v. 10/2001

The Effective BMS

by K. Pennycook

Published August 2001
Written for facilities management/maintenance staff along with staff employed by companies providing BMS (Building Management System) support services, this title provides guidance on how to improve the effectiveness of BMS. The guidance should help determine whether a BMS is performing poorly and if so, how this can be rectified. It also advises on detailed BMS checking procedures and remedial actions and covers both management and technical issues. Section headings include - the indicators of poor BMS performance, Improving the performance of a BMS, and BMS performance checking procedures.

v. 9/2001

This title presents a full set of standard specification clauses for Building Management Systems (BMS). The clauses are grouped into three parts - system standard specification, comprising specification clauses relating to equipment and component requirements, for example operator facilities and field controllers; design and installation standard specification, comprising specification clauses relating to how the system should be designed/structured, configured and installed; implementation standard specification clauses relating to how the system should be commissioned, handed over and maintained. The book states that although this standard specification is primarily intended for BMS, it can also be used for stand-alone DDC controllers and networked DDC systems. Specification clauses that are not applicable for networked DDC controllers and stand-alone DDC controllers are supplied in an appendix. This standard specification can be used as a central part of a full specification for a BMS.