SPECIAL FEATURES BMS, CONTROLS, MONITORING This month: Measuring workplace satisfaction and productivity; schools controls case study ATLAS BUILDING GIVEN SUSTAINABILITY BOOST Easergy P3 aims for easy solution Schneider Electric has launched its Easergy P3 medium-voltage (MV) protection relay, offering high operational efciency with digital communication capabilities. According to Schneider, the Easergy P3 is simple to integrate and operate for panel builders and system integrators. It has digital tools to boost efciency, including Setup Easergy Pro conguration software, and smart advanced functions such as a virtual simulation test. Web conguration and app-based operation and maintenance are also offered. Visit www.se.com/uk/en Controls manufacturer Honeywell has helped Eindhoven University of Technologys Atlas Building to cut CO2 emissions by 80% and make energy savings for lighting of up to 60% Rise in sensors prompts CIBSE to publish VOCs guidance After an upsurge in mostly consumertargeted internal environmental monitoring devices particularly in health-conscious commercial ofce environments CIBSE has published a technical note on volatile organic compounds (VOCs), to address the effectiveness of the technologies used. Such devices offer an opportunity for valuable feedback to improve health and wellbeing, but concerns have been raised about their variable quality and the data they generate. This can lead to misinterpretations, false conclusions, and unintended consequences of actions taken to address issues identied. The CIBSE Air Quality Task Group has reviewed the scientic literature on the most common air-quality sensors found in these devices and prepared short technical notes. These should give some clarity on the technologies used by the sensors, and what they can and cant do. The CIBSE technical note is intended to raise industry awareness of the benets and limitations of these devices, and establish criteria on which they should be selected. It also includes a description of target pollutants, and why monitoring them might be useful. To download Breathe easy Volatile Organic Compounds, visit bit.ly/CJDec19VOCS ABBs Energy Snapshot assessment ABB has unveiled an updated energy assessment process aimed at the nancial community, energy managers and maintenance teams. With Energy Snapshot, an ABB engineer or approved partner will visit a site to identify up to ve motor-driven applications such as pumps, fans and compressors that are wasting energy, and highlight which can benet from retrotting or upgrading. They will also give an estimate of the energy and CO2 emissions-saving potential. See www.abb.com Arbnco energy efficiency platform Glasgow-based building modelling and simulation company Arbnco has been awarded funding under the governments Boosting Access for SMEs to Energy Efciency competition. It will develop a digital platform to improve energy efciency across the 5.7 million small and mediumsized enterprises across the UK, which account for more than 50% of energy use. See arbnco.com/arbn-insight Trusted Technology Partner Jan Hansen - Director www.sav-systems.com www.cibsejournal.com December 2019 37 CIBSE Dec19 pp37 BMS News.indd 37 22/11/2019 15:25