Technology officials say the use of new technology has helped to proactively solve problems that could occur in buildings, including pressure on facilities.

In a statement to Emirates Today on the sidelines of their participation in GITEX Technology Week, they pointed out that the new technologies are saving energy bill per building by up to 30%.

New technologies

Ahmed Yasser Farraj, Sales Support Manager at Schneider Electric, said: “New technologies in the building automation sector have reached a significant stage of progress, through monitoring systems for all building facilities and managing them according to consumption. No leaks are allowed. In electricity and water utilities, the energy saving ranges from 20% to 30% for buildings using these systems. E-rationalization is the broad heading for this stage of building automation.

He pointed out that the new buildings are easier to develop automation systems than the old buildings, which need more cost, but in both cases, there is an energy saving covering the costs of these new systems, and benefit all parties in the system, as well as its positive effects On the surroundings and sustainability of the building.

Faraj pointed out that these new technologies provide proactive solutions to problems that may occur in the building, and solve them immediately, and these are the most prominent features of new technologies, for example, before a malfunction in one of the electrical units or air conditioners tells the system «supervisor» service to solve The problem, in the case of a supervisor of the system, or that the «system» itself can solve the problem without human intervention, as is the practice of the building administration.

The company plans to start a major project in partnership with Emaar to put the latest energy-efficient technologies into the company's largest shopping mall, the Dubai Mall, and expects these new technologies to increase energy savings for the largest mall in the Middle East.

Building Automation

For his part, Sergey Prochenkovich, Oracle Cloud Applications Engineer, said, “The most significant benefit of modern technologies in the building automation sector is the ability to monitor all building units via electronic applications, find proactive solutions and store them in (the system), even He will be able to solve these problems in a timely manner, as well as raise the operational capacity of the building in terms of energy conservation, where the process of energy savings is expected to reach 30% ».

Energy saving

Firas Juma, Director of Internet of Things and Technology Solutions at Software AG, pointed out that these new technologies will save energy in the building by up to 30% by detecting leakage points in the building and controlling them via sensors. He pointed out that the system will recognize the presence of people in a certain spot of the building at a specific time, which allows to store data on the times of closure and opening facilities for these points in the building, which helps to save energy, and reduce the operating expenses of the building As a whole.

He stressed that investment in smart buildings is very profitable for those who have used these new technologies, pointing out that building systems solutions cover all parts of the building, and are connected via the so-called Internet of Things, every corner of the building is monitored by the system, starting with buildings and parking for existing cars, facilities and services In the building, where the expected defect in any part of the building is solved in the event of a problem, these solutions provide proactive solutions to the expected problems in the building or any part of it.

He said that the adoption of new technologies is usually by large companies and large developers, because of the desire of these companies to bring savings to the final results of the company, in addition to raising the level of services provided to the public.