It would also give the owner greater flexibility over the change of use that may occur in the building. With the BMS in place no changes would have to be made in order to accommodate other types of work (ie, changing from an office to a place of manual labour), within the building. Any adjustments to room temperature for example would be taken care of by the automated BMS.
If there is more than one tenant in the building the BMS can then be tailored to suit their individual needs.
This also means that for the owner the individual tenants can be billed for services that they use, ie electricity, maintenance cost per hour usage of heating\cooling systems etc.
An advantage to the building tenant is that energy consumption is reduced. Effective monitoring can also be achieved which helps when looking at areas that need improvement.
The internal conditions can be controlled to suit the working environment meaning that comfort levels are higher and this leads to a more productive workforce.
The machinery which is used to control the working environment has an increased life span due to it only being used when appropriately needed and for the correct amount of time.
The occupants gain by having better lighting levels and comfortable surroundings.
BMS also allows for individual room control if the system was set-up in such a way, meaning greater flexibility for occupants of varying work type.
The facilities manager would have the advantage of being able to control the BMS from a central supervisor. They would also be able to monitor the system remotely, meaning off site diagnostics\correction of problems. A computer maintenance schedule can be created for all machinery in the system. Plant schematics can also be produced along with documentation.
