety & Security Products and Security Systems combines offerings for building security, life safety and building automation within one company as a service and system provider and as a manufacturer of respective products. By virtue of the unique combination of these business sectors, the company occupies a leading position worldwide.
 
DESIGO™: DESIGO – for optimum indoor climate. The requirements placed on a modern building automation and control system are demanding: Reliability is a standard feature now. Energy efficiency and cost-optimization in buildings are mandatory. DESIGO – the building automation and control system from Building Technologies – satisfies all these requirements in superior style. Modern building operators, future-oriented investors and critical planning engineers call for functional features and tailored solutions.
 
DESIGO creates comfortable working conditions in a building while giving consideration to economical and ecological criteria. The system performs its control and monitoring tasks automatically and elegantly in the background. DESIGO is not confined to heating, ventilation and air conditioning, but is a comprehensive and integrating building automation and control system that covers all relevant building services, including lighting, window blinds, safety and security, access control and electrical power distribution, for example.
 
Open to Integration: DESIGO excels in extensive openness: The ability to integrate third-party systems at all three system levels makes DESIGO an all-rounder. DESIGO supports components and systems with interfaces such as OPC, BACnet, LON, EIB, KNX, ModBus and M-bus. This feature enables the planning engineer to straightforwardly integrate existing plant into the DESIGO system. For the exchange of information, DESIGO uses standard communication protocols at all system levels. BACnet, the compatible communication protocol, is the basis that permits economical planning of integrated solutions. DESIGO is an all-rounder.
 
User-friendly operation: DESIGO ensures user-friendly operation at all system levels: The local operator units offer easy-to-understand, intuitive menu-driven operation and provide clear, fully graphic presentations. Operation via the automation station is based on MS Windows and follows ergonomic principles. This means that operating staff become quickly familiar with the system so that optimum system use is ensured. With DESIGO WEB, building management functions can be performed via Web Browser, regardless of time and location. This new kind of freedom makes building operations more and more efficient.
 
Easy to use: User-friendly solutions are a must: DESIGO – the ingeniously designed building automation and control system- offers ease of operation in the proper sense of the word. The operator units feature straightforward menu-driven operation and full graphic displays. The result: Short training times for operating staff, optimum system usage and targetedactions should faults occur, independent of time and location, through Web technology. DESIGO ensures that everything is under control.
 
Cost effectiveness: The introduction of DESIGO does not result in abrupt steps in the system world since existing systems can be migrated easily to DESIGO in steps. The customer’s investment will be protected since the compatibility between existing systems and DESIGO is fully ensured.  DESIGO facilitates seamless integration of existing building automation and control systems. This means that changes to usage, system extensions or modernizations can be implemented in small steps.
 
Return on investment: Future-oriented optimization of operating costs: DESIGO – the intelligent building automation and control system – stands for cost-saving energy usage and minimum effort. Up-to-date energy data analyses afford optimum energy usage based on crucial parameters. The system’s scalability and graded migration choices ensure long-term economy.
 
Compatibility: A favorably priced start with small projects is made possible by an extensive modular range of automation stations, a choice of operator units and a flat system topology. Also, a small project can be developed in a number of steps to become a complex major project.
 
Contact:
 
Siemens Ltd.
130, Pandurang Budhkar Marg,
Worli, Mumbai 400 018 India
Tel: +91-22 2498 7529
Fax: +91-22 2498 7174