St Mary’s Health Centre in Penwortham near Preston has reduced its gas consumption by 52,000 kWh a year as a result of replacing its existing building management system (BMS) with Priva Blue ID. The move has not only resulted in a 22% saving on the facility’s yearly gas bill, but improved reliability and ease-of-use.
Eco Electrical & Building Services set about installing Priva Blue ID S10 controllers incorporating standard digital and analogue I/O modules plus 7" Touchpoint display. The BMS is being used to control boiler plant, VT (variable temperature) radiator heating and domestic hot water. It was installed over three days during the autumn of 2015.
Priva Blue ID hardware consists of a base on which individual functional modules, containing all mission-critical components, can be installed. Wiring takes place on the base, which is robust and insensitive to failures.
‘The existing BMS was unreliable and expensive to repair. What’s more, every time it failed the system required reprogramming,’ said Andrew Chapman, Director at Eco Electrical & Building Services Ltd, the Priva Partner that delivered the installation, engineering and commissioning services for the project. ‘Priva Blue ID was proposed as the ideal cost-effective and reliable replacement. Its flexibility makes it suitable for most projects.’
User-friendly operation is also crucial for attaining optimum performance from a building control system. As a next generation BMS, Priva Blue ID is therefore equipped with a state-of-the-art Touchpoint offering high widescreen resolution (800 x 480 pixels). Its capacitive screen allows users to operate a room or control panel in a very intuitive manner, while navigating through the various operating elements is performed by swiping.
