Lower energy and carbon
Heating, cooling and ventilation are often a building's largest energy use. Good control strategies, schedules and metering cut waste and give you the data to report progress towards net zero.
Industry brief
Building Services
Open, efficient building controls that cut energy and keep people comfortable.
What matters
What matters most
Commercial and public buildings run heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting every day, under pressure to cut energy use and carbon while keeping occupants comfortable. Many rely on ageing building management systems that are tied to one supplier, hard to change and increasingly connected to corporate networks and the internet.
Comfortable, healthy spaces
Occupants notice when rooms are too hot, too cold or stuffy. Well-tuned control of temperature, ventilation and air quality reduces complaints and calls to the helpdesk.
Open systems you control
Proprietary systems can leave you tied to one supplier. Open protocols such as BACnet, clear documentation and source code let you extend and support it with anyone.
Cyber security
Building systems are increasingly connected to corporate networks and the cloud. Segmented networks and controlled remote access stop them becoming a way into your business.
Solutions
Solutions for Building Services
In an occupied building, people keep working while we do. We plan changes around occupancy with phased cut-overs and temporary control where needed, test new strategies against a simulation before they reach site, and tune them once live. You get the design, code, points schedules and O&M information to run and maintain the system yourselves.
01Building management system upgrades
02Air handling and ventilation control
03Heating, cooling and heat pump plant
04Lighting control integration
05Energy metering, monitoring and reporting
06BACnet, Modbus and third-party integration
How we help
What we bring to Building Services
Standards-led, fully documented control systems that you own and can support.
Upgrades
HMI and SCADA modernisation
New panels and SCADA, same operation
In Upgrades UpgradesIntegration across disciplines
Every discipline, one control system
In Upgrades Virtual CommissioningSimulated I/O and plant behaviour
Equipment and process that respond
In Virtual Commissioning Virtual CommissioningChanges to running plants
Prove changes before download
In Virtual Commissioning Code DevelopmentOur standard
To the Matrix software standard
In Code Development Code DevelopmentA standard built with you
A new standard, created and documented with you
In Code DevelopmentStandards
The standards that shape your project
The standards listed are those most often relevant to control-system work in this sector. Which apply to your project, and how, is agreed with you at specification stage.
| Standard | What it covers | How we work with it |
|---|---|---|
| ISO 16484 series | Building automation and control systems, including the BACnet protocol (ISO 16484-5). | Systems specified, engineered and integrated using BACnet and other open protocols wherever possible. |
| BS EN ISO 52120-1 | How building automation and controls contribute to energy performance, with efficiency classes A to D. | Control functions chosen and documented against the efficiency class you are aiming for. |
| Building Regulations Part L | Conservation of fuel and power in England, with Approved Document L guidance on controls. | Controls designed to meet Part L and to support your commissioning evidence. |
| Building Safety Act 2022 | For higher-risk buildings, the golden thread of accurate building information kept up to date. | Structured controls documentation and as-built records that can feed your golden thread. |
| BS 5839-1 | Fire detection and alarm systems in non-domestic premises, from design to maintenance. | We design BMS interfaces to the fire alarm, such as plant shutdown, with your fire alarm contractor. |
| IEC 62443 | Cyber security for industrial automation and control systems, increasingly applied to building systems. | Its zones, conduits and security levels shape how we design building networks and remote access. |
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