Heat pumps have been identified by the International Energy Agency as a technology that will play a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption in the building sector, and are supported by Sustainable Energy Ireland as a renewable technology.
Freeze damage is one of the leading causes of coil failure in HVAC systems.This issue has troubled quite a few building owners over the past number of weeks with some serious consequents to buildings, and indeed expensive equipment housed therein. Therefore careful consideration should be given to prevent these issues in the future.
Sirus Engineering Systems was established in 1988 to provide Building Control Solutions to clients. Sirus began its life as a Trend systems house and in 1990 added Cylon controls to its list of offerings. In 1993 Sirus signed an exclusive agreement with Staefa Control Systems to apply and distribute their products in Ireland.
In 1993 Sirus Engineering Systems was nominated by Bank of Ireland to participate in television contest for successful young business, Up and Running & came 4th in Ireland. In 1996 Sirus opened its office in Cork. Later that year, Staefa Control Systems mergered with Landis & Gyr to produce Landis & Staefa. This greatly increased Sirus Engineering Systems product portfolio.
Then in 1997, Siemens took over this new partnership to create Siemens Building Technologies and in doing so Sirus Engineering Systems became the Irish agents for the largest controls company in the world.
In 2002 we added KIMO products to our range when we became their Irish agents. We can now supply HVAC & Process Instruments for Pressure, Humidity, Temperature Air Velocity, Air Flow and Tachometry.
We operate throughout Ireland from offices in Cork and Dublin.
A Building Management System (BMS) can do a range of extremely useful things. It can:
Switch plants on and off automatically
It can do this according to time, type of day, or environmental conditions. For example, it can control lighting to avoid unnecessary use of energy outside normal working hours or when ambient daylight levels are adequate.
Optimise plant operation and services
A typical BEMS application is the optimum start/stop routine for space heating. In this, the system can automatically adjust the start and stop times to compensate for external temperature changes and the thermal inertia of the building.
Monitor plant status and environmental conditions
A building manager can be alerted to ‘alarm’ conditions in time to take remedial action. The BEMS can therefore improve standards of operation and maintenance.
Provide energy analysis and management information
The BEMS provides you with easily available data on energy flows, consumption, trends and overall building performance.
