28 Nov2016
Cube maintain hybrid system at prestigious Mayfair building.
We are delighted to be working with Sowga to deliver the service and maintenance of the BMS installation at the newly completed 7 Clarges Street building. The installed building management controls and energy package are a hybrid design consisting of three primary control system elements: Distech, Tridium-Jace and Delta. This approach provides full building integration of the HVAC, including the packaged air handling and fan coil units. Our experience in working with these different system elements and the data communication platforms, used to link them together, allows us to support this system in it’s entirety.
25 Nov2016
Cube utilise the latest Priva Blue-ID controls equipment and Comforte CX terminal unit controllers to bring an ageing building fully up to date.
Priva was chosen as the ideal system to implement the essential control system upgrade within extremely tight time constraints on this project. With the short delivery times and speedy commissioning offered by this system, Priva Blue-ID was the only choice. An ageing Trend BMS system was replaced with the Blue-ID controller platform and the 4 floors of stand alone fan coil units were converted to full BMS control. A Touchpoint colour touch screen provided the client with the required user interface requirements with access to all system settings and historic data logging.
24 Nov2016
Fitter, Happier: Building Controls and their Potential to Boost Employee Health
This is definitely worth reading. Priva have led the way in the Netherlands on green buildings http:/http://www.priva.co.uk/stay-informed/news/2016/11/fitter,-happier-building-controls-and-their-potential-to-boost-employee-health/
10 Nov2016
Cube Controls Ltd – Best Building Control Design Firm – UK
Cube Controls are pleased to announce we have been awarded the prestigious Best Building Control Systems Design Firm – UK & the Build Excellence Award for Energy Efficient Building Management Systems. The Build Construction & Engineering Awards have been designed to reward and recognise the hard work, often undertaken over many months and years, by the professionals in this industry. Steven Simpson, Awards Co-ordinator, is proud to be able to recognise the exceptional work involved in the Construction and Engineering industry: “I am honoured to be able to pay tribute to those companies which truly go above and beyond in this industry. These awards highlight the fantastic work undertaken by our winners, and reward their incredible dedication, of which I am incredibly proud. I wish them all the best in the future.”
14 Apr2016
Cube Controls is pleased to announce that it has become an accredited Distech Controls Partner.
An Innovative Leader in Energy Management Solutions, Distech Controls provides unique building management technologies and services that optimize energy efficiency and comfort in buildings, all the while reducing operating costs. Delivering innovative solutions for greener buildings through passion for innovation, quality, customer satisfaction, and sustainability. If you would like to find out more about the Distech Controls portfolio please visit www.distech-controls.com/en/eu
22 Jul2015
Cube leads the way to significant energy savings at South Coast Shopping Centre…
Cube, working in partnership with CO2 Target, was invited to undertake a survey of the HVAC Plant and Systems at the Swan Shopping Centre, Southampton.
It quickly became evident that while the original HVAC installation was some years old the BMS installation was reasonably new. The issues occurring stemmed from inflexible software design and badly placed environmental sensors that were providing data which simply did not reflect the environment within the mall itself. Equally, dozens of lighting circuits were being employed that had to be manually controlled via the Mall Management Personnel every day.
Cube deployed a wireless sensor solution throughout the mall to monitor the temperature, air quality and humidity. This approach was both fast, reliable and involved virtually no disruption to the public spaces.
The existing BMS software was augmented to respond to the new sensor data and to provide additional energy efficient control routines designed by Cube. In addition to this the existing lighting circuit control was automated and integrated with external light level sensing via the BMS to make the most use of the extensive glass roofed areas throughout the mall.
04 Jun2015
Dendron employ Cube Integration Solution
This project required Cube to update and improve the environmental controls for the DDD Dendron pharmaceutical storage warehouse. We employed an extensive Sontay Sonnet wireless sensing system to monitor the various temperatures in the warehouse and around the products stocked, thus allowing sensors to be placed where cabled sensors could not be. This inturn was paired with a new packaged Air Handling Unit and high level Air Distribution System, both of which were controlled via modbus data integration. As the distributed air control is located at such a high level in the warehouse, we dedcided to employ an array of Belimo MP-Bus damper actuators with local supply air temperature sensing and onboard fault diagnosis, thus reducing the need for maintenance staff to physically access them to an absolute minimum.
All systems were integrated into a single Cube BMS solution that provides full PC based User control and automatic data recording of product stock temperature as well as remote mechanical fault notification from the high level air damper system and other plant items. Since completion of this project we have been informed that this control system design is to form the blue print for further pharmaceutical warehouses environmental systems.
06 Mar2015
Cube Intelligent Occupancy Detection a Success
One of the main obstacles for Chapter 1, a charity organisation providing 140 student accommodation rooms at Xenia near Waterloo, was how to manage all the associated HVAC plant in this 24/7 environment. Cube created a unique BMS Controls solution based upon Priva BMS equipment to resolve this. Employing Cube Intelligent Occupancy Detection to manage the high number of remote areas and services meant the overall heating and ventilation system only operated when it truly needed to and did so in an energy efficient manner that involved little to no user input. Cube is pleased to further its on-going relationship with Chapter 1 as it continues to maintain these energy efficient systems for them. Project Case Study
14 Nov2014